1930 Detroit Tigers season
1930 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Navin Field | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Frank Navin | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) | |
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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.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- 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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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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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C | Ray Hayworth | 77 | 227 | 63 | .278 | 0 | 22 |
1B | Dale Alexander | 154 | 602 | 196 | .326 | 20 | 135 |
2B | Charlie Gehringer | 154 | 610 | 201 | .330 | 16 | 98 |
SS | Mark Koenig | 76 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 1 | 16 |
3B | Marty McManus | 132 | 484 | 155 | .320 | 9 | 89 |
OF | John Stone | 127 | 425 | 132 | .311 | 3 | 56 |
OF | Roy Johnson | 125 | 462 | 127 | .275 | 2 | 35 |
OF | Liz Funk | 140 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 4 | 65 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Bill Akers | 85 | 233 | 65 | .279 | 9 | 40 |
Billy Rogell | 54 | 144 | 24 | .167 | 0 | 9 |
Bob Fothergill | 55 | 143 | 37 | .259 | 2 | 14 |
Pinky Hargrave | 55 | 137 | 39 | .285 | 5 | 18 |
Harry Rice | 37 | 128 | 39 | .305 | 2 | 24 |
Gene Desautels | 42 | 126 | 24 | .190 | 0 | 9 |
Paul Easterling | 29 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 1 | 14 |
Frank Doljack | 20 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 3 | 17 |
Tom Hughes | 17 | 59 | 22 | .373 | 0 | 5 |
Tony Rensa | 20 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 1 | 3 |
Jimmy Shevlin | 28 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Watson | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Yats Wuestling | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hughie Wise | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Greenberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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George Uhle | 33 | 239.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.65 | 117 |
Vic Sorrell | 35 | 233.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.86 | 97 |
Earl Whitehill | 34 | 220.2 | 17 | 13 | 4.24 | 109 |
Waite Hoyt | 26 | 135.2 | 9 | 8 | 4.78 | 25 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Elon Hogsett | 33 | 146.0 | 9 | 8 | 5.42 | 54 |
Whit Wyatt | 21 | 85.2 | 4 | 5 | 3.57 | 68 |
Art Herring | 23 | 77.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.33 | 16 |
Tommy Bridges | 8 | 37.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.06 | 17 |
Ownie Carroll | 6 | 20.1 | 0 | 5 | 10.62 | 4 |
Mark Koenig | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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 |
Phil Page | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.75 | 2 |
Joe Samuels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]Hartford club folded, June 30, 1930[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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