1930 Boston Braves season

The 1930 Boston Braves season was the 60th season of the franchise.

Offseason

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

Regular season

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		112	356	113	.317	2	37
1B		116	431	133	.309	3	67
2B		146	516	138	.267	0	52
SS		142	558	157	.281	2	43
3B	Buster Chatham	112	404	108	.267	5	56
OF		130	529	161	.304	3	54
OF	Jimmy Welsh	113	422	116	.275	3	36
OF		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
	82	233	69	.296	3	28
Johnny Neun	81	212	69	.325	2	23
Randy Moore	83	191	55	.288	2	34
Bill Cronin	66	178	45	.253	0	17
Red Rollings	52	123	29	.236	0	10
Gene Robertson	21	59	11	.186	0	7
Billy Rhiel	20	47	8	.170	0	4
Bill Dunlap	16	29	2	.069	0	0
Hank Gowdy	16	25	5	.200	0	2
	8	11	2	.182	0	1
Buzz Boyle	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	36	251.0	15	16	4.12	70
	38	219.2	10	14	4.26	84
	31	173.1	9	15	4.88	43
Tom Zachary	24	151.1	11	5	4.58	57
	21	119.1	6	5	4.75	26
	11	49.0	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
	41	147.1	4	11	5.01	65
	27	110.2	7	6	5.61	30
	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
	8	0	1	0	5.95	4
	3	0	0	0	10.50	1
	2	0	0	0	18.00	1