1930

1930 in baseball
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
<< 1929 1931 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1930.

Club competitions

Professional

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: SC Haarlem

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Philadelphia Athletics (AL) over the St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: Philadelphia Athletics (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels
  • Arizona State League: Bisbee Bees
  • Blue Ridge League: Chambersburg Young Yanks]]
  • Central League: Springfield Blue Sox
  • Cotton States League: Pine Bluff Judges
  • Eastern League: Allentown Dukes
  • Georgia-Alabama League: Cedartown Braves]]
  • International League: Rochester Red Wings
  • Middle Atlantic League: Johnstown Johnnies
  • Mississippi Valley League: Cedar Rapids Bunnies
  • Nebraska State League: McCook Generals
  • New England League: Salem Witches
  • New York-Penn League: Wilkes-Barre Barons
  • Ontario League: St. Thomas Blue Sox
  • Piedmont League: Durham Bulls
  • Pacific Coast League: Hollywood Stars over Los Angeles Angels, 4-1, in the league finals
  • South Atlantic League: Greenville Spinners
  • Southeastern League: Selma Cloverleafs
  • Southern Association: Memphis Chickasaws
  • Texas League: Fort Worth Panthers
  • Three-I League: Danville Veterans
  • Western Association: Independence Producers
  • Western League: Wichita Aviators

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres de Comintra

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro National League: St. Louis Stars (Details)

Winter Leagues

• 1929-1930 Cuban Winter League: Cienfuegos
• 1930 Cuban Winter League: cancelled due to poor attendance
• Campeonato Unico: Almendarista

Amateur

• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Shinko Tachibana High School (Hyogo) defeat Matsuyama Commercial High School (Ehime), 6 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Hiroshima Commercial High School (Hiroshima) defeat Suwa Sanshi High School (Nagano), 8 - 2 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Central American Games in Havana, Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Panama (Bronze)

Births

Further information: Births in 1930

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1930

Further Reading

• Lew Freedman: 1930: The Story of a Baseball Season When the Hitters Reigned Supreme, Sports Publishing LLC, New York, NY, 2021. ISBN 9781683584209
• David Hopkins: "The Black Press and the Collapse of the Negro League in 1930", in Sean Forman and Cecilia M. Tan, eds.: The Negro Leagues Are Major Leagues: Essays and Research for Overdue Recognition, Baseball-Reference and SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2021, pp. 123-129. ISBN ISBN 978-1-970159-63-9