1930 New York Yankees season
The 1930 New York Yankees season was their 28th season. The team finished with a record of 86–68, finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees set a team record by recording a.309 batting average during this season.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 109 | 366 | 124 | .339 | 5 | 65 |
1B | | 154 | 581 | 220 | .379 | 41 | 173 |
2B | | 143 | 571 | 173 | .303 | 9 | 121 |
SS | | 117 | 464 | 134 | .289 | 3 | 52 |
3B | | 138 | 513 | 162 | .316 | 10 | 81 |
OF | | 137 | 532 | 183 | .344 | 7 | 82 |
OF | | 100 | 346 | 103 | .298 | 7 | 74 |
OF | | 145 | 518 | 186 | .359 | 49 | 153 |
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 |
| 92 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 6 | 31 |
| 92 | 216 | 55 | .255 | 6 | 29 |
| 77 | 188 | 65 | .346 | 3 | 18 |
| 45 | 108 | 30 | .278 | 0 | 12 |
| 44 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 30 | 11 | .367 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 34 | 197.2 | 15 | 5 | 4.14 | 117 |
| 25 | 156.1 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 | 46 |
| 27 | 150.2 | 12 | 3 | 5.20 | 46 |
| 8 | 47.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.53 | 10 |
| 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 1 |
| 2 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.03 | 2 |
| 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 3 |
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 |
| 44 | 221 | 15 | 15 | 4.11 | 111 |
| 37 | 184 | 12 | 13 | 5.23 | 59 |
| 44 | 175.1 | 14 | 11 | 4.67 | 115 |
| 15 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 5.55 | 22 |
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 |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6.71 | 14 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.24 | 11 |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.61 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Chambersburg