# 1930 Boston Braves season

The 1930 Boston Braves season was the 60th season of the franchise.

## Offseason

* February 18, 1930: Owen Kahn was purchased by the Braves from the Manchester Blue Sox.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 9, 1930: Owen Kahn was sold by the Braves to the Pittsfield Hillies.

### 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 | Al Spohrer | 112 | 356 | 113 | .317 | 2 | 37 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 116 | 431 | 133 | .309 | 3 | 67 |
| 2B | Freddie Maguire | 146 | 516 | 138 | .267 | 0 | 52 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 142 | 558 | 157 | .281 | 2 | 43 |
| 3B | Buster Chatham | 112 | 404 | 108 | .267 | 5 | 56 |
| OF | Lance Richbourg | 130 | 529 | 161 | .304 | 3 | 54 |
| OF | Jimmy Welsh | 113 | 422 | 116 | .275 | 3 | 36 |
| OF | Wally Berger | 151 | 555 | 172 | .310 | 38 | 119 |

#### 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 Clark | 82 | 233 | 69 | .296 | 3 | 28 |
| Johnny Neun | 81 | 212 | 69 | .325 | 2 | 23 |
| Randy Moore | 83 | 191 | 55 | .288 | 2 | 34 |
| Bill Cronin | 66 | 178 | 45 | .253 | 0 | 17 |
| Red Rollings | 52 | 123 | 29 | .236 | 0 | 10 |
| Gene Robertson | 21 | 59 | 11 | .186 | 0 | 7 |
| Billy Rhiel | 20 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Dunlap | 16 | 29 | 2 | .069 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gowdy | 16 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernie James | 8 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Buzz Boyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Kahn | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Socks Seibold | 36 | 251.0 | 15 | 16 | 4.12 | 70 |
| Bob Smith | 38 | 219.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.26 | 84 |
| Ben Cantwell | 31 | 173.1 | 9 | 15 | 4.88 | 43 |
| Tom Zachary | 24 | 151.1 | 11 | 5 | 4.58 | 57 |
| Bill Sherdel | 21 | 119.1 | 6 | 5 | 4.75 | 26 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 11 | 49.0 | 3 | 5 | 7.35 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Brandt | 41 | 147.1 | 4 | 11 | 5.01 | 65 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 27 | 110.2 | 7 | 6 | 5.61 | 30 |
| Bruce Cunningham | 36 | 106.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.48 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Jones | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.95 | 4 |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |
| Johnny Cooney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |