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1930 Philadelphia Phillies season
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Major League Baseball season
March 2026
November 2013
Philadelphia Phillies 1930 National League Baker Bowl Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William F. Baker Burt Shotton
The following lists the events of the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies season.
The Phillies tallied 1,783 hits, the most ever recorded by a team during a major league season.https://stathead.com/tiny/EyHjD Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Hits >= 1700, sorted by greatest Hits. Stathead Baseball April 17, 2021 They recorded a .315 team batting average during the season, which was second in the National League and major league baseball. Only the 1930 New York Giants who batted .319 and the 1921 Detroit Tigers at .316 posted higher team averages in the modern era (since 1901).
However, their pitching is why the Phillies finished in last place. The pitching staff allowed 1,199 runs in 156 games (2 games ended in a tie), an average of 7.69 runs per game. 1,024 of those runs were earned runs, their team earned run average of 6.71 is the highest in the modern era.
Regular season
Season standings
Philadelphia Phillies
Record vs. opponents
PHI
Roster
1930 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers
Pete Alexander
Ray Benge
Hap Collard
Phil Collins
Hal Elliott
Snipe Hansen
Lou Koupal
John Milligan
Chet Nichols, Sr.
Buz Phillips
Harry Smythe
By Speece
Les Sweetland
Claude Willoughby Catchers
Spud Davis
Harry McCurdy
Tony Rensa
Jim Spotts
Infielders
Bernie Friberg
Don Hurst
Monk Sherlock
Tommy Thevenow
Fresco Thompson
Pinky Whitney Outfielders
Fred Brickell
Chuck Klein
Lefty O'Doul
Tripp Sigman
Denny Sothern
Cy Williams Manager
Burt Shotton
Coaches
Fred Hunter
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Spud Davis 106 329 103 .313 14 65 1B Don Hurst 119 391 128 .327 17 78 2B Fresco Thompson 122 478 135 .282 4 46 SS Tommy Thevenow 156 573 164 .286 0 78 3B Pinky Whitney 149 606 207 .342 8 117 OF Chuck Klein 156 648 250 .386 40 170 OF Lefty O'Doul 140 528 202 .383 22 97 OF Denny Sothern 90 347 97 .280 5 36
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Bernie Friberg 105 331 113 .341 4 42 Monk Sherlock 92 299 97 .324 0 38 Fred Brickell 53 240 59 .246 0 17 Tony Rensa 54 172 49 .285 3 31 Harry McCurdy 80 148 49 .331 1 25 Tripp Sigman 52 100 27 .270 4 6 Cy Williams 21 17 8 .471 0 2 Jim Spotts 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G IP W L ERA SO Phil Collins 47 239.0 16 11 4.78 87 Ray Benge 38 225.2 11 15 5.70 70 Les Sweetland 34 167.0 7 15 7.71 36
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G IP W L ERA SO Claude Willoughby 41 153.0 4 17 7.59 38 Hap Collard 30 127.0 6 12 6.80 25 Hal Elliott 48 117.1 6 11 7.67 37 Snipe Hansen 22 84.1 0 7 6.72 25 Chet Nichols Sr. 16 59.2 1 2 6.79 15 Lou Koupal 13 36.2 0 4 8.59 11 John Milligan 9 28.1 1 2 3.18 7 Pete Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander 9 21.2 0 3 9.14 6
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G W L SV ERA SO Harry Smythe 25 0 3 2 7.79 9 Buz Phillips 14 0 0 0 8.04 9 By Speece 11 0 0 0 13.27 9
Notes
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References
1930 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
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