1930 New York Yankees season

The 1930 New York Yankees season was their 28th season. The team finished with a record of 86–68 (.558), finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey; the 1930 season was his only year managing the Yankees and his only season as a Major League manager. The team's owner (Jacob Ruppert) and general manager (Ed Barrow) were both future Hall of Famers. Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees set a team record by recording a .309 batting average during this season.

The Yankees fielded nine players who would eventually be enshrined in the Hall of Fame (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Waite Hoyt Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, and Babe Ruth). This is the most all time, tied with the following year's team as well as the 1932 and 1933 Yankees teams.^[1] The same nine Hall of Famers played for the 1931, 1932, and 1933 teams, with the 1930 team differing only by not having Joe Sewell and instead featuring Waite Hoyt.^[1]

Regular season

1930 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

1930 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Bill Dickey	109	366	124	.339	5	65
1B	Lou Gehrig	154	581	220	.379	41	173
2B	Tony Lazzeri	143	571	173	.303	9	121
SS	Lyn Lary	117	464	134	.289	3	52
3B	Ben Chapman	138	513	162	.316	10	81
OF	Earle Combs	137	532	183	.344	7	82
OF	Harry Rice	100	346	103	.298	7	74
OF	Babe Ruth	145	518	186	.359	49	153

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
Samuel Byrd	92	218	62	.284	6	31
Dusty Cooke	92	216	55	.255	6	29
Jimmie Reese	77	188	65	.346	3	18
Bubbles Hargrave	45	108	30	.278	0	12
Benny Bengough	44	102	24	.235	0	12
Mark Koenig	21	74	17	.230	0	9
Yats Wuestling	25	58	11	.190	0	3
Arndt Jorgens	16	30	11	.367	0	1
Cedric Durst	8	19	3	.158	0	5
Billy Werber	4	14	4	.286	0	2
Bill Karlon	2	5	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Ruffing	34	197.2	15	5	4.14	117
Herb Pennock	25	156.1	11	7	4.32	46
Ed Wells	27	150.2	12	3	5.20	46
Waite Hoyt	8	47.2	2	2	4.53	10
Tom Zachary	3	16.2	1	1	6.48	1
Frank Barnes	2	12.1	0	1	8.03	2
Babe Ruth	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	3
Sam Gibson	2	6.0	0	1	15.00	3

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Pipgras	44	221.0	15	15	4.11	111
Roy Sherid	37	184.0	12	13	5.23	59
Hank Johnson	44	175.1	14	11	4.67	115
Lefty Gomez	15	60.0	2	5	5.55	22

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lou McEvoy	28	1	3	4	6.71	14
Ken Holloway	16	0	0	1	5.24	11
Ownie Carroll	10	0	1	0	6.61	8
Bill Henderson	3	0	0	0	4.50	2
Gordon Rhodes	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Foster Edwards	2	0	0	0	21.60	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Skeeters	International League	Nick Allen and Joe Tinker
B	Hazleton Mountaineers	New York–Pennsylvania League	Walter Holke
D	Chambersburg Young Yanks	Blue Ridge League	Leo Mackey

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Chambersburg^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Most Hall-of-Famers on an MLB team in a single season". Stathead. Retrieved January 14, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007