# 1930 Cleveland Indians season

The 1930 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 81–73, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

## 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 | Luke Sewell | 76 | 292 | 75 | .257 | 1 | 43 |
| 1B | Ed Morgan | 150 | 584 | 204 | .349 | 26 | 136 |
| 2B | Johnny Hodapp | 154 | 635 | 225 | .354 | 9 | 121 |
| SS | Jonah Goldman | 111 | 306 | 74 | .242 | 1 | 44 |
| 3B | Joe Sewell | 109 | 353 | 102 | .289 | 0 | 48 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 139 | 534 | 181 | .339 | 19 | 119 |
| OF | Dick Porter | 119 | 480 | 168 | .350 | 4 | 57 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 103 | 366 | 110 | .301 | 1 | 52 |

#### 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 Seeds | 85 | 277 | 79 | .285 | 3 | 32 |
| Glenn Myatt | 86 | 265 | 78 | .294 | 2 | 37 |
| Bibb Falk | 82 | 191 | 62 | .325 | 4 | 36 |
| Ed Montague | 58 | 179 | 47 | .263 | 1 | 16 |
| Johnny Burnett | 54 | 170 | 53 | .312 | 0 | 20 |
| Lew Fonseca | 40 | 129 | 36 | .279 | 0 | 17 |
| Carl Lind | 24 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 0 | 6 |
| Joe Sprinz | 17 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Vosmik | 9 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 5 | 22 | 10 | .455 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Gardner | 33 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| George Detore | 3 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Grover Hartley | 1 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 43 | 296.2 | 25 | 13 | 3.31 | 143 |
| Willis Hudlin | 37 | 216.2 | 13 | 16 | 4.57 | 60 |
| Clint Brown | 35 | 213.2 | 11 | 13 | 4.97 | 54 |
| Mel Harder | 36 | 175.1 | 11 | 10 | 4.21 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Roxie Lawson | 7 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 6.15 | 10 |
| Ken Holloway | 12 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 8.40 | 8 |
| Sal Giatto | 8 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 7 |
| Len Barnhart | 1 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 1 |
| Joe Shaute | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Appleton | 39 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4.02 | 45 |
| Jake Miller | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7.13 | 31 |
| Milt Shoffner | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7.97 | 17 |
| Belve Bean | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5.45 | 19 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Terre Haute Tots | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Frederick Warriors | Blue Ridge League | Bob Wells |