1930 Boston Braves season

Summary

The 1930 Boston Braves season was the 60th season of the franchise.

1930 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record70–84 (.455)
League place6th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersBill McKechnie
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1929
1931 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 92 62 0.597 53–24 39–38
Chicago Cubs 90 64 0.584 2 51–26 39–38
New York Giants 87 67 0.565 5 46–31 41–36
Brooklyn Robins 86 68 0.558 6 49–28 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 0.519 12 42–35 38–39
Boston Braves 70 84 0.455 22 39–38 31–46
Cincinnati Reds 59 95 0.383 33 37–40 22–55
Philadelphia Phillies 52 102 0.338 40 35–42 17–60

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 9–13 5–17 13–9 11–11 14–8 10–12 8–14
Brooklyn 13–9 8–14 13–9 13–9 15–7 13–9 11–11
Chicago 17–5 14–8 11–11 10–12 16–6–2 11–11 11–11
Cincinnati 9–13 9–13 11–11 7–15 12–10 8–14 3–19
New York 11–11 9–13 12–10 15–7 16–6 14–8 10–12
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 6–16–2 10–12 6–16 9–13 6–16
Pittsburgh 12–10 9–13 11–11 14–8 8–14 13–9 13–9
St. Louis 14–8 11–11 11–11 19–3 12–10 16–6 9–13


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1930 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Al Spohrer 112 356 113 .317 2 37
1B George Sisler 116 431 133 .309 3 67
2B Freddie Maguire 146 516 138 .267 0 52
SS Rabbit Maranville 142 558 157 .281 2 43
3B Buster Chatham 112 404 108 .267 5 56
OF Lance Richbourg 130 529 161 .304 3 54
OF Jimmy Welsh 113 422 116 .275 3 36
OF Wally Berger 151 555 172 .310 38 119

Other batters edit

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
Earl Clark 82 233 69 .296 3 28
Johnny Neun 81 212 69 .325 2 23
Randy Moore 83 191 55 .288 2 34
Bill Cronin 66 178 45 .253 0 17
Red Rollings 52 123 29 .236 0 10
Gene Robertson 21 59 11 .186 0 7
Billy Rhiel 20 47 8 .170 0 4
Bill Dunlap 16 29 2 .069 0 0
Hank Gowdy 16 25 5 .200 0 2
Bernie James 8 11 2 .182 0 1
Buzz Boyle 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Owen Kahn 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Socks Seibold 36 251.0 15 16 4.12 70
Bob Smith 38 219.2 10 14 4.26 84
Ben Cantwell 31 173.1 9 15 4.88 43
Tom Zachary 24 151.1 11 5 4.58 57
Bill Sherdel 21 119.1 6 5 4.75 26
Burleigh Grimes 11 49.0 3 5 7.35 15

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Brandt 41 147.1 4 11 5.01 65
Fred Frankhouse 27 110.2 7 6 5.61 30
Bruce Cunningham 36 106.2 5 6 5.48 28

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ken Jones 8 0 1 0 5.95 4
Bob Brown 3 0 0 0 10.50 1
Johnny Cooney 2 0 0 0 18.00 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Owen Kahn page at Baseball Reference

References edit

  • 1930 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference