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

1930 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	7–15	8–14	6–16	4–18	9–13	5–17
Chicago	9–13	—	10–12	9–13	8–14	6–16	12–10	8–14
Cleveland	15–7	12–10	—	11–11	10–12	7–15	16–6	10–12
Detroit	14–8	13–9	11–11	—	9–13	7–15	11–11	10–12
New York	16–6	14–8	12–10	13–9	—	10–12	16–6	5–17
Philadelphia	18–4	16–6	15–7	15–7	12–10	—	16–6	10–12
St. Louis	13–9	10–12	6–16	11–11	6–16	6–16	—	12–10
Washington	17–5	14–8	12–10	12–10	17–5	12–10	10–12	—

1930 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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
Bill Akers	85	233	65	.279	9	40
Billy Rogell	54	144	24	.167	0	9
Bob Fothergill	55	143	37	.259	2	14
Pinky Hargrave	55	137	39	.285	5	18
Harry Rice	37	128	39	.305	2	24
Gene Desautels	42	126	24	.190	0	9
Paul Easterling	29	79	16	.203	1	14
Frank Doljack	20	74	19	.257	3	17
Tom Hughes	17	59	22	.373	0	5
Tony Rensa	20	37	10	.270	1	3
Jimmy Shevlin	28	14	2	.143	0	2
Johnny Watson	4	12	3	.250	0	3
Yats Wuestling	4	9	0	.000	0	0
Hughie Wise	2	6	2	.333	0	0
Hank Greenberg	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

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
Tommy Bridges	8	37.2	3	2	4.06	17
Ownie Carroll	6	20.1	0	5	10.62	4
Mark Koenig	2	9.0	0	1	10.00	6

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Sullivan	40	1	5	5	6.53	38
Guy Cantrell	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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Steve O'Neill
A	Hartford Senators	Eastern League	King Bader
A	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Del Baker
B	Evansville Hubs	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Bobby Prysock and Dan Tapson

Hartford club folded, June 30, 1930^[2]

^ Harry Rice at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007