1930 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1930
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Charles Stoneham
Managers:	John McGraw
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Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1930 New York Giants season was the 48th in franchise history. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 87–67, 5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

Regular season

Giants player Bill Terry was the last member of the Giants, and the last National League player in the 20th century, to have a batting average of .400 in one season.^[2] In the process, he tied the National League record – set the previous year by Lefty O'Doul – for most hits in a single season with 254.^[3] As of the end of the 2020 season, that record still stands.

The Giants set a record for the highest team batting average (.319) in the modern era (since 1901).^[4] The team's totals of 1,769 hits and 2,628 total bases both set single season franchise records.^[5] ^[6]

Roster

1930 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders Other batters		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	122	389	132	.339	13	75
1B	154	633	254	.401	23	129
2B	124	558	148	.265	4	50
SS	116	431	146	.339	13	82
3B	148	609	231	.379	22	106
OF	148	521	182	.349	25	119
OF	126	544	178	.327	13	71
OF	121	420	119	.283	5	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
94	249	75	.301	4	54
76	238	73	.307	7	31
78	223	69	.309	0	21
67	172	47	.273	4	25
25	76	21	.276	3	17
10	17	1	.059	0	0
13	6	0	.000	0	0
9	5	0	.000	0	0
3	5	1	.200	0	0
7	2	0	.000	0	0
2	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	245.1	17	15	3.93	105
37	241.2	17	12	3.87	117
41	224.1	19	7	4.25	76
24	129.0	10	3	3.98	40

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
45	135.0	5	4	4.78	49
18	86.2	7	6	6.13	26
19	73.0	2	6	5.18	20
18	61.0	2	5	5.61	13
8	30.0	1	3	7.80	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
41	7	5	6	5.22	37
11	0	1	0	9.43	19
6	0	0	0	6.97	1
2	0	0	0	1.13	3
2	0	0	0	5.87	0

Awards and honors

League records

Bill Terry, National League record, most hits in a single season (tied with Lefty O'Doul)

League leaders

Bill Terry, National League batting champion

Farm system

References

1930 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: 1930s Franchise Timeline San Francisco Giants. 2022-02-25. MLB.com. en.
Numbelievable!, p.49, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois,
Web site: Player Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, since 1871, Playing in the NL, requiring Hits >= 240, sorted by greatest Hits.. Stathead . April 17, 2021.
Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1900 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Batting Average >= .310, sorted by greatest Batting Average.. Stathead . April 17, 2021.
Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, H>=1500, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Hits . Stathead . August 5, 2020.
Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, TB>=2400, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Total Bases . Stathead . August 5, 2020.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007