1930 MLB Season Leaders

4 leagues · 152 team games · 78 ranking tables

Awards

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

No award in this database was given for 1930. The Most Valuable Player award has entries from 1911, but it was not handed out every year in that early stretch, and this is one of the years with nothing recorded. An empty award section here means the record is empty, not that nobody deserved one.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Al Simmons	152
2	Babe Ruth	150
3	Charlie Gehringer	144
4	Lou Gehrig	143
5	Earle Combs	129
6	Joe Cronin	127
6	Jimmie Foxx	127
8	Ed Morgan	122
9	Sam Rice	121
10	Max Bishop	117

HitsH

1	Johnny Hodapp	225
2	Lou Gehrig	220
3	Al Simmons	211
4	Sam Rice	207
5	Ed Morgan	204
6	Joe Cronin	203
7	Carl Reynolds	202
8	Charlie Gehringer	201
9	Dale Alexander	196
10	Heinie Manush	194

Doubles2B

1	Johnny Hodapp	51
2	Heinie Manush	49
3	Charlie Gehringer	47
3	Ed Morgan	47
5	Red Kress	43
5	Dick Porter	43
7	Mickey Cochrane	42
7	Lou Gehrig	42
9	Joe Cronin	41
9	Al Simmons	41

Triples3B

1	Earle Combs	22
2	Carl Reynolds	18
3	Lou Gehrig	17
4	Al Simmons	16
5	Charlie Gehringer	15
5	Tony Lazzeri	15
7	Jimmie Foxx	13
7	Roy Johnson	13
7	Sam Rice	13
10	Goose Goslin	12
10	Smead Jolley	12
10	Heinie Manush	12

Home RunsHR

1	Babe Ruth	49
2	Lou Gehrig	41
3	Jimmie Foxx	37
3	Goose Goslin	37
5	Al Simmons	36
6	Ed Morgan	26
7	Carl Reynolds	22
8	Dale Alexander	20
9	Earl Averill	19
10	Charlie Gehringer	16
10	Smead Jolley	16
10	Red Kress	16
10	Earl Webb	16

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Lou Gehrig	174
2	Al Simmons	165
3	Jimmie Foxx	156
4	Babe Ruth	153
5	Goose Goslin	138
6	Ed Morgan	136
7	Dale Alexander	135
8	Joe Cronin	126
9	Johnny Hodapp	121
9	Tony Lazzeri	121

WalksBB

1	Babe Ruth	136
2	Max Bishop	128
3	Lou Gehrig	101
4	Jimmie Foxx	93
5	Lu Blue	81
6	Earle Combs	74
6	Jimmy Dykes	74
8	Joe Cronin	72
9	Charlie Gehringer	69
10	Goose Goslin	67

Stolen BasesSB

1	Marty McManus	23
2	Charlie Gehringer	19
3	Joe Cronin	17
3	Goose Goslin	17
3	Roy Johnson	17
6	Bill Cissell	16
6	Earle Combs	16
6	Carl Reynolds	16
9	Ossie Bluege	15
9	Oscar Melillo	15

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Babe Ruth	9.5
2	Lou Gehrig	9.1
3	Al Simmons	7.4
4	Joe Cronin	7.1
5	Carl Reynolds	6.1
6	Johnny Hodapp	6.0
7	Charlie Gehringer	6.0
8	Jimmie Foxx	5.8
9	Earl Averill	5.2
10	Goose Goslin	5.2

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Al Simmons	.381
2	Lou Gehrig	.379
3	Carl Reynolds	.359
3	Babe Ruth	.359
5	Mickey Cochrane	.357
6	Johnny Hodapp	.354
7	Heinie Manush	.350
7	Dick Porter	.350
9	Ed Morgan	.349
9	Sam Rice	.349

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.493
2	Lou Gehrig	.473
3	Jimmie Foxx	.429
4	Max Bishop	.426
5	Mickey Cochrane	.424
5	Earle Combs	.424
7	Al Simmons	.423
8	Joe Cronin	.422
9	Dick Porter	.420
10	Jimmy Dykes	.414

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.732
2	Lou Gehrig	.721
3	Al Simmons	.708
4	Jimmie Foxx	.637
5	Goose Goslin	.601
5	Ed Morgan	.601
7	Carl Reynolds	.584
8	Earl Averill	.537
9	Charlie Gehringer	.534
10	Heinie Manush	.531

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Babe Ruth	1.225
2	Lou Gehrig	1.194
3	Al Simmons	1.130
4	Jimmie Foxx	1.066
5	Ed Morgan	1.014
6	Goose Goslin	.983
7	Carl Reynolds	.973
8	Mickey Cochrane	.949
9	Earle Combs	.947
10	Earl Averill	.941

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Lefty Grove	28
2	Wes Ferrell	25
3	George Earnshaw	22
3	Ted Lyons	22
5	Lefty Stewart	20
6	General Crowder	18
7	Earl Whitehill	17
8	Lloyd Brown	16
8	Vic Sorrell	16
10	Bump Hadley	15
10	Sad Sam Jones	15
10	Firpo Marberry	15
10	George Pipgras	15
10	Red Ruffing	15

SavesSV

1	Lefty Grove	9
2	Garland Braxton	6
2	Jack Quinn	6
4	Hal McKain	5
4	Charlie Sullivan	5
6	George Blaeholder	4
6	Waite Hoyt	4
6	George Pipgras	4
6	Roy Sherid	4
10	Bobby Burke	3
10	Wes Ferrell	3
10	Lou McEvoy	3
10	Eddie Rommel	3
10	George Uhle	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Lefty Grove	209
2	George Earnshaw	193
3	Bump Hadley	162
4	Wes Ferrell	143
5	Red Ruffing	131
6	George Uhle	117
7	Hank Johnson	115
8	George Pipgras	111
9	Earl Whitehill	109
10	General Crowder	107

Innings PitchedIP

1	Ted Lyons	297.7
2	Wes Ferrell	296.7
3	George Earnshaw	296.0
4	Lefty Grove	291.0
5	General Crowder	279.7
6	Milt Gaston	273.0
7	Lefty Stewart	271.0
8	Danny MacFayden	269.3
9	Bump Hadley	260.3
10	George Uhle	239.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Ted Lyons	29
2	General Crowder	25
2	Wes Ferrell	25
4	Lefty Stewart	23
5	Lefty Grove	22
6	George Earnshaw	20
6	Milt Gaston	20
8	Danny MacFayden	18
8	George Uhle	18
10	Clint Brown	16
10	Earl Whitehill	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Clint Brown	3
1	George Earnshaw	3
1	George Pipgras	3
4	Milt Gaston	2
4	Lefty Grove	2
4	Firpo Marberry	2
4	Red Ruffing	2
4	Vic Sorrell	2
4	Rube Walberg	2
10	George Blaeholder	1
10	Lloyd Brown	1
10	Pat Caraway	1
10	Dick Coffman	1
10	Rip Collins	1
10	General Crowder	1
10	Ed Durham	1
10	Wes Ferrell	1
10	Bump Hadley	1
10	Waite Hoyt	1
10	Willis Hudlin	1
10	Hank Johnson	1
10	Sad Sam Jones	1
10	Ad Liska	1
10	Ted Lyons	1
10	Danny MacFayden	1
10	Herb Pennock	1
10	Bill Shores	1
10	Lefty Stewart	1
10	George Uhle	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Lefty Grove	7.4
2	Bump Hadley	5.1
3	Ted Lyons	5.0
4	Wes Ferrell	4.9
5	Earl Whitehill	4.0
6	George Earnshaw	4.0
7	Danny MacFayden	3.9
8	Red Ruffing	3.8
9	General Crowder	3.7
10	Lefty Stewart	3.6

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Lefty Grove	2.54
2	Wes Ferrell	3.31
3	Lefty Stewart	3.45
4	George Uhle	3.65
5	Bump Hadley	3.73
6	Ted Lyons	3.78
7	Vic Sorrell	3.86
8	Pat Caraway	3.86
9	General Crowder	3.89
10	Milt Gaston	3.92

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Lefty Grove	1.14
2	Lefty Stewart	1.29
3	Pat Caraway	1.30
4	Ted Lyons	1.30
5	Firpo Marberry	1.31
5	George Uhle	1.31
7	General Crowder	1.33
8	Bump Hadley	1.33
9	Rip Collins	1.35
10	Red Ruffing	1.35

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Lefty Grove	3.20
2	Bump Hadley	3.94
3	Red Ruffing	4.03
4	Herb Pennock	4.07
5	George Pipgras	4.19
6	Ted Lyons	4.26
7	Sad Sam Jones	4.28
8	Rube Walberg	4.28
9	Earl Whitehill	4.29
10	Wes Ferrell	4.33

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Chuck Klein	158
2	Kiki Cuyler	155
3	Woody English	152
4	Hack Wilson	146
5	Babe Herman	143
6	Bill Terry	139
7	Freddie Lindstrom	127
8	Lefty O'Doul	122
8	Mel Ott	122
10	Frankie Frisch	121

HitsH

1	Bill Terry	254
2	Chuck Klein	250
3	Babe Herman	241
4	Freddie Lindstrom	231
5	Kiki Cuyler	228
6	Paul Waner	217
7	Woody English	214
8	Hack Wilson	208
9	Pinky Whitney	207
10	Johnny Frederick	206

Doubles2B

1	Chuck Klein	59
2	Kiki Cuyler	50
3	Babe Herman	48
4	Adam Comorosky	47
5	Frankie Frisch	46
6	Johnny Frederick	44
7	Harry Heilmann	43
8	Taylor Douthit	41
8	Pinky Whitney	41
10	Charlie Gelbert	39
10	Chick Hafey	39
10	Freddie Lindstrom	39
10	Bill Terry	39

Triples3B

1	Adam Comorosky	23
2	Paul Waner	18
3	Kiki Cuyler	17
3	Woody English	17
5	Bill Terry	15
6	Wally Berger	14
6	George Grantham	14
6	Gus Suhr	14
9	Dick Bartell	13
9	Del Bissonette	13
9	Hughie Critz	13
9	Freddy Leach	13

Home RunsHR

1	Hack Wilson	56
2	Chuck Klein	40
3	Wally Berger	38
4	Gabby Hartnett	37
5	Babe Herman	35
6	Chick Hafey	26
7	Mel Ott	25
8	Bill Terry	23
9	Freddie Lindstrom	22
9	Lefty O'Doul	22
9	Glenn Wright	22

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hack Wilson	191
2	Chuck Klein	170
3	Kiki Cuyler	134
4	Babe Herman	130
5	Bill Terry	129
6	Glenn Wright	126
7	Gabby Hartnett	122
8	Wally Berger	119
8	Adam Comorosky	119
8	Mel Ott	119
8	Pie Traynor	119

WalksBB

1	Hack Wilson	105
2	Mel Ott	103
3	Woody English	100
4	George Grantham	81
5	Gus Suhr	80
6	Kiki Cuyler	72
7	Babe Herman	66
8	Harry Heilmann	64
8	Curt Walker	64
10	Lefty O'Doul	63

Stolen BasesSB

1	Kiki Cuyler	37
2	Babe Herman	18
2	Paul Waner	18
4	Frankie Frisch	15
4	Freddie Lindstrom	15
4	Joe Stripp	15
7	Adam Comorosky	14
8	Lance Richbourg	13
9	Chick Hafey	12
10	Gus Suhr	11

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Hack Wilson	10.2
2	Chuck Klein	9.9
3	Babe Herman	8.2
4	Bill Terry	8.0
5	Kiki Cuyler	7.7
6	Mel Ott	7.2
7	Freddie Lindstrom	7.1
8	Woody English	6.8
9	Gabby Hartnett	6.5
10	Frankie Frisch	6.5

Batting Averagemin 471 PA

1	Bill Terry	.401
2	Babe Herman	.393
3	Chuck Klein	.386
4	Lefty O'Doul	.383
5	Freddie Lindstrom	.379
6	Paul Waner	.368
7	Pie Traynor	.366
8	Hack Wilson	.356
9	Kiki Cuyler	.355
10	Mel Ott	.349

On-Base Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Mel Ott	.458
2	Babe Herman	.455
3	Hack Wilson	.454
4	Lefty O'Doul	.453
5	Bill Terry	.452
6	Chuck Klein	.436
7	Woody English	.430
8	Kiki Cuyler	.428
8	Paul Waner	.428
10	Freddie Lindstrom	.425

Slugging Percentagemin 471 PA

1	Hack Wilson	.723
2	Chuck Klein	.687
3	Babe Herman	.678
4	Chick Hafey	.652
5	Gabby Hartnett	.630
6	Bill Terry	.619
7	Wally Berger	.614
8	Lefty O'Doul	.604
9	Mel Ott	.578
10	Harry Heilmann	.577

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 471 PA

1	Hack Wilson	1.177
2	Babe Herman	1.132
3	Chuck Klein	1.123
4	Bill Terry	1.071
5	Chick Hafey	1.059
6	Lefty O'Doul	1.057
7	Mel Ott	1.036
8	Gabby Hartnett	1.034
9	Freddie Lindstrom	.999
10	Harry Heilmann	.993

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Ray Kremer	20
1	Pat Malone	20
3	Freddie Fitzsimmons	19
4	Erv Brame	17
4	Larry French	17
4	Carl Hubbell	17
4	Dazzy Vance	17
4	Bill Walker	17
9	Phil Collins	16
9	Burleigh Grimes	16
9	Charlie Root	16

SavesSV

1	Herman Bell	8
2	Watson Clark	6
2	Joe Heving	6
4	Jim Lindsey	5
4	Bob Smith	5
4	Steve Swetonic	5
7	Archie Campbell	4
7	Pat Malone	4
7	Glenn Spencer	4
10	Guy Bush	3
10	Phil Collins	3
10	Joe Genewich	3
10	Ray Kolp	3
10	Hub Pruett	3
10	Charlie Root	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Bill Hallahan	177
2	Dazzy Vance	173
3	Pat Malone	142
4	Charlie Root	124
5	Carl Hubbell	117
6	Bill Walker	105
7	Syl Johnson	92
8	Larry French	90
9	Phil Collins	87
10	Bob Smith	84

Innings PitchedIP

1	Ray Kremer	276.0
2	Larry French	274.7
3	Pat Malone	271.7
4	Dazzy Vance	258.7
5	Socks Seibold	251.0
6	Bill Walker	245.3
7	Benny Frey	245.0
8	Carl Hubbell	241.7
9	Phil Collins	239.0
10	Bill Hallahan	237.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Erv Brame	22
1	Pat Malone	22
3	Larry French	21
4	Socks Seibold	20
4	Dazzy Vance	20
6	Ray Kremer	18
6	Red Lucas	18
8	Phil Collins	17
8	Freddie Fitzsimmons	17
8	Carl Hubbell	17

ShutoutsSHO

1	Charlie Root	4
1	Dazzy Vance	4
3	Larry French	3
3	Carl Hubbell	3
5	Jumbo Elliott	2
5	Benny Frey	2
5	Bill Hallahan	2
5	Syl Johnson	2
5	Ray Kolp	2
5	Dolf Luque	2
5	Ray Phelps	2
5	Bob Smith	2
5	Hollis Thurston	2
5	Bill Walker	2
5	Spades Wood	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dazzy Vance	5.8
2	Carl Hubbell	4.3
3	Pat Malone	4.1
4	Bill Hallahan	3.7
5	Syl Johnson	3.2
6	Charlie Root	3.2
7	Burleigh Grimes	2.9
8	Larry French	2.8
9	Socks Seibold	2.8
10	Red Lucas	2.6

Earned Run Averagemin 152 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	2.61
2	Carl Hubbell	3.87
3	Bill Walker	3.92
4	Pat Malone	3.94
5	Jumbo Elliott	3.95
6	Bud Teachout	4.06
7	Burleigh Grimes	4.07
8	Ray Phelps	4.11
9	Socks Seibold	4.12
10	Watson Clark	4.18

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 152 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	1.14
2	Watson Clark	1.24
3	Ray Kolp	1.27
4	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1.29
5	Carl Hubbell	1.33
6	Syl Johnson	1.35
7	Jumbo Elliott	1.38
8	Ray Phelps	1.39
9	Dolf Luque	1.40
10	Charlie Root	1.41

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 152 IP

1	Dazzy Vance	3.72
2	Carl Hubbell	4.09
3	Syl Johnson	4.20
4	Pat Malone	4.36
5	Charlie Root	4.44
6	Ray Kolp	4.51
7	Bill Hallahan	4.53
8	Burleigh Grimes	4.54
9	Tom Zachary	4.67
10	Watson Clark	4.67

Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs in 1930

32 more ranking tables from 1930. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1930 is 471 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 152-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Willie Wells	113
2	Cool Papa Bell	107
3	Branch Russell	91
4	George Giles	87
5	Mule Suttles	71
6	Dink Mothell	64
7	Wade Johnston	58
7	Turkey Stearnes	58
9	John Henry Russell	57
10	Dewey Creacy	50

HitsH

1	Willie Wells	136
2	George Giles	126
3	Cool Papa Bell	123
4	Branch Russell	117
5	Dewey Creacy	105
6	Newt Allen	99
7	John Henry Russell	93
8	Nat Rogers	90
9	Jabbo Andrews	89
10	Mule Suttles	86

