1930 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 52 losses. It was the team's second of three consecutive pennants.
During the 1930 World Series, the A's defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. This was the A's final World Series championship in Philadelphia. The team did not win the World Series again until forty-two years later, in 1972, after the club moved to Oakland.
When playing the Cleveland Indians on July 25, the Athletics became the only team in Major League history to execute a triple steal twice in one game.

Regular season

The A's had three Hall of Famers in the team's starting line-up: Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Al Simmons. Simmons won the AL batting title with a.381 average. Pitching ace Lefty Grove won the pitching triple crown.

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		130	487	174	.357	10	87
1B		153	562	188	.335	37	156
2B		130	441	111	.252	10	38
3B		125	435	131	.301	6	73
SS		121	420	116	.276	4	55
LF		138	554	211	.381	36	165
CF		132	532	159	.299	2	68
RF		154	585	177	.303	9	100

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
	78	237	63	.266	0	34
	67	191	50	.262	3	22
	45	92	16	.174	1	9
	30	82	19	.232	0	6
	25	54	15	.278	1	5
	15	50	19	.380	2	12
	22	49	9	.184	0	3
	20	38	6	.158	0	4
	14	24	6	.250	0	0
	11	12	3	.250	0	2
	3	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	49	296.0	22	13	4.44	193
	50	291.0	28	5	2.54	209
	38	205.1	13	12	4.69	100
	31	159.0	12	4	4.19	48

Note: Lefty Grove was team leader and league leader in saves with 9.

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
	33	152.2	9	5	5.01	38
	3	10.0	0	1	11.70	4

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
	35	9	7	6	4.42	28
	35	9	4	3	4.28	35
	8	0	0	0	6.46	15
	5	0	1	0	11.00	2
	3	0	0	0	22.85	0

Awards and honors

American League top five finishers

Max Bishop

#4 on-base percentage

Mickey Cochrane

#5 batting average

George Earnshaw

#2 strikeouts
#3 wins

Jimmie Foxx

#3 home runs
#3 runs batted in
#3 on-base percentage
#4 slugging percentage

Lefty Grove

#1 wins
#1 earned run average
#1 strikeouts
#1 saves

Al Simmons

#1 batting average
#1 runs scored
#2 runs batted in
#3 slugging percentage
#5 home runs

1930 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals
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