1930 Chicago Cubs season explained

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.^[1] 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.

Roster

1930 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		141	508	172	.339	37	122
1B		114	429	124	.289	6	66
2B		134	578	158	.273	6	59
3B		156	638	214	.335	14	59
SS		83	244	52	.213	6	34
OF		109	341	125	.367	5	68
OF		156	642	228	.355	13	134
OF		155	585	208	.356	56	191

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
	74	248	69	.278	5	47
	74	219	62	.283	2	37
	39	166	55	.331	3	19
	70	150	39	.260	9	18
	46	113	33	.292	1	16
	42	104	32	.308	2	18
	32	95	22	.232	1	11
	13	20	6	.300	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
	45	271.2	20	9	3.14	142
	37	220.1	16	14	4.33	124
	34	186.2	10	14	4.82	80
	8	51.2	4	2	5.05	14

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
	46	225.0	15	10	6.20	75
	40	153.0	11	4	4.06	59
	35	126.2	10	6	4.97	42
	8	51.2	4	2	5.05	14
	9	39.1	1	3	2.97	18

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
	37	3	2	0	5.09	29
	24	0	0	0	8.00	14
	12	0	0	1	6.27	4
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	33.75	0

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

See also: Minor league baseball.

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References

• 1930 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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