# 1930 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies season.
The Phillies tallied 1,783 hits, the most ever recorded by a team during a major league season. They recorded a .315 team batting average during the season, which was second in the National League and major league baseball. Only the 1930 New York Giants who batted .319 and the 1921 Detroit Tigers at .316 posted higher team averages in the modern era (since 1901).
However, their pitching is why the Phillies finished in last place. The pitching staff allowed 1,199 runs in 156 games (2 games ended in a tie), an average of 7.69 runs per game. 1,024 of those runs were earned runs, their team earned run average of 6.71 is the highest in the modern era.

## Regular season
### 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 | Spud Davis | 106 | 329 | 103 | .313 | 14 | 65 |
| 1B | Don Hurst | 119 | 391 | 128 | .327 | 17 | 78 |
| 2B | Fresco Thompson | 122 | 478 | 135 | .282 | 4 | 46 |
| SS | Tommy Thevenow | 156 | 573 | 164 | .286 | 0 | 78 |
| 3B | Pinky Whitney | 149 | 606 | 207 | .342 | 8 | 117 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 156 | 648 | 250 | .386 | 40 | 170 |
| OF | Lefty O'Doul | 140 | 528 | 202 | .383 | 22 | 97 |
| OF | Denny Sothern | 90 | 347 | 97 | .280 | 5 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Bernie Friberg | 105 | 331 | 113 | .341 | 4 | 42 |
| Monk Sherlock | 92 | 299 | 97 | .324 | 0 | 38 |
| Fred Brickell | 53 | 240 | 59 | .246 | 0 | 17 |
| Tony Rensa | 54 | 172 | 49 | .285 | 3 | 31 |
| Harry McCurdy | 80 | 148 | 49 | .331 | 1 | 25 |
| Tripp Sigman | 52 | 100 | 27 | .270 | 4 | 6 |
| Cy Williams | 21 | 17 | 8 | .471 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Spotts | 3 | 2 | 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 |
| Phil Collins | 47 | 239.0 | 16 | 11 | 4.78 | 87 |
| Ray Benge | 38 | 225.2 | 11 | 15 | 5.70 | 70 |
| Les Sweetland | 34 | 167.0 | 7 | 15 | 7.71 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Claude Willoughby | 41 | 153.0 | 4 | 17 | 7.59 | 38 |
| Hap Collard | 30 | 127.0 | 6 | 12 | 6.80 | 25 |
| Hal Elliott | 48 | 117.1 | 6 | 11 | 7.67 | 37 |
| Snipe Hansen | 22 | 84.1 | 0 | 7 | 6.72 | 25 |
| Chet Nichols Sr. | 16 | 59.2 | 1 | 2 | 6.79 | 15 |
| Lou Koupal | 13 | 36.2 | 0 | 4 | 8.59 | 11 |
| John Milligan | 9 | 28.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.18 | 7 |
| Pete Alexander | 9 | 21.2 | 0 | 3 | 9.14 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Smythe | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7.79 | 9 |
| Buz Phillips | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.04 | 9 |
| By Speece | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.27 | 9 |