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1930 Chicago Cubs season

1930 Chicago Cubs season
FieldValue
nameChicago Cubs
season1930
image1920 cub logo.svg
leagueNational League
ballparkWrigley Field
cityChicago
record
league_place3rd
ownersWilliam Wrigley Jr.
managersJoe McCarthy, Rogers Hornsby
radioWCFL
(Johnny O'Hara)
WGN
(Bob Elson, Quin Ryan)
WBBM
(Pat Flanagan)
WMAQ
(Hal Totten)

(Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan) WBBM (Pat Flanagan) WMAQ (Hal Totten) |}}

First game of the season (April 22, 1930): Photograph shows Frankie Frisch of St. Louis at bat, with Charles (Gabby) Leo Hartnett catching for the Cubs and umpire William J.(?) Klem.

The 1930 Chicago Cubs season was the 59th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 55th in the National League and the 15th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Joe McCarthy and Rogers Hornsby for the final four games of the season. They finished in second place in Major League Baseball's National League with a record of 90–64. In the peak year of the lively ball era, the Cubs scored 998 runs, third most in the majors. Future Hall of Famers Kiki Cuyler, Gabby Hartnett, and Hack Wilson led the offense.

Regular season

Hack Wilson set a major league record for most RBIs in one season with 191. Wilson's 1930 season was considered one of the best ever by a hitter. In addition to hitting 56 home runs, leading the league with 105 walks, and boasting a batting average of .356, he drove in 191 runs, a mark that remains one of the most untouchable MLB records. (For years, record books gave the total as 190, until research in 1999 showed that an RBI credited by an official scorer to Charlie Grimm actually belonged to Wilson.) He recorded that total without hitting a grand slam.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

Starters by position

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C141508172.33937122
1B114429124.289666
2B134578158.273659
3B156638214.3351459
SS8324452.213634
OF109341125.367568
OF156642228.35513134
OF155585208.35656191

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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7424869.278547
7421962.283237
3916655.331319
7015039.260918
4611333.292116
4210432.308218
329522.232111
13206.30001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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45271.22093.14142
37220.116144.33124
34186.210144.8280
851.2425.0514

Other pitchers

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

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46225.015106.2075
40153.01144.0659
35126.21064.9742
851.2425.0514
939.1132.9718

Relief pitchers

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

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373205.0929
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120016.274
20000.000
100033.750

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Kiki Cuyler

  • MLB leader in stolen bases (37)
  • #2 in NL in runs scored (155)
  • #3 in NL in RBI (134)

Woody English

  • #3 in NL in runs scored (152)

Gabby Hartnett

  • #4 in NL in home runs (37)

Pat Malone

  • NL leader in wins (20)
  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (142)
  • #4 in NL in ERA (3.94)

Charlie Root

  • #4 in NL in strikeouts (124)

Hack Wilson

  • MLB leader in home runs (56)
  • MLB leader in RBI (191)
  • NL leader in slugging percentage (.723)
  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.454)
  • #4 in NL in runs scored (146)

Farm system

Notes

References

References

  1. "Hack Wilson's 191 RBI Season by Baseball Almanac".
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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