1930 New York Yankees season

The 1930 New York Yankees season was their 28th season. The team finished with a record of 86–68 (.558), finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey; the 1930 season was his only year managing the Yankees and his only season as a Major League manager. The team's owner (Jacob Ruppert) and general manager (Ed Barrow) were both future Hall of Famers. Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees set a team record by recording a .309 batting average during this season.

1930 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Record	86–68 (.558)
League place	3rd
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Bob Shawkey (first season)
Seasons

The Yankees fielded nine players who would eventually be enshrined in the Hall of Fame (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Waite Hoyt Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, and Babe Ruth). This is the most all time, tied with the following year's team as well as the 1932 and 1933 Yankees teams. The same nine Hall of Famers played for the 1931, 1932, and 1933 teams, with the 1930 team differing only by not having Joe Sewell and instead featuring Waite Hoyt.

Regular season

Season standings

American 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 record 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: Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling.

Roster

1930 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 32 Frank Barnes 11 Ownie Carroll 34 Foster Edwards 33 Sam Gibson 22 Lefty Gomez 18 Bill Henderson 32 Ken Holloway 11 Waite Hoyt 14 Hank Johnson 18,29 Lou McEvoy 16 Herb Pennock 12 George Pipgras 18 Gordon Rhodes 21 Red Ruffing 15 Roy Sherid 17 Ed Wells 18 Tom Zachary		Catchers 10 Benny Bengough  8 Bill Dickey  9 Bubbles Hargrave 28 Arndt Jorgens Infielders  7 Ben Chapman  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Mark Koenig 24 Lyn Lary  5 Tony Lazzeri 25 Jimmie Reese 20 Billy Werber  2 Yats Wuestling		Outfielders 26 Sammy Byrd  1 Earle Combs  6 Dusty Cooke 27 Cedric Durst 32 Bill Karlon 19 Harry Rice  3 Babe Ruth		Manager 29 Bob Shawkey Coaches 30 Jimmy Burke 30 Art Fletcher 31 Charley O'Leary

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	Bill Dickey	109	366	124	.339	5	65
1B	Lou Gehrig	154	581	220	.379	41	173
2B	Tony Lazzeri	143	571	173	.303	9	121
SS	Lyn Lary	117	464	134	.289	3	52
3B	Ben Chapman	138	513	162	.316	10	81
OF	Earle Combs	137	532	183	.344	7	82
OF	Harry Rice	100	346	103	.298	7	74
OF	Babe Ruth	145	518	186	.359	49	153

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
Samuel Byrd	92	218	62	.284	6	31
Dusty Cooke	92	216	55	.255	6	29
Jimmie Reese	77	188	65	.346	3	18
Bubbles Hargrave	45	108	30	.278	0	12
Benny Bengough	44	102	24	.235	0	12
Mark Koenig	21	74	17	.230	0	9
Yats Wuestling	25	58	11	.190	0	3
Arndt Jorgens	16	30	11	.367	0	1
Cedric Durst	8	19	3	.158	0	5
Billy Werber	4	14	4	.286	0	2
Bill Karlon	2	5	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
Red Ruffing	34	197.2	15	5	4.14	117
Herb Pennock	25	156.1	11	7	4.32	46
Ed Wells	27	150.2	12	3	5.20	46
Waite Hoyt	8	47.2	2	2	4.53	10
Tom Zachary	3	16.2	1	1	6.48	1
Frank Barnes	2	12.1	0	1	8.03	2
Babe Ruth	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	3
Sam Gibson	2	6.0	0	1	15.00	3

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
George Pipgras	44	221.0	15	15	4.11	111
Roy Sherid	37	184.0	12	13	5.23	59
Hank Johnson	44	175.1	14	11	4.67	115
Lefty Gomez	15	60.0	2	5	5.55	22

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
Lou McEvoy	28	1	3	4	6.71	14
Ken Holloway	16	0	0	1	5.24	11
Ownie Carroll	10	0	1	0	6.61	8
Bill Henderson	3	0	0	0	4.50	2
Gordon Rhodes	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Foster Edwards	2	0	0	0	21.60	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Skeeters	International League	Nick Allen and Joe Tinker
B	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Walter Holke
D	Chambersburg Young Yanks	Blue Ridge League	Leo Mackey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Chambersburg

References

• 1930 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1930 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com