1930 Boston Braves season

1930 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Braves Field (since 1915)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	70–84 (.455)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Emil Fuchs
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
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Offseason

• February 18, 1930: Owen Kahn was purchased by the Braves from the Manchester Blue Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	--	.597
Chicago Cubs	90	64	2	.584
New York Giants	87	67	5	.565
Brooklyn Robins	86	68	6	.558
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	12	.519
Boston Braves	70	84	22	.455
Cincinnati Reds	59	95	33	.383
Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	40	.338

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	13–9	11–11	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14	13–9	13–9	15–7	13–9	11–11
Chicago	17–5	14–8	—	11–11	10–12	16–6–2	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	9–13	9–13	11–11	—	7–15	12–10	8–14	3–19
New York	11–11	9–13	12–10	15–7	—	16–6	14–8	10–12
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	6–16–2	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	12–10	9–13	11–11	14–8	8–14	13–9	—	13–9
St. Louis	14–8	11–11	11–11	19–3	12–10	16–6	9–13	—

Notable transactions

• June 9, 1930: Owen Kahn was sold by the Braves to the Pittsfield Hillies.

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
C	Al Spohrer	112	356	113	.317	2	37
1B	George Sisler	116	431	133	.309	3	67
2B	Freddie Maguire	146	516	138	.267	0	52
SS	Rabbit Maranville	142	558	157	.281	2	43
OF	Lance Richbourg	130	529	161	.304	3	54
OF	Wally Berger	151	555	172	.310	38	119

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
Earl Clark	82	233	69	.296	3	28
Bernie James	8	11	2	.182	0	1
Billy Rhiel	20	47	8	.170	0	4
Owen Kahn	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
Socks Seibold	36	251	15	16	4.12	70
Bob Smith	38	219.2	10	14	4.26	84
Ben Cantwell	31	173.1	9	15	4.88	43
Bill Sherdel	21	119.1	6	5	4.75	26
Burleigh Grimes	11	49	3	5	7.35	15

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
Ed Brandt	41	147.1	4	11	5.01	65
Fred Frankhouse	27	110.2	7	6	5.61	30
Bruce Cunningham	36	106.2	5	6	5.48	28

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
Ken Jones	8	0	1	0	5.95	4
Johnny Cooney	2	0	0	0	18.00	1
Bob Brown	3	0	0	0	10.50	1

References

• 1930 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference