# 1930 St. Louis Browns season

The 1930 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.

## 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 | Rick Ferrell | 101 | 314 | 84 | .268 | 1 | 41 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 117 | 425 | 100 | .235 | 4 | 42 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 149 | 574 | 147 | .256 | 5 | 59 |
| SS | Red Kress | 154 | 614 | 192 | .313 | 16 | 112 |
| 3B | Frank O'Rourke | 115 | 400 | 107 | .268 | 1 | 41 |
| OF | Ted Gullic | 92 | 308 | 77 | .250 | 4 | 44 |
| OF | Fred Schulte | 113 | 392 | 109 | .278 | 5 | 62 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 101 | 396 | 129 | .326 | 30 | 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 |
| Earl McNeely | 76 | 235 | 64 | .272 | 0 | 20 |
| Red Badgro | 89 | 234 | 56 | .239 | 1 | 27 |
| Alex Metzler | 56 | 209 | 54 | .258 | 1 | 23 |
| Heinie Manush | 49 | 198 | 65 | .328 | 2 | 29 |
| Sammy Hale | 62 | 190 | 52 | .274 | 2 | 25 |
| Clyde Manion | 57 | 148 | 32 | .216 | 1 | 11 |
| Jim Levey | 8 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 3 |
| Bernie Hungling | 10 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Burns | 8 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Lin Storti | 7 | 28 | 9 | .321 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Crouch | 6 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Hassler | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Jenkins | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Lefty Stewart | 35 | 271.0 | 20 | 12 | 3.45 | 79 |
| Dick Coffman | 38 | 196.0 | 8 | 18 | 5.14 | 54 |
| Sam Gray | 27 | 167.2 | 4 | 15 | 6.28 | 51 |
| Alvin Crowder | 13 | 77.1 | 3 | 7 | 4.66 | 42 |

#### 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 Blaeholder | 37 | 191.1 | 11 | 13 | 4.61 | 70 |
| Rip Collins | 35 | 171.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.35 | 75 |
| Rollie Stiles | 20 | 102.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.91 | 25 |
| Fred Stiely | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Chad Kimsey | 42 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6.35 | 32 |
| Herm Holshouser | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.80 | 37 |