Doubles2B

1	Willie Wells	36
2	George Giles	22
3	Cool Papa Bell	20
4	Mule Suttles	19
5	Nat Rogers	18
5	Turkey Stearnes	18
7	Ed Rile	17
8	LeRoy Taylor	16
9	Newt Allen	15
10	Steel Arm Davis	14
10	John Henry Russell	14

Triples3B

1	Turkey Stearnes	12
2	Wade Johnston	10
3	Jimmie Crutchfield	9
3	Crush Holloway	9
3	Ed Rile	9
3	Chester Williams	9
7	Cool Papa Bell	8
7	Dink Mothell	8
7	Nat Rogers	8
10	Jabbo Andrews	7
10	Anthony Cooper	7
10	Jake Dunn	7
10	Clarence Smith	7
10	Mule Suttles	7

Home RunsHR

1	Willie Wells	18
2	Mule Suttles	17
3	Branch Russell	10
3	John Henry Russell	10
5	Cool Papa Bell	9
5	L. D. Livingston	9
7	Rap Dixon	8
7	Wilson Redus	8
7	Ed Rile	8
7	Turkey Stearnes	8

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Willie Wells	112
2	Mule Suttles	80
3	Branch Russell	71
4	Turkey Stearnes	70
5	George Giles	69
6	Dewey Creacy	67
7	Steel Arm Davis	59
8	L. D. Livingston	58
9	Wilson Redus	56
10	Cool Papa Bell	54

WalksBB

1	Willie Wells	56
2	Dewey Creacy	45
3	Branch Russell	42
4	Wade Johnston	41
5	George Giles	40
6	Cool Papa Bell	36
7	Mule Suttles	35
8	George McAllister	34
9	Dink Mothell	31
10	Halley Harding	28
10	Newt Joseph	28
10	Buck Miller	28

Stolen BasesSB

1	Willie Wells	27
2	Terris McDuffie	19
3	George Giles	18
4	Tom Young	16
5	Cool Papa Bell	15
6	Clarence Smith	14
6	Mule Suttles	14
8	Newt Joseph	13
8	Turkey Stearnes	13
10	Crush Holloway	12
10	Cando López	12

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Willie Wells	8.3
2	Mule Suttles	4.4
3	Cool Papa Bell	3.9
4	Turkey Stearnes	3.7
5	Newt Allen	2.7
6	George Giles	2.4
7	Tom Young	2.0
8	Ed Rile	1.9
9	Jabbo Andrews	1.8
10	Rap Dixon	1.7

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Eggie Hensley	16
2	Sam Streeter	12
3	Roosevelt Davis	11
3	Willie Foster	11
5	Satchel Paige	10
5	Ted Radcliffe	10
5	Harry Salmon	10
8	William Bell	9
8	Andy Cooper	9
8	Army Cooper	9
8	Nelson Dean	9
8	Joe Strong	9
8	John Williams	9

SavesSV

1	Andy Cooper	2
1	Willie Foster	2
1	Ted Radcliffe	2
4	Cliff Bell	1
4	William Bell	1
4	Goose Curry	1
4	Heliodoro Díaz	1
4	Murray Gillispie	1
4	Eggie Hensley	1
4	Frog Holsey	1
4	Henry McHenry	1
4	Yellow Horse Morris	1
4	Satchel Paige	1
4	Willie Powell	1
4	Harry Salmon	1
4	Joe Strong	1
4	John Williams	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Willie Foster	132
2	Army Cooper	104
3	Harry Salmon	97
4	Satchel Paige	91
5	Jim Willis	84
6	Chet Brewer	83
7	Eggie Hensley	82
8	Luis Tiant	80
9	Ted Shaw	75
9	Sam Streeter	75

Innings PitchedIP

1	Sam Streeter	183.7
2	Eggie Hensley	174.3
3	Willie Foster	159.0
4	Cliff Bell	156.7
5	Chet Brewer	156.3
6	Harry Salmon	153.7
7	Frog Holsey	138.0
8	Nelson Dean	135.3
9	Jim Willis	133.3
10	Willie Cornelius	130.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Sam Streeter	18
2	Chet Brewer	15
3	Eggie Hensley	14
4	Willie Foster	12
4	Frog Holsey	12
4	Harry Salmon	12
7	William Bell	11
7	Andy Cooper	11
7	Luis Tiant	11
10	Cliff Bell