The 1930 Boston Red Sox season was the 30th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The team's home field was Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, 50 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1930 World Series.
The Red Sox played their Sunday home games at Braves Field this season, as had been the case since the team's 1929 season, due to Fenway being close to a house of worship. The team played a total of 20 home games at Braves Field during the 1930 season; 16 games on Sundays, plus two non-Sunday doubleheaders.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Jack Rothrock RFOtto Miller 3BTom Oliver CFRuss Scarritt LFBill Regan 2BPhil Todt 1BBill Narleski SSJohnnie Heving C Danny MacFayden P
Roster 1930 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches During the season, the Red Sox and the Boston Braves wore a patch commemorating Boston's tricentennial.
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 Charlie Berry 88 256 74 .289 6 35 1B Phil Todt 111 383 103 .269 11 62 2B Bill Regan 134 507 135 .266 3 53 SS Hal Rhyne 107 296 60 .203 0 23 3B 112 370 106 .286 0 40 OF Russ Scarritt 113 447 129 .289 2 48 OF Tom Oliver 154 646 189 .293 0 46 OF Earl Webb 127 449 145 .323 16 66
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 Cedric Durst 102 302 74 .245 1 24 Bobby Reeves 92 272 59 .217 2 18 Bill Sweeney 88 243 75 .309 4 30 Johnnie Heving 75 220 61 .277 0 17 Rabbit Warstler 54 162 30 .185 1 13 Bill Narleski 39 98 23 .235 0 7 45 65 18 .277 0 4 Ed Connolly 27 48 9 .188 0 7 Joe Cicero 18 30 5 .167 0 4 Charlie Small 25 18 3 .167 0 0 Bill Barrett 6 18 3 .167 0 1 Jim Galvin 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Tom Winsett 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 Milt Gaston 38 273.0 13 20 3.92 99 Danny MacFayden 36 269.1 11 14 4.21 76 Hod Lisenbee 37 237.1 10 17 4.40 47 Jack Russell 35 229.2 9 20 5.45 35 Red Ruffing 4 24.0 0 3 6.38 14
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 Durham 33 140.0 4 15 4.69 28 Ed Morris 18 65.1 4 9 4.13 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 George Smith 27 1 2 0 6.60 21 Frank Bushey 11 0 1 0 6.30 4 Ben Shields 3 0 0 0 9.00 1 Frank Mulroney 2 0 1 0 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Bob Kline 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
References
External links 1930 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1930 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com