1930 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1930 Philadelphia Athletics 1930 AL Champions 1930 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1930 Information
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 the 25th of July, the Athletics became the only team in Major League history to execute a triple steal twice in the one game^[1].

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Awards and honors
- 3.1 American League top five finishers
4 1930 World Series
5 References
6 External links

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
Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	.662	--
Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8
New York Yankees	86	68	.558	16
Cleveland Indians	81	73	.526	21
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	27
St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	38
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	40
Boston Red Sox	52	102	.338	50

Roster

1930 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Eddie Collins

Manager

Connie Mack

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	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane	130	487	174	.357	10	87
1B	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx	153	562	188	.335	37	156
2B	Bishop, MaxMax Bishop	130	441	111	.252	10	38
3B	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	125	435	131	.301	6	73
SS	Boley, JoeJoe Boley	121	420	116	.276	4	55
LF	Simmons, AlAl Simmons	138	554	211	.381	36	165
CF	Haas, MuleMule Haas	132	532	159	.299	2	68
RF	Miller, BingBing 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
Moore, JimmyJimmy Moore	15	50	19	.380	2	12
Collins, EddieEddie 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
Earnshaw, GeorgeGeorge Earnshaw	49	296	22	13	4.44	193
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	38	205.1	13	12	4.69	100

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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	50	291	28	5	2.54	209
Mahaffey, RoyRoy Mahaffey	33	152.2	9	5	5.01	38
Ehmke, HowardHoward 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
Liebhardt, GlennGlenn Liebhardt	5	0	1	0	11.00	2
Mahon, AlAl Mahon	3	0	0	0	22.85	0

Awards and honors

American League top five finishers

Max Bishop

#4 on-base percentage (.426)

Mickey Cochrane

#5 batting average (.357)

George Earnshaw

#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

Main article: 1930 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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. http://www.baseball-almanac/recbooks/rb_stba2.shtml. Retrieved 5 April 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

Preceded by Philadelphia Athletics 1929	American League Champions Philadelphia Athletics 1930	Succeeded by Philadelphia Athletics 1931
Preceded by Philadelphia Athletics 1929	World Series Champions Philadelphia Athletics 1930	Succeeded by St. Louis Cardinals 1931

v t e 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

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

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