| 1930 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Pennant Winners |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Washington Senators |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Chicago Cubs |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1930 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Finals Runner-Up: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1929 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1929 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1931 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1931 |
The 1930 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1930. The regular season ended on September 28, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 27th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 6 on October 8. The Athletics defeated the Cardinals, four games to two.
Offense dominated this season. The National League batted .303, with six teams batting better than .300. The American League came in at .288, with three teams batting over .300.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1930 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
American League Opening Day took place on April 14 with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators playing, while National League Opening Day took place the following day. The final day of the regular season was on September 28, which saw all sixteen teams play on the final day for the first time. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 8.
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Simmons (PHA) | .381 | ||
| Babe Ruth (NYY) | 49 | ||
| Lou Gehrig (NYY) | 173 | ||
| Al Simmons (PHA) | 152 | ||
| Johnny Hodapp (CLE) | 225 | ||
| Marty McManus (DET) | 23 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Grove1 (PHA) | 28 | ||
| Milt Gaston (BRS) Jack Russell (BRS) | 20 | ||
| Lefty Grove1 (PHA) | 2.54 | ||
| Lefty Grove1 (PHA) | 209 | ||
| Ted Lyons (CWS) | 297.2 | ||
| Lefty Grove (PHA) | 9 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Terry (NYG) | .401 | ||
| Hack Wilson (CHC) | 56 | ||
| Hack Wilson (CHC) | 191 | ||
| Chuck Klein (PHP) | 158 | ||
| Bill Terry (NYG) | 254 | ||
| Kiki Cuyler (CHC) | 37 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Kremer (PIT) Pat Malone (CHC) | 20 | ||
| Larry French (PIT) Benny Frey (CIN) | 18 | ||
| Dazzy Vance (BKN) | 2.61 | ||
| K | Bill Hallahan (SLC) | 177 | |
| Ray Kremer (PIT) | 276.0 | ||
| Herman Bell (SLC) | 8 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs[1] | 90 | -8.2% | 1,463,624 | -1.5% | 18,527 | |
| New York Yankees[2] | 86 | -2.3% | 1,169,230 | 21.8% | 15,385 | |
| Brooklyn Robins[3] | 86 | 22.9% | 1,097,329 | 49.9% | 14,251 | |
| New York Giants[4] | 87 | 3.6% | 868,714 | 0.0% | 11,282 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[5] | 102 | -1.9% | 721,663 | -14.0% | 9,496 | |
| Detroit Tigers[6] | 75 | 7.1% | 649,450 | -25.3% | 8,326 | |
| Washington Senators[7] | 94 | 32.4% | 614,474 | 72.8% | 7,980 | |
| Cleveland Indians[8] | 81 | 0.0% | 528,657 | -1.4% | 6,866 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[9] | 92 | 17.9% | 508,501 | 27.2% | 6,604 | |
| Boston Braves[10] | 70 | 25.0% | 464,835 | 24.8% | 6,037 | |
| Boston Red Sox[11] | 52 | -10.3% | 444,045 | 12.5% | 5,843 | |
| Chicago White Sox[12] | 62 | 5.1% | 406,123 | -4.8% | 5,207 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[13] | 59 | -10.6% | 386,727 | 31.1% | 5,022 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[14] | 80 | -9.1% | 357,795 | -27.2% | 4,647 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 52 | -26.8% | 299,007 | 6.3% | 3,883 | |
| St. Louis Browns[16] | 64 | -19.0% | 152,088 | -45.8% | 1,950 |