1930 Philadelphia Athletics season
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1930 AL Champions 1930 World Series Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 52 losses. It was their second of three consecutive pennants. In the 1930 World Series, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. This was the A's final World Series championship in Philadelphia. They would next win the World Series 42 years later, in 1972, after they had moved to Oakland. When playing the Cleveland Indians on July 25, the Athletics became the only team in Major League history to execute a triple steal twice in one game.[1]
Regular season[]
The A's had three Hall of Famers in their starting line-up: Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Al Simmons. Simmons won the AL batting title with a .381 average. Pitching ace Lefty Grove won the pitching triple crown.
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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Mickey Cochrane | 130 | 487 | 174 | .357 | 10 | 87 |
1B | Jimmie Foxx | 153 | 562 | 188 | .335 | 37 | 156 |
2B | Max Bishop | 130 | 441 | 111 | .252 | 10 | 38 |
3B | Jimmy Dykes | 125 | 435 | 131 | .301 | 6 | 73 |
SS | Joe Boley | 121 | 420 | 116 | .276 | 4 | 55 |
LF | Al Simmons | 138 | 554 | 211 | .381 | 36 | 165 |
CF | Mule Haas | 132 | 532 | 159 | .299 | 2 | 68 |
RF | Bing Miller | 154 | 585 | 177 | .303 | 9 | 100 |
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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Eric McNair | 78 | 237 | 63 | .266 | 0 | 34 |
Dib Williams | 67 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 3 | 22 |
Wally Schang | 45 | 92 | 16 | .174 | 1 | 9 |
Doc Cramer | 30 | 82 | 19 | .232 | 0 | 6 |
Homer Summa | 25 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 1 | 5 |
Spence Harris | 22 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
Jimmy Moore | 15 | 50 | 19 | .380 | 2 | 12 |
Cy Perkins | 20 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 0 | 4 |
Pinky Higgins | 14 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Keesey | 11 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Collins | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
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Lefty Grove | 50 | 291 | 28 | 5 | 2.54 | 209 |
George Earnshaw | 49 | 296 | 22 | 13 | 4.44 | 193 |
Rube Walberg | 38 | 205.1 | 13 | 12 | 4.69 | 100 |
Bill Shores | 31 | 159 | 12 | 4 | 4.19 | 48 |
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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Roy Mahaffey | 33 | 152.2 | 9 | 5 | 5.01 | 38 |
Howard Ehmke | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11.70 | 4 |
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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Jack Quinn | 35 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4.42 | 28 |
Eddie Rommel | 35 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4.28 | 35 |
Charlie Perkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 15 |
Glenn Liebhardt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.00 | 2 |
Al Mahon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.85 | 0 |
Awards and honors[]
American League top five finishers[]
- #4 on-base percentage (.426)
Mickey Cochrane
- #5 batting average (.357)
- #2 strikeouts (193)
- #3 wins (22)
Jimmie Foxx
- #3 home runs (37)
- #3 runs batted in (156)
- #3 on-base percentage (.429)
- #4 slugging percentage (.637)
Lefty Grove
- #1 wins (28)
- #1 earned run average (2.54)
- #1 strikeouts (209)[2]
Al Simmons
- #1 batting average (.381)
- #1 runs scored (152)
- #2 runs batted in (165)
- #3 slugging percentage (.708)
- #5 home runs (36)
1930 World Series[]
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5 | October 1 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
2 | Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6 | October 2 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
3 | Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5 | October 4 | Sportsman's Park | 36,944 |
4 | Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3 | October 5 | Sportsman's Park | 39,946 |
5 | Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0 | October 6 | Sportsman's Park | 38,844 |
6 | Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7 | October 8 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
References[]
- ^ "Team Stolen Base Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
External links[]
- Baseball Reference: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
- Baseball Almanac: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
- The Baseball Cube: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
- Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics
- Oakland Athletics seasons
- 1930 Major League Baseball season
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