1930 New York Yankees season

1930 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Bob Shawkey
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The 1930 New York Yankees season was their 28th season. The team finished with a record of 86–68, finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	.662	--
Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8
New York Yankees	86	68	.558	16
Cleveland Indians	81	73	.526	21
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	27
St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	38
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	40
Boston Red Sox	52	102	.338	50

Record vs. opponents

1930 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Art 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
3B	Ben Chapman	138	513	162	.316	10	81

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
Mark Koenig	21	74	17	.230	0	9

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
Waite Hoyt	8	47.2	2	2	4.53	10
Frank Barnes	2	12.1	0	1	8.03	2

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

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
Ownie Carroll	10	0	1	0	6.61	8
Bill Henderson	3	0	0	0	4.50	2

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