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See also

Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime Wikipedia The Deadball Era

The following are the baseball events of the year 1930 throughout the world.  

Champions

• World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	.662	--
2nd	Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8.0
3rd	New York Yankees	86	68	.558	16.0
4th	Cleveland Indians	81	73	.526	21.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	27.0
6th	St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	38.0
7th	Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	40.0
8th	Boston Red Sox	52	102	.338	50.0

National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	.597	--
2nd	Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	2.0
3rd	New York Giants	87	67	.565	5.0
4th	Brooklyn Dodgers	86	68	.558	6.0
5th	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	12.0
6th	Boston Braves	70	84	.455	22.0
7th	Cincinnati Reds	59	95	.383	33.0
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	.338	40.0

Births

• January 4 - Don McMahon
• February 17 - Roger Craig
• February 28 - Frank Malzone
• March 5 - Del Crandall
• March 13 - Doug Harvey
• April 3 - Wally Moon
• July 4 - George Steinbrenner
• August 14 - Earl Weaver
• November 4 - Dick Groat
• November 24 - Bob Friend
• December 4 - Harvey Kuenn
• December 18 - Moose Skowron

Deaths

• April 14 - John B. Sheridan, 61, sportswriter for St. Louis newspapers whose column "Back of the Home Plate" appeared in The Sporting News for many years
• April 18 - Jack Stivetts, 62, pitcher for St. Louis and Boston who had six 20-win seasons, including 30-win campaigns in 1891-92; in 1892, pitched no-hitter and won twice in championship playoff
• November 20 - William Hanna, 68, sportswriter for various New York newspapers since 1888, known for his florid writing style
• December 9 - Rube Foster, 51, pioneer and driving force in the Negro Leagues who was owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants from 1911 to 1925; founded the first stable Negro League, the Negro National League, in 1920, and won its first three pennants; was black baseball's premier pitcher in the century's first decade