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1930 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	St. Louis Stars	94	69	25	1	.734	--
2	Kansas City Monarchs	63	40	23	0	.635	13.5
3	Detroit Stars	89	52	37	0	.584	14.5
4	Chicago American Giants	112	53	59	0	.520	20.0
5	Birmingham Black Barons	96	46	48	2	.489	23.0
6	Louisville Black Caps	44	16	28	0	.364	28.0
7	Cuban Stars West	66	25	41	0	.379	30.0
8	Memphis Red Sox	81	30	51	0	.370	32.5
9	Nashville Elite Giants	82	26	55	1	.321	36.5

Negro National League Championship Series:

• St. Louis Stars defeat Detroit Stars, 4 games to 3

American Negro League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	New York Lincoln Giants	56	38	18	.679
2	Baltimore Black Sox	82	53	29	.646
3	Pittsburgh Homestead Grays	58	37	21	.638
4	Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	78	42	36	.538
5	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	46	16	30	.348
6	Cuban Stars (East)	42	16	26	.381

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Brooklyn Royal Giants
• Columbus Keystones
• Gilkerson's Union Giants
• Pennsylvania Red Caps of NY
• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Wilmington Quaker Giants

Further Reading

• 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