1930 Detroit Tigers season

The 1930 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 27 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 30, 1930: Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling were traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig.

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	Ray Hayworth	77	227	63	.278	0	22
1B	Dale Alexander	154	602	196	.326	20	135
2B	Charlie Gehringer	154	610	201	.330	16	98
SS	Mark Koenig	76	267	64	.240	1	16
3B	Marty McManus	132	484	155	.320	9	89
OF	John Stone	127	425	132	.311	3	56
OF	Roy Johnson	125	462	127	.275	2	35
OF	Liz Funk	140	527	145	.275	4	65

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
	85	233	65	.279	9	40
	54	144	24	.167	0	9
	55	143	37	.259	2	14
	55	137	39	.285	5	18
	37	128	39	.305	2	24
	42	126	24	.190	0	9
	29	79	16	.203	1	14
	20	74	19	.257	3	17
	17	59	22	.373	0	5
	20	37	10	.270	1	3
	28	14	2	.143	0	2
	4	12	3	.250	0	3
	4	9	0	.000	0	0
	2	6	2	.333	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	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
George Uhle	33	239.0	12	12	3.65	117
Vic Sorrell	35	233.1	16	11	3.86	97
Earl Whitehill	34	220.2	17	13	4.24	109
Waite Hoyt	26	135.2	9	8	4.78	25

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
Elon Hogsett	33	146.0	9	8	5.42	54
Whit Wyatt	21	85.2	4	5	3.57	68
Art Herring	23	77.2	3	3	5.33	16
	8	37.2	3	2	4.06	17
	6	20.1	0	5	10.62	4
Mark Koenig	2	9.0	0	1	10.00	6

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
	40	1	5	5	6.53	38
	16	1	5	0	5.66	20
Phil Page	12	0	1	0	9.75	2
Joe Samuels	2	0	0	0	16.50	1

Farm system

Hartford club folded, June 30, 1930