# 1930 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 49th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 39th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–62 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in six games.

## Regular season

In the 1930 season, every Cardinals player with over 300 at bats had a batting average over .300, the only time in history this has happened.

### 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 | Jimmie Wilson | 107 | 362 | 115 | .318 | 1 | 58 |
| 1B | Jim Bottomley | 131 | 487 | 148 | .304 | 15 | 97 |
| 2B | Frankie Frisch | 133 | 540 | 187 | .346 | 10 | 114 |
| SS | Charlie Gelbert | 139 | 513 | 156 | .304 | 3 | 72 |
| 3B | Sparky Adams | 137 | 570 | 179 | .314 | 0 | 55 |
| OF | Chick Hafey | 120 | 446 | 150 | .336 | 26 | 107 |
| OF | Taylor Douthit | 154 | 664 | 201 | .303 | 7 | 93 |
| OF | George Watkins | 119 | 391 | 146 | .373 | 17 | 87 |

#### 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 |
| Showboat Fisher | 92 | 254 | 95 | .374 | 8 | 61 |
| Gus Mancuso | 76 | 227 | 83 | .366 | 7 | 59 |
| Andy High | 72 | 215 | 60 | .279 | 2 | 29 |
| Ernie Orsatti | 48 | 131 | 42 | .321 | 1 | 15 |
| Ray Blades | 45 | 101 | 40 | .396 | 4 | 25 |
| Homer Peel | 26 | 73 | 12 | .164 | 0 | 10 |
| Doc Farrell | 23 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 6 |
| George Puccinelli | 11 | 16 | 9 | .563 | 3 | 8 |
| Earl Smith | 8 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pepper Martin | 6 | 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 |
| Bill Hallahan | 35 | 237.1 | 15 | 9 | 4.66 | 177 |
| Syl Johnson | 32 | 187.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.65 | 92 |
| Jesse Haines | 29 | 182.0 | 13 | 8 | 4.30 | 68 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 22 | 152.1 | 13 | 6 | 3.01 | 58 |
| Flint Rhem | 26 | 139.2 | 12 | 8 | 4.45 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 8 | 19.2 | 2 | 3 | 7.32 | 4 |
| Carmen Hill | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 8 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 2 |
| Dizzy Dean | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 |
| Clarence Mitchell | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Hi Bell | 39 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3.90 | 42 |
| Jim Lindsey | 39 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4.43 | 50 |
| Al Grabowski | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4.79 | 43 |
| Hal Haid | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.09 | 13 |
| Bill Sherdel | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 29 |

## 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 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Billy Southworth |
| A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Joe Schultz, Sr. |
| A | St. Joseph Saints | Western League | Gene Bailey, Joe Sugden and Everitt Booe |
| B | Danville Veterans | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Frank Murphy |
| C | Scottdale Scotties | Middle Atlantic League | Eddie Dyer |
| C | Greensboro Patriots | Piedmont League | Everitt Booe, Hobe Brummitt and Clay Hopper |
| D | Waynesboro Red Birds | Blue Ridge League | Bob Rice |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester