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1930 New York Yankees
League American League
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
City New York City, New York
Owners Jacob Ruppert
General managers Ed Barrow
Managers Bob Shawkey
←  1929 Seasons 1931 →

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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1930 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 9.0 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
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
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

  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

References