1930 Cleveland Indians season

1930 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (since 1901)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local television	none
Local radio	WTAM
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The 1930 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 81–73, 21 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	—

Roster

1930 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 23 Pete Appleton -- Les Barnhart 22 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 14 Wes Ferrell 24 Sal Gliatto 18 Mel Harder 21 Ken Holloway 12 Willis Hudlin 39 Roxie Lawson 15 Jake Miller 22 Joe Shaute 17 Milt Shoffner		Catchers 61 Grover Hartley  9 Glenn Myatt  8 Luke Sewell 21 Joe Sprinz Infielders 39 Johnny Burnett -- George Detore  4 Lew Fonseca 49 Ray Gardner 10 Jonah Goldman  6 Johnny Hodapp  7 Carl Lind  7 Ed Montague 51 Ed Morgan  2 Joe Sewell -- Ralph Winegarner		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill  5 Bibb Falk 11 Charlie Jamieson  1 Dick Porter 56 Bob Seeds -- Joe Vosmik		Manager Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches Grover Hartley Mickey O'Neil Howie Shanks

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	Sewell, LukeLuke Sewell	76	292	75	.257	1	43

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
Montague, EdEd Montague	58	179	47	.263	1	16
Detore, GeorgeGeorge Detore	3	12	2	.167	0	2
Hartley, GroverGrover Hartley	1	4	3	.750	0	1

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
Barnhart, LesLes Barnhart	1	8.1	1	0	6.48	1

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
Appleton, PetePete Appleton	39	118.2	8	7	4.02	45
Miller, JakeJake Miller	24	88.1	4	4	7.13	31
Shoffner, MiltMilt Shoffner	24	84.2	3	4	7.97	17

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
Bean, BelveBelve Bean	23	3	3	2	5.45	19

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Frederick Warriors	Blue Ridge League	Bob Wells

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Notes

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

References

• 1930 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference