1930 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1930 Boston Red Sox

League| American League
Ballpark| Fenway Park
City| Boston, Massachusetts
Record| 52–102 (.338)
League place| 8th
Owners| J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers| Heinie Wagner
Radio| WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
Stats| ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1930 Boston Red Sox season was the 30th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The team's home field was Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, 50 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1930 World Series.

The Red Sox played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's 1929 season, due to Fenway being close to a house of worship. The team played a total of 20 home games at Braves Field during the 1930 season; 16 games on Sundays, plus two non-Sunday doubleheaders.[1]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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American League 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

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1930 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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 | —

### Opening Day lineup

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Jack Rothrock | RF

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Otto Miller | 3B
Tom Oliver | CF
Russ Scarritt | LF
Bill Regan | 2B
Phil Todt | 1B
Bill Narleski | SS
Johnnie Heving | C
Danny MacFayden | P

### Roster

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1930 Boston Red Sox

Roster
Pitchers

* Bill Bayne
* Frank Bushey
* Ed Durham
* Milt Gaston
* Bob Kline
* Hod Lisenbee
* Danny MacFayden
* Ed Morris
* Frank Mulroney
* Red Ruffing
* Jack Russell
* Ben Shields
* George Smith

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* Charlie Berry
* Ed Connolly
* Johnnie Heving

Infielders

* Otto Miller
* Bill Narleski
* Bobby Reeves
* Bill Regan
* Hal Rhyne
* Bill Sweeney
* Jerry Standaert
* Phil Todt
* Rabbit Warstler

|  | Outfielders

* Bill Barrett
* Joe Cicero
* Cedric Durst
* Tom Oliver
* Jack Rothrock
* Russ Scarritt
* Charlie Small
* Earl Webb

Other batters

* Jim Galvin
* Tom Winsett

|  | Manager

* Heinie Wagner

Coaches

* Jack McCallister

During the season, the Red Sox and the Boston Braves wore a patch commemorating Boston's tricentennial.

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | Charlie Berry | 88 | 256 | 74 | .289 | 6 | 35
1B | Phil Todt | 111 | 383 | 103 | .269 | 11 | 62
2B | Bill Regan | 134 | 507 | 135 | .266 | 3 | 53
SS | Hal Rhyne | 107 | 296 | 60 | .203 | 0 | 23
3B | Otto Miller | 112 | 370 | 106 | .286 | 0 | 40
OF | Russ Scarritt | 113 | 447 | 129 | .289 | 2 | 48
OF | Tom Oliver | 154 | 646 | 189 | .293 | 0 | 46
OF | Earl Webb | 127 | 449 | 145 | .323 | 16 | 66

#### Other batters

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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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Cedric Durst | 102 | 302 | 74 | .245 | 1 | 24
Bobby Reeves | 92 | 272 | 59 | .217 | 2 | 18
Bill Sweeney | 88 | 243 | 75 | .309 | 4 | 30
Johnnie Heving | 75 | 220 | 61 | .277 | 0 | 17
Rabbit Warstler | 54 | 162 | 30 | .185 | 1 | 13
Bill Narleski | 39 | 98 | 23 | .235 | 0 | 7
Jack Rothrock | 45 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 0 | 4
Ed Connolly | 27 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 7
Joe Cicero | 18 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 4
Charlie Small | 25 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0
Bill Barrett | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1
Jim Galvin | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Tom Winsett | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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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Milt Gaston | 38 | 273.0 | 13 | 20 | 3.92 | 99
Danny MacFayden | 36 | 269.1 | 11 | 14 | 4.21 | 76
Hod Lisenbee | 37 | 237.1 | 10 | 17 | 4.40 | 47
Jack Russell | 35 | 229.2 | 9 | 20 | 5.45 | 35
Red Ruffing | 4 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.38 | 14

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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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Ed Durham | 33 | 140.0 | 4 | 15 | 4.69 | 28
Ed Morris | 18 | 65.1 | 4 | 9 | 4.13 | 28

#### Relief pitchers

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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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George Smith | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.60 | 21
Frank Bushey | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 | 4
Ben Shields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1
Frank Mulroney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 2
Bill Bayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1
Bob Kline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## References

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1. ^ "1930 Log For Braves Field in Boston, MA". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

## External links

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* 1930 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
* 1930 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

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1930 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball|

| American League|

* Boston
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* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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National League|

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* Pittsburgh
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1930 World Series

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Boston Red Sox

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Culture|

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* Owners: Fenway Sports Group
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* Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Brian O'Halloran
* Chief Baseball Officer: Craig Breslow
* General Manager: vacant
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