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.
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Owner(s) | Frank Navin |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
Local television | none |
Local radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 52 | 0.662 | — | 58–18 | 44–34 |
Washington Senators | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 8 | 56–21 | 38–39 |
New York Yankees | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 16 | 47–29 | 39–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 21 | 44–33 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 27 | 45–33 | 30–46 |
St. Louis Browns | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 38 | 38–40 | 26–50 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 40 | 34–44 | 28–48 |
Boston Red Sox | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 50 | 30–46 | 22–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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.[1]
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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Harry Rice | 37 | 128 | 39 | .305 | 2 | 24 |
Yats Wuestling | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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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 |
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Tommy Bridges | 8 | 37.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.06 | 17 |
Ownie Carroll | 6 | 20.1 | 0 | 5 | 10.62 | 4 |
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 |
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Charlie Sullivan | 40 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6.53 | 38 |
Guy Cantrell | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.66 | 20 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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[2]
Notes
- Harry Rice at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007