1930 American League

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The 1930 season of the American League was the thirtieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Athletics	154	102	52	0	.662	-.-	951 (6.18)	751 (4.88)	0.294	0.365	0.452	4.28	0.976
2	Washington Senators	154	94	60	0	.610	8.0	892 (5.79)	689 (4.47)	0.302	0.365	0.426	3.96	0.974
3	New York Yankees	154	86	68	0	.558	16.0	1062 (6.90)	898 (5.83)	0.309	0.382	0.488	4.88	0.965
4	Cleveland Indians	154	81	73	0	.526	21.0	890 (5.78)	915 (5.94)	0.304	0.362	0.431	4.88	0.962
5	Detroit Tigers	154	75	79	0	.487	27.0	783 (5.08)	833 (5.41)	0.284	0.341	0.421	4.70	0.968
6	St. Louis Browns	154	64	90	0	.416	38.0	751 (4.88)	886 (5.75)	0.268	0.331	0.391	5.07	0.969
7	Chicago White Sox	154	62	92	0	.403	40.0	729 (4.73)	884 (5.74)	0.276	0.325	0.391	4.71	0.962
8	Boston Red Sox	154	52	102	0	.338	50.0	612 (3.97)	814 (5.29)	0.264	0.310	0.365	4.68	0.968

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	8 players tied		154
At Bats	Tom Oliver	Boston Red Sox	646
Runs Scored	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	152
Hits	Johnny Hodapp	Cleveland Indians	225
Doubles	Johnny Hodapp	Cleveland Indians	51
Triples	Earle Combs	New York Yankees	22
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	49
Total Bases	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	419
Runs Batted In	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	174
Stolen Bases	Marty McManus	Detroit Tigers	23
Caught Stealing	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	15
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	136
Hit by Pitch	Jimmie Dykes	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx Ed Morgan	Philadelphia Athletics Cleveland Indians	66
Sacrifice Hits	Mule Haas	Philadelphia Athletics	33
Batting Average	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	0.381
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.493
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.732
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.225
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	211

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	28
Losses	Milt Gaston Jack Russell	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	0.848
Appearances	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	50
Games Started	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	39
Complete Games	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	29
Shutouts	Clint Brown George Earnshaw George Pipgras	Cleveland Indians Philadelphia Athletics New York Yankees	3
Games Finished	Chad Kimsey	St. Louis Browns	30
Saves	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Innings Pitched	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	297.2
Batters Faced	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	1299
Hits Allowed	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	331
Home Runs Allowed	Lefty Stewart	St. Louis Browns	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	139
Hit Batsmen	Chief Hogsett	Detroit Tigers	9
Strikeouts	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	209
Wild Pitches	Milt Gaston Hank Johnson	Boston Red Sox New York Yankees	11
Balks	Milt Shoffner	Cleveland Indians	3
Runs Allowed	George Earnshaw Jack Russell	Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox	162
Earned Runs Allowed	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	146
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	2.54
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	1.144

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics defeated the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2.

Umpires

• Bick Campbell
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Harry Geisel
• Bill Guthrie
• George Hildebrand
• Bill McGowan
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Red Ormsby
• Brick Owens
• Roy Van Graflan

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