1930 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersWalter Johnson
← 1929 Seasons 1931 →

The 1930 Washington Senators won 94 games, lost 60, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

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 Washington Senators roster
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 Roy Spencer 93 321 82 .255 0 36
1B Joe Judge 126 442 144 .326 10 80
2B Buddy Myer 138 541 164 .303 2 61
SS Joe Cronin 154 587 203 .346 13 126
3B Ossie Bluege 134 476 138 .290 3 69
OF Heinie Manush 88 356 129 .362 7 65
OF Sam West 120 411 135 .328 6 67
OF Sam Rice 147 593 207 .349 1 73

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
Dave Harris 73 205 65 .317 4 44
Muddy Ruel 66 198 50 .253 0 26
Goose Goslin 47 188 51 .271 7 38
Jackie Hayes 52 166 47 .283 1 20
George Loepp 50 134 37 .276 0 14
Art Shires 38 84 31 .369 1 19
Joe Kuhel 18 63 18 .286 0 17
Jim McLeod 18 34 9 .265 0 1
Pinky Hargrave 10 31 6 .194 1 7
Bennie Tate 14 20 5 .250 0 2
Ray Treadaway 6 19 4 .211 0 1
Red Barnes 12 12 2 .167 0 0
Bill Barrett 6 4 0 .000 0 0
Jake Powell 3 4 0 .000 0 0
Harley Boss 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Patsy Gharrity 2 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
Bump Hadley 42 260.1 15 11 3.73 162
General Crowder 27 202.1 15 9 3.60 65
Sad Sam Jones 25 183.1 15 7 4.07 60

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
Lloyd Brown 38 197.0 16 12 4.25 59
Firpo Marberry 33 185.0 15 5 4.09 56
Ad Liska 32 150.2 9 7 3.29 40
Bobby Burke 24 74.1 3 4 3.63 35
Myles Thomas 12 33.2 2 2 8.29 12
Carl Fischer 8 33.1 1 1 4.86 21

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
Garland Braxton 15 3 2 5 3.29 7
Harry Child 5 0 0 0 6.30 5
Carlos Moore 4 0 0 0 2.31 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Bill Rodgers
D Hagerstown Hubs Blue Ridge League Jake Miller and Joe Cambria

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Notes

  1. ^ 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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