The 1930 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1930. The regular season ended on September 28, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 27th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 6 on October 8. The Athletics defeated the Cardinals, four games to two.
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 – October 8, 1930 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Pennant Winners | |
AL champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
AL runners-up | Washington Senators |
NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
NL runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
World Series | |
Champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
Runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
Offense dominated this season. The National League batted .303, with six teams batting better than .300. The American League came in at .288, with three teams batting over .300.
The 1930 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
American League Opening Day took place on April 14 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 28, which saw all sixteen teams play on the final day for the first time. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 8.
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NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Chicago Cubs[1] | 90 | -8.2% | 1,463,624 | -1.5% | 18,527 |
New York Yankees[2] | 86 | -2.3% | 1,169,230 | 21.8% | 15,385 |
Brooklyn Robins[3] | 86 | 22.9% | 1,097,329 | 49.9% | 14,251 |
New York Giants[4] | 87 | 3.6% | 868,714 | 0.0% | 11,282 |
Philadelphia Athletics[5] | 102 | -1.9% | 721,663 | -14.0% | 9,496 |
Detroit Tigers[6] | 75 | 7.1% | 649,450 | -25.3% | 8,326 |
Washington Senators[7] | 94 | 32.4% | 614,474 | 72.8% | 7,980 |
Cleveland Indians[8] | 81 | 0.0% | 528,657 | -1.4% | 6,866 |
St. Louis Cardinals[9] | 92 | 17.9% | 508,501 | 27.2% | 6,604 |
Boston Braves[10] | 70 | 25.0% | 464,835 | 24.8% | 6,037 |
Boston Red Sox[11] | 52 | -10.3% | 444,045 | 12.5% | 5,843 |
Chicago White Sox[12] | 62 | 5.1% | 406,123 | -4.8% | 5,207 |
Cincinnati Reds[13] | 59 | -10.6% | 386,727 | 31.1% | 5,022 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[14] | 80 | -9.1% | 357,795 | -27.2% | 4,647 |
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 52 | -26.8% | 299,007 | 6.3% | 3,883 |
St. Louis Browns[16] | 64 | -19.0% | 152,088 | -45.8% | 1,950 |