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1930 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Major League Baseball season
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St. Louis Cardinals 1930 National League champions National League Sportsman's Park III St. Louis, Missouri 92–62 (.597) 1st Sam Breadon Branch Rickey Gabby Street KMOX(France Laux)KWK(Thomas Patrick)WIL(Eddie Benson)
The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 49th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 39th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–62 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in six games.
Regular season
In the 1930 season, every Cardinals player with over 300 at bats had a batting average over .300, the only time in history this has happened.https://baseballbiography.com/sparky-adams-1894 The Ballplayers – Sparky Adams baseballbiography.com March 14, 2008
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
STL
Roster
1930 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers
Hi Bell
Dizzy Dean
Fred Frankhouse
Al Grabowski
Burleigh Grimes
Hal Haid
Jesse Haines
Bill Hallahan
Carmen Hill
Syl Johnson
Tony Kaufmann
Jim Lindsey
Clarence Mitchell
Flint Rhem
Bill Sherdel Catchers
Gus Mancuso
Earl Smith
Jimmie Wilson
Infielders
Sparky Adams
Jim Bottomley
Doc Farrell
Frankie Frisch
Charlie Gelbert
Andy High
Ernie Orsatti Outfielders
Ray Blades
Taylor Douthit
Showboat Fisher
Chick Hafey
Homer Peel
George Puccinelli
George Watkins
Other batters
Pepper Martin Manager
Gabby Street
Coaches
Ray Blades
Buzzy Wares
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 Jimmie Wilson Jimmy Wilson (baseball) 107 362 115 .318 1 58 1B Jim Bottomley 131 487 148 .304 15 97 2B Frankie Frisch 133 540 187 .346 10 114 SS Charlie Gelbert 139 513 156 .304 3 72 3B Sparky Adams 137 570 179 .314 0 55 OF Chick Hafey 120 446 150 .336 26 107 OF Taylor Douthit 154 664 201 .303 7 93 OF George Watkins George Watkins (baseball) 119 391 146 .373 17 87
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 Showboat Fisher 92 254 95 .374 8 61 Gus Mancuso 76 227 83 .366 7 59 Andy High 72 215 60 .279 2 29 Ernie Orsatti 48 131 42 .321 1 15 Ray Blades 45 101 40 .396 4 25 Homer Peel 26 73 12 .164 0 10 Doc Farrell 23 61 13 .213 0 6 George Puccinelli 11 16 9 .563 3 8 Earl Smith Earl Smith (catcher) 8 10 0 .000 0 0 Pepper Martin 6 1 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 Bill Hallahan 35 237.1 15 9 4.66 177 Syl Johnson Syl Johnson (baseball) 32 187.2 12 10 4.65 92 Jesse Haines 29 182.0 13 8 4.30 68 Burleigh Grimes 22 152.1 13 6 3.01 58 Flint Rhem 26 139.2 12 8 4.45 47
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 Fred Frankhouse 8 19.2 2 3 7.32 4 Carmen Hill 4 14.2 0 1 7.36 8 Tony Kaufmann 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 2 Dizzy Dean 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 5 Clarence Mitchell Clarence Mitchell (baseball) 1 3.0 1 0 6.00 1
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 Hi Bell 39 4 3 8 3.90 42 Jim Lindsey Jim Lindsey (baseball) 39 7 5 6 4.43 50 Al Grabowski 33 6 4 3 4.79 43 Hal Haid 20 3 2 2 4.09 13 Bill Sherdel 13 3 2 0 4.64 29
1930 World Series
1930 World Series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5 October 1Shibe Park 32,2952 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6 October 2Shibe Park 32,2953 Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5 October 4Sportsman's Park 36,9444 Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3 October 5Sportsman's Park 39,9465 Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0 October 6Sportsman's Park 38,8446 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7 October 8Shibe Park 32,295
Farm system
Minor League Baseball
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Billy Southworth A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Joe Schultz, Sr. A St. Joseph Saints Western League Gene Bailey, Joe Sugden and Everitt Booe B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Frank Murphy C Scottdale Scotties Middle Atlantic League Eddie Dyer C Greensboro Patriots Piedmont League Everitt Booe, Hobe Brummitt and Clay Hopper D Waynesboro Red Birds Blue Ridge League Bob Rice
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: RochesterJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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External links
1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac
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