# 1930 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1930 New York Giants season was the 48th in franchise history. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 87–67, 5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season

Giants player Bill Terry was the last member of the Giants, and the last National League player in the 20th century, to have a batting average of .400 in one season. In the process, he tied the National League record – set the previous year by Lefty O'Doul – for most hits in a single season with 254. As of the end of the 2020 season, that record still stands.
The Giants set a record for the highest team batting average (.319) in the modern era (since 1901). The team's totals of 1,769 hits and 2,628 total bases both set single season franchise records.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 53‍–‍24 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 90 | 64 | .584 | 2 | 51‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍38 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 46‍–‍31 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 86 | 68 | .558 | 6 | 49‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12 | 42‍–‍35 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Boston Braves | 70 | 84 | .455 | 22 | 39‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 95 | .383 | 33 | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 102 | .338 | 40 | 35‍–‍42 | 17‍–‍60 |

### Record vs. opponents

1930 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 16–6–2 | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 3–19 |
| New York | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 6–16–2 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 9–13 | — |

### 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 | Shanty Hogan | 122 | 389 | 132 | .339 | 13 | 75 |
| 1B | Bill Terry | 154 | 633 | 254 | .401 | 23 | 129 |
| 2B | Hughie Critz | 124 | 558 | 148 | .265 | 4 | 50 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 116 | 431 | 146 | .339 | 13 | 82 |
| 3B | Freddie Lindstrom | 148 | 609 | 231 | .379 | 22 | 106 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 148 | 521 | 182 | .349 | 25 | 119 |
| OF | Freddy Leach | 126 | 544 | 178 | .327 | 13 | 71 |
| OF | Wally Roettger | 121 | 420 | 119 | .283 | 5 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 94 | 249 | 75 | .301 | 4 | 54 |
| Ethan Allen | 76 | 238 | 73 | .307 | 7 | 31 |
| Doc Marshall | 78 | 223 | 69 | .309 | 0 | 21 |
| Andy Reese | 67 | 172 | 47 | .273 | 4 | 25 |
| Pat Crawford | 25 | 76 | 21 | .276 | 3 | 17 |
| Dave Bancroft | 10 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Fullis | 13 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Rosenberg | 9 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Jo Moore | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Francis Healy | 7 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leslie | 2 | 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 |
| Bill Walker | 39 | 245.1 | 17 | 15 | 3.93 | 105 |
| Carl Hubbell | 37 | 241.2 | 17 | 12 | 3.87 | 117 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 41 | 224.1 | 19 | 7 | 4.25 | 76 |
| Clarence Mitchell | 24 | 129.0 | 10 | 3 | 3.98 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Hub Pruett | 45 | 135.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.78 | 49 |
| Pete Donohue | 18 | 86.2 | 7 | 6 | 6.13 | 26 |
| Tiny Chaplin | 19 | 73.0 | 2 | 6 | 5.18 | 20 |
| Joe Genewich | 18 | 61.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.61 | 13 |
| Larry Benton | 8 | 30.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.80 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Heving | 41 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5.22 | 37 |
| Roy Parmelee | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.43 | 19 |
| Ray Lucas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 1 |
| Bill Morrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 3 |
| Ralph Judd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League records

* Bill Terry, National League record, most hits in a single season (tied with Lefty O'Doul)

### League leaders

* Bill Terry, National League batting champion

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Casey Stengel |
| A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | Hans Lobert |