1930 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersDonie Bush
RadioWCFL
(Johnny O'Hara)
WGN
(Bob Elson)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)
WIBO
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

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

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1930 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1930 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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