# 1930 Detroit Tigers season

The 1930 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 27 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 30, 1930: Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling were traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig.

### 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 | Ray Hayworth | 77 | 227 | 63 | .278 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Dale Alexander | 154 | 602 | 196 | .326 | 20 | 135 |
| 2B | Charlie Gehringer | 154 | 610 | 201 | .330 | 16 | 98 |
| SS | Mark Koenig | 76 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 1 | 16 |
| 3B | Marty McManus | 132 | 484 | 155 | .320 | 9 | 89 |
| OF | John Stone | 127 | 425 | 132 | .311 | 3 | 56 |
| OF | Roy Johnson | 125 | 462 | 127 | .275 | 2 | 35 |
| OF | Liz Funk | 140 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 4 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Akers | 85 | 233 | 65 | .279 | 9 | 40 |
| Billy Rogell | 54 | 144 | 24 | .167 | 0 | 9 |
| Bob Fothergill | 55 | 143 | 37 | .259 | 2 | 14 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 55 | 137 | 39 | .285 | 5 | 18 |
| Harry Rice | 37 | 128 | 39 | .305 | 2 | 24 |
| Gene Desautels | 42 | 126 | 24 | .190 | 0 | 9 |
| Paul Easterling | 29 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 1 | 14 |
| Frank Doljack | 20 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 3 | 17 |
| Tom Hughes | 17 | 59 | 22 | .373 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Rensa | 20 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Shevlin | 28 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Watson | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Yats Wuestling | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hughie Wise | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Greenberg | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| George Uhle | 33 | 239.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.65 | 117 |
| Vic Sorrell | 35 | 233.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.86 | 97 |
| Earl Whitehill | 34 | 220.2 | 17 | 13 | 4.24 | 109 |
| Waite Hoyt | 26 | 135.2 | 9 | 8 | 4.78 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Elon Hogsett | 33 | 146.0 | 9 | 8 | 5.42 | 54 |
| Whit Wyatt | 21 | 85.2 | 4 | 5 | 3.57 | 68 |
| Art Herring | 23 | 77.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.33 | 16 |
| Tommy Bridges | 8 | 37.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.06 | 17 |
| Ownie Carroll | 6 | 20.1 | 0 | 5 | 10.62 | 4 |
| Mark Koenig | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 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 |
| Charlie Sullivan | 40 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6.53 | 38 |
| Guy Cantrell | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.66 | 20 |
| Phil Page | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.75 | 2 |
| Joe Samuels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Steve O'Neill |
| A | Hartford Senators | Eastern League | King Bader |
| A | Beaumont Exporters | Texas League | Del Baker |
| B | Evansville Hubs | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
| C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Bobby Prysock and Dan Tapson |
Hartford club folded, June 30, 1930