1930 New York Yankees season

1930 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1923); New York City, New York (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Bob Shawkey
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1930 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1930 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

32 Frank Barnes

11 Ownie Carroll

34 Foster Edwards

33 Sam Gibson

22 Lefty Gomez

18 Bill Henderson

32 Ken Holloway

11 Waite Hoyt

14 Hank Johnson

18,29 Lou McEvoy

16 Herb Pennock

12 George Pipgras

18 Gordon Rhodes

21 Red Ruffing

15 Roy Sherid

17 Ed Wells

18 Tom Zachary

Catchers

10 Benny Bengough

8 Bill Dickey

9 Bubbles Hargrave

28 Art Jorgens

Infielders

7 Ben Chapman

4 Lou Gehrig

2 Mark Koenig

24 Lyn Lary

5 Tony Lazzeri

25 Jimmie Reese

20 Billy Werber

2 Yats Wuestling

Outfielders

26 Sammy Byrd

1 Earle Combs

6 Dusty Cooke

27 Cedric Durst

32 Bill Karlon

19 Harry Rice

3 Babe Ruth

Manager

29 Bob Shawkey

Coaches

30 Jimmy Burke

30 Art Fletcher

31 Charley O'Leary

Player stats

Batting

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
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
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

Pitching

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
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	1	0	3.00	3
Sam Gibson	2	6	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
George Pipgras	44	221	15	15	4.11	111
Roy Sherid	37	184	12	13	5.23	59
Hank Johnson	44	175.1	14	11	4.67	115
Lefty Gomez	15	60	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
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
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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[1] Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1930 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1930 World Series