1930 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

The 1930 New York Giants season was the 48th in franchise history. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 87–67, 5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]

Regular season

Giants player Bill Terry was the last member of the Giants, and the last National League player in the 20th century, to have a batting average of .400 in one season.[2] In the process, he tied the National League record – set the previous year by Lefty O'Doul – for most hits in a single season with 254.[3] As of the end of the 2020 season, that record still stands.[3]

The Giants set a record for the highest team batting average (.319) in the modern era (since 1901).[4] The team's totals of 1,769 hits and 2,628 total bases both set single season franchise records.[5][6]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 92 62 0.597 — 53–24 39–38
Chicago Cubs 90 64 0.584 2 51–26 39–38
New York Giants 87 67 0.565 5 46–31 41–36
Brooklyn Robins 86 68 0.558 6 49–28 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 0.519 12 42–35 38–39
Boston Braves 70 84 0.455 22 39–38 31–46
Cincinnati Reds 59 95 0.383 33 37–40 22–55
Philadelphia Phillies 52 102 0.338 40 35–42 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record

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


Roster

1930 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Shanty Hogan 122 389 132 .339 13 75
1B Bill Terry 154 633 254 .401 23 129
2B Hughie Critz 124 558 148 .265 4 50
SS Travis Jackson 116 431 146 .339 13 82
3B Freddie Lindstrom 148 609 231 .379 22 106
OF Mel Ott 148 521 182 .349 25 119
OF Freddy Leach 126 544 178 .327 13 71
OF Wally Roettger 121 420 119 .283 5 51

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
Bob O'Farrell 94 249 75 .301 4 54
Ethan Allen 76 238 73 .307 7 31
Doc Marshall 78 223 69 .309 0 21
Andy Reese 67 172 47 .273 4 25
Pat Crawford 25 76 21 .276 3 17
Dave Bancroft 10 17 1 .059 0 0
Chick Fullis 13 6 0 .000 0 0
Harry Rosenberg 9 5 0 .000 0 0
Jo-Jo Moore 3 5 1 .200 0 0
Francis Healy 7 2 0 .000 0 0
Sam Leslie 2 2 1 .500 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
Bill Walker 39 245.1 17 15 3.93 105
Carl Hubbell 37 241.2 17 12 3.87 117
Freddie Fitzsimmons 41 224.1 19 7 4.25 76
Clarence Mitchell 24 129.0 10 3 3.98 40

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
Hub Pruett 45 135.0 5 4 4.78 49
Pete Donohue 18 86.2 7 6 6.13 26
Tiny Chaplin 19 73.0 2 6 5.18 20
Joe Genewich 18 61.0 2 5 5.61 13
Larry Benton 8 30.0 1 3 7.80 16

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
Joe Heving 41 7 5 6 5.22 37
Roy Parmelee 11 0 1 0 9.43 19
Ray Lucas 6 0 0 0 6.97 1
Bill Morrell 2 0 0 0 1.13 3
Ralph Judd 2 0 0 0 5.87 0

Awards and honors

League records

League leaders

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Casey Stengel
A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League Hans Lobert

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Notes

  1. ^ "1930s | Franchise Timeline | San Francisco Giants". MLB.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  2. ^ Numbelievable!, p.49, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
  3. ^ a b "Player Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, since 1871, Playing in the NL, requiring Hits >= 240, sorted by greatest Hits". Stathead. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1900 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Batting Average >= .310, sorted by greatest Batting Average". Stathead. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, H>=1500, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Hits". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, TB>=2400, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Total Bases". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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