1930 National League

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The 1930 season of the National League was the fifty-fifth 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	St. Louis Cardinals	154	92	62	0	.597	-.-	1004 (6.52)	784 (5.09)	0.314	0.369	0.471	4.39	0.970
2	Chicago Cubs	156	90	64	2	.577	2.0	998 (6.40)	870 (5.58)	0.309	0.374	0.481	4.80	0.973
3	New York Giants	154	87	67	0	.565	5.0	959 (6.23)	814 (5.29)	0.319	0.367	0.473	4.61	0.974
4	Brooklyn Robins	154	86	68	0	.558	6.0	871 (5.66)	738 (4.79)	0.304	0.361	0.454	4.03	0.972
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	80	74	0	.519	12.0	891 (5.79)	928 (6.03)	0.303	0.362	0.449	5.24	0.965
6	Boston Braves	154	70	84	0	.455	22.0	693 (4.50)	835 (5.42)	0.281	0.323	0.393	4.91	0.971
7	Cincinnati Reds	154	59	95	0	.383	33.0	665 (4.32)	857 (5.56)	0.281	0.337	0.400	5.08	0.973
8	Philadelphia Phillies	156	52	102	2	.333	40.0	944 (6.05)	1199 (7.69)	0.315	0.365	0.458	6.71	0.962

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Kiki Cuyler Woody English Chuck Klein Tommy Thevenow	Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies	156
At Bats	Taylor Douthit	St. Louis Cardinals	664
Runs Scored	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	158
Hits	Bill Terry	New York Giants	254
Doubles	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	59
Triples	Adam Comorosky	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Home Runs	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	56
Total Bases	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	445
Runs Batted In	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	191
Stolen Bases	Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	37
Walks	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	105
Hit by Pitch	Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	10
Strikeouts	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	84
Sacrifice Hits	Adam Comorosky	Pittsburgh Pirates	33
Batting Average	Bill Terry	New York Giants	0.401
On-Base Percentage	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.458
Slugging Percentage	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	0.723
On-Base plus Slugging	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	1.177
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	178

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Ray Kremer Pat Malone	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	20
Losses	Larry French Benny Frey	Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Clarence Mitchell	St. Louis Cardinals/New York Giants	0.786
Appearances	Hal Elliott	Philadelphia Phillies	48
Games Started	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
Complete Games	Erv Brame Pat Malone	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	22
Shutouts	Charley Root Dazzy Vance	Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Robins	4
Games Finished	Joe Heving Glenn Spencer	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Saves	Hi Bell	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Innings Pitched	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	276.0
Batters Faced	Larry French Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	1232
Hits Allowed	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	366
Home Runs Allowed	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	29
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	126
Hit Batsmen	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	11
Strikeouts	Bill Hallahan	St. Louis Cardinals	177
Wild Pitches	Guy Bush	Chicago Cubs	12
Balks	Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	2
Runs Allowed	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	181
Earned Runs Allowed	Guy Bush	Chicago Cubs	155
Earned Run Average	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	2.61
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	1.144

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Bob Clarke
• Michael Donohue
• Lou Jorda
• Bill Klem
• George Magerkurth
• Ted McGrew
• Charlie Moran
• Cy Pfirman
• Ernie Quigley
• Beans Reardon
• Cy Rigler
• Jim Scott
• Dolly Stark

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