1930 Pitching Wins

In the depression days, the old Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 6 games in the 1930 World Series.  Starters Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw pitched 85 percent of the Series and combined posted an ERA of 1.02. The pair dosed the red-hot Cardinals, who had hit .314 and averaged 6½ runs per game during the season. The A’s hit only .197 themselves in the Series, but more than half their hits went for extra bases as they outscored St. Louis 21-12 and took their second consecutive world championship in six games.

1930 Pitchers Wins Regular Season

American League 1930 Pitchers

Lefty Grove, Philadelphia A’s 28-5 … Wes Farrell, Cleve Indians 25-13 … George Earnshaw, Athletics 22-13 … Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox 22-15

Lefty Stewart, St. Louis Browns 20-12 … Alvin Crowder, Wash Senators & StL Browns 18-16 … Earl Whitehill, Det Tigers 17-13 … Lloyd Brown, Washington Senators 16-12 … Vic Sorrell, Det Tigers 16-11

Sam Jones, Wash Senators 15-7 … Firpo Marberry, Wash Senators 15-5 … Bump Hadley, Wash Senators 15-11 … Red Riffing, NY Yankees 15-5 … George Pipgras, NY Yankees 15-15

National League 1930 Pitchers

Pat Malone, Chicago Cubs 20-9 … Ray Kremer, Pitts Pirates 20-12 … Freddie Fitzsimmons, New York Giants 19-7

Erv Brame, Pitts Pirates 17-8 … Larry French, Pirates 17-18 … Carl Hubbell, NY Giants 17-12 … Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn Dodgers 17-15 … Bill Walker, NY Giants 17-15 … Phil Collins, Philad Phillies 17-11 …

Burleigh Grimes, St.L Cardinals & Boston Braves 16-16 … Charlie Root, Chic Cubs 16-14 … Guy Bush, Cubs 15-10 … Bill Hallahan, St. Louis Cardinals 15-9 … Socks Seibold, Boston Braves 15-16 

Baseball Historian Book of Records Page 37