1930 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies season.
The Phillies tallied 1,783 hits, the most ever recorded by a team during a major league season. They recorded a.315 team batting average during the season, which was second in the National League and major league baseball. Only the 1930 New York Giants who batted.319 and the 1921 Detroit Tigers at.316 posted higher team averages in the modern era.
However, their pitching is why the Phillies finished in last place. The pitching staff allowed 1,199 runs in 156 games, an average of 7.69 runs per game. 1,024 of those runs were earned runs, their team earned run average of 6.71 is the highest in the modern era.

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	Spud Davis	106	329	103	.313	14	65
1B	Don Hurst	119	391	128	.327	17	78
2B	Fresco Thompson	122	478	135	.282	4	46
SS	Tommy Thevenow	156	573	164	.286	0	78
3B	Pinky Whitney	149	606	207	.342	8	117
OF		156	648	250	.386	40	170
OF	Lefty O'Doul	140	528	202	.383	22	97
OF	Denny Sothern	90	347	97	.280	5	36

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
Bernie Friberg	105	331	113	.341	4	42
Monk Sherlock	92	299	97	.324	0	38
Fred Brickell	53	240	59	.246	0	17
Tony Rensa	54	172	49	.285	3	31
Harry McCurdy	80	148	49	.331	1	25
Tripp Sigman	52	100	27	.270	4	6
Cy Williams	21	17	8	.471	0	2
Jim Spotts	3	2	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
Phil Collins	47	239.0	16	11	4.78	87
	38	225.2	11	15	5.70	70
Les Sweetland	34	167.0	7	15	7.71	36

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
Claude Willoughby	41	153.0	4	17	7.59	38
Hap Collard	30	127.0	6	12	6.80	25
Hal Elliott	48	117.1	6	11	7.67	37
Snipe Hansen	22	84.1	0	7	6.72	25
Chet Nichols Sr.	16	59.2	1	2	6.79	15
Lou Koupal	13	36.2	0	4	8.59	11
John Milligan	9	28.1	1	2	3.18	7
	9	21.2	0	3	9.14	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
Harry Smythe	25	0	3	2	7.79	9
Buz Phillips	14	0	0	0	8.04	9
By Speece	11	0	0	0	13.27	9