# 1930 Washington Senators season

The 1930 Washington Senators won 94 games, lost 60, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 52 | .662 | — | 58‍–‍18 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 94 | 60 | .610 | 8 | 56‍–‍21 | 38‍–‍39 |
| New York Yankees | 86 | 68 | .558 | 16 | 47‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 73 | .526 | 21 | 44‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 27 | 45‍–‍33 | 30‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 64 | 90 | .416 | 38 | 38‍–‍40 | 26‍–‍50 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 92 | .403 | 40 | 34‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Boston Red Sox | 52 | 102 | .338 | 50 | 30‍–‍46 | 22‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1930 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Roy Spencer | 93 | 321 | 82 | .255 | 0 | 36 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 126 | 442 | 144 | .326 | 10 | 80 |
| 2B | Buddy Myer | 138 | 541 | 164 | .303 | 2 | 61 |
| SS | Joe Cronin | 154 | 587 | 203 | .346 | 13 | 126 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 134 | 476 | 138 | .290 | 3 | 69 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 88 | 356 | 129 | .362 | 7 | 65 |
| OF | Sam West | 120 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 6 | 67 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 147 | 593 | 207 | .349 | 1 | 73 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Harris | 73 | 205 | 65 | .317 | 4 | 44 |
| Muddy Ruel | 66 | 198 | 50 | .253 | 0 | 26 |
| Goose Goslin | 47 | 188 | 51 | .271 | 7 | 38 |
| Jackie Hayes | 52 | 166 | 47 | .283 | 1 | 20 |
| George Loepp | 50 | 134 | 37 | .276 | 0 | 14 |
| Art Shires | 38 | 84 | 31 | .369 | 1 | 19 |
| Joe Kuhel | 18 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 0 | 17 |
| Jim McLeod | 18 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 1 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 10 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 1 | 7 |
| Bennie Tate | 14 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Treadaway | 6 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Barnes | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Barrett | 6 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Powell | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harley Boss | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| Bump Hadley | 42 | 260.1 | 15 | 11 | 3.73 | 162 |
| General Crowder | 27 | 202.1 | 15 | 9 | 3.60 | 65 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 25 | 183.1 | 15 | 7 | 4.07 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Lloyd Brown | 38 | 197.0 | 16 | 12 | 4.25 | 59 |
| Firpo Marberry | 33 | 185.0 | 15 | 5 | 4.09 | 56 |
| Ad Liska | 32 | 150.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.29 | 40 |
| Bobby Burke | 24 | 74.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.63 | 35 |
| Myles Thomas | 12 | 33.2 | 2 | 2 | 8.29 | 12 |
| Carl Fischer | 8 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.86 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Garland Braxton | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3.29 | 7 |
| Harry Child | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 5 |
| Carlos Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bill Rodgers |
| D | Hagerstown Hubs | Blue Ridge League | Jake Miller and Joe Cambria |