1930 New York Yankees season
The 1930 New York Yankees season was their 28th season. The team finished with a record of 86–68, finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees set a team record by recording a .309 batting average during this season.
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| Owners | Jacob Ruppert |
| General managers | Ed Barrow |
| Managers | Bob Shawkey |
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Regular season
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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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 | — | |||||
Notable transactions
- May 30, 1930: Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling.[1]
Roster
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Player stats
Starters by position
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 |
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| C | Bill Dickey | 109 | 366 | 124 | .339 | 5 | 65 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 581 | 220 | .379 | 41 | 173 |
| 2B | Tony Lazzeri | 143 | 571 | 173 | .303 | 9 | 121 |
| SS | Lyn Lary | 117 | 464 | 134 | .289 | 3 | 52 |
| 3B | Ben Chapman | 138 | 513 | 162 | .316 | 10 | 81 |
| OF | Earle Combs | 137 | 532 | 183 | .344 | 7 | 82 |
| OF | Harry Rice | 100 | 346 | 103 | .298 | 7 | 74 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 145 | 518 | 186 | .359 | 49 | 153 |
Other batters
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 |
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| Samuel Byrd | 92 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 6 | 31 |
| Dusty Cooke | 92 | 216 | 55 | .255 | 6 | 29 |
| Jimmie Reese | 77 | 188 | 65 | .346 | 3 | 18 |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 45 | 108 | 30 | .278 | 0 | 12 |
| Benny Bengough | 44 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 0 | 12 |
| Mark Koenig | 21 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 9 |
| Yats Wuestling | 25 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
| Arndt Jorgens | 16 | 30 | 11 | .367 | 0 | 1 |
| Cedric Durst | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 5 |
| Billy Werber | 4 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Karlon | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Red Ruffing | 34 | 197.2 | 15 | 5 | 4.14 | 117 |
| Herb Pennock | 25 | 156.1 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 | 46 |
| Ed Wells | 27 | 150.2 | 12 | 3 | 5.20 | 46 |
| Waite Hoyt | 8 | 47.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.53 | 10 |
| Tom Zachary | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 1 |
| Frank Barnes | 2 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.03 | 2 |
| Babe Ruth | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
| Sam Gibson | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 3 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| George Pipgras | 44 | 221.0 | 15 | 15 | 4.11 | 111 |
| Roy Sherid | 37 | 184.0 | 12 | 13 | 5.23 | 59 |
| Hank Johnson | 44 | 175.1 | 14 | 11 | 4.67 | 115 |
| Lefty Gomez | 15 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.55 | 22 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Lou McEvoy | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6.71 | 14 |
| Ken Holloway | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.24 | 11 |
| Ownie Carroll | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.61 | 8 |
| Bill Henderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Gordon Rhodes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Foster Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |
Farm system
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AA | Jersey City Skeeters | International League | Nick Allen and Joe Tinker |
| B | Hazleton Mountaineers | New York–Pennsylvania League | Walter Holke |
| D | Chambersburg Young Yanks | Blue Ridge League | Leo Mackey |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Chambersburg[2]
Notes
- Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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