1930 Detroit Tigers season

1930 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local television	none
Local radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	.662	--
Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8
New York Yankees	86	68	.558	16
Cleveland Indians	81	73	.526	21
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	27
St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	38
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	40
Boston Red Sox	52	102	.338	50

Record vs. opponents

1930 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

• May 30, 1930: Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling were traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig.^[1]

Roster

1930 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bridges Guy Cantrell Ownie Carroll Art Herring Chief Hogsett Waite Hoyt Phil Page Joe Samuels Vic Sorrell Charlie Sullivan George Uhle Earl Whitehill Whit Wyatt		Catchers Gene Desautels Pinky Hargrave Ray Hayworth Tony Rensa Hughie Wise Infielders Bill Akers Dale Alexander Charlie Gehringer Mark Koenig Marty McManus Billy Rogell Jimmy Shevlin Johnny Watson Yats Wuestling		Outfielders Frank Doljack Paul Easterling Bob Fothergill Liz Funk Tom Hughes Roy Johnson Harry Rice John Stone Other batters Hank Greenberg		Manager Bucky Harris Coaches Jean Dubuc Benny Meyer

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

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
Rice, HarryHarry Rice	37	128	39	.305	2	24
Wuestling, YatsYats Wuestling	4	9	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

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
Bridges, TommyTommy Bridges	8	37.2	3	2	4.06	17
Carroll, OwnieOwnie Carroll	6	20.1	0	5	10.62	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
Sullivan, CharlieCharlie Sullivan	40	1	5	5	6.53	38
Cantrell, GuyGuy Cantrell	16	1	5	0	5.66	20

Farm system

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]

Notes

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

References

• 1930 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference