# 1930 Chicago White Sox season

The 1930 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 30th season in the major leagues, and its 31st season overall. They finished with a record of 62–92, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 40 games behind the first place 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 | Bennie Tate | 72 | 230 | 73 | .317 | 0 | 27 |
| 1B | Johnny Watwood | 133 | 427 | 129 | .302 | 2 | 51 |
| 2B | Bill Cissell | 141 | 562 | 152 | .270 | 2 | 48 |
| SS | Greg Mulleavy | 77 | 289 | 76 | .263 | 0 | 28 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 112 | 331 | 89 | .269 | 3 | 47 |
| OF | Carl Reynolds | 138 | 563 | 202 | .359 | 22 | 104 |
| OF | Red Barnes | 85 | 266 | 66 | .248 | 1 | 31 |
| OF | Smead Jolley | 152 | 616 | 193 | .313 | 16 | 114 |

#### 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 |
| John Kerr | 70 | 266 | 77 | .289 | 3 | 27 |
| Bud Clancy | 68 | 234 | 57 | .244 | 3 | 27 |
| Bob Fothergill | 52 | 135 | 40 | .296 | 0 | 24 |
| Art Shires | 37 | 128 | 33 | .258 | 1 | 18 |
| Buck Crouse | 42 | 118 | 30 | .254 | 0 | 15 |
| Irv Jeffries | 40 | 97 | 23 | .237 | 2 | 11 |
| Blondy Ryan | 28 | 87 | 18 | .207 | 1 | 10 |
| Dave Harris | 33 | 86 | 21 | .244 | 5 | 13 |
| Bill Hunnefield | 31 | 81 | 22 | .272 | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Metzler | 56 | 79 | 14 | .177 | 0 | 5 |
| Ernie Smith | 24 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 0 | 3 |
| Chick Autry | 34 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 0 | 5 |
| Moe Berg | 20 | 61 | 7 | .115 | 0 | 7 |
| Johnny Riddle | 25 | 58 | 14 | .241 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Moore | 16 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Appling | 6 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Campbell | 5 | 10 | 5 | .500 | 0 | 5 |
| Butch Henline | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Klinger | 4 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| Hugh Willingham | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Ted Lyons | 42 | 297.2 | 22 | 15 | 3.78 | 69 |
| Red Faber | 29 | 169.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.21 | 62 |
| Tommy Thomas | 34 | 169.0 | 5 | 13 | 5.22 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| Pat Caraway | 38 | 193.1 | 10 | 10 | 3.86 | 83 |
| Dutch Henry | 35 | 155.0 | 2 | 17 | 4.88 | 35 |
| Garland Braxton | 19 | 90.2 | 4 | 10 | 6.45 | 44 |
| Jim Moore | 9 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.60 | 11 |
| Bob Weiland | 14 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.61 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Walsh Jr. | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.38 | 37 |
| Hal McKain | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5.56 | 52 |
| Ted Blankenship | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.20 | 2 |
| Biggs Wehde | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 3 |