1930 St. Louis Browns season

Summary

The 1930 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.

1930 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record64–90 (.416)
League place6th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersBill Killefer
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 102 52 0.662 58–18 44–34
Washington Senators 94 60 0.610 8 56–21 38–39
New York Yankees 86 68 0.558 16 47–29 39–39
Cleveland Indians 81 73 0.526 21 44–33 37–40
Detroit Tigers 75 79 0.487 27 45–33 30–46
St. Louis Browns 64 90 0.416 38 38–40 26–50
Chicago White Sox 62 92 0.403 40 34–44 28–48
Boston Red Sox 52 102 0.338 50 30–46 22–56

Record vs. opponents edit


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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 13–9 7–15 8–14 6–16 4–18 9–13 5–17
Chicago 9–13 10–12 9–13 8–14 6–16 12–10 8–14
Cleveland 15–7 12–10 11–11 10–12 7–15 16–6 10–12
Detroit 14–8 13–9 11–11 9–13 7–15 11–11 10–12
New York 16–6 14–8 12–10 13–9 10–12 16–6 5–17
Philadelphia 18–4 16–6 15–7 15–7 12–10 16–6 10–12
St. Louis 13–9 10–12 6–16 11–11 6–16 6–16 12–10
Washington 17–5 14–8 12–10 12–10 17–5 12–10 10–12


Roster edit

1930 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Rick Ferrell 101 314 84 .268 1 41
1B Lu Blue 117 425 100 .235 4 42
2B Ski Melillo 149 574 147 .256 5 59
SS Red Kress 154 614 192 .313 16 112
3B Frank O'Rourke 115 400 107 .268 1 41
OF Ted Gullic 92 308 77 .250 4 44
OF Fred Schulte 113 392 109 .278 5 62
OF Goose Goslin 101 396 129 .326 30 100

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 McNeely 76 235 64 .272 0 20
Red Badgro 89 234 56 .239 1 27
Alex Metzler 56 209 54 .258 1 23
Heinie Manush 49 198 65 .328 2 29
Sammy Hale 62 190 52 .274 2 25
Clyde Manion 57 148 32 .216 1 11
Jim Levey 8 37 9 .243 0 3
Bernie Hungling 10 31 10 .323 0 2
Jack Burns 8 30 9 .300 0 2
Lin Storti 7 28 9 .321 0 2
Jack Crouch 6 14 2 .143 0 1
Joe Hassler 5 8 2 .250 0 1
Tom Jenkins 2 8 2 .250 0 3

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
Lefty Stewart 35 271.0 20 12 3.45 79
Dick Coffman 38 196.0 8 18 5.14 54
Sam Gray 27 167.2 4 15 6.28 51
Alvin Crowder 13 77.1 3 7 4.66 42

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
George Blaeholder 37 191.1 11 13 4.61 70
Rip Collins 35 171.2 9 7 4.35 75
Rollie Stiles 20 102.0 3 6 5.91 25
Fred Stiely 4 19.0 0 1 8.53 5

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
Chad Kimsey 42 6 10 1 6.35 32
Herm Holshouser 25 0 1 1 7.80 37

References edit

  • 1930 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1930 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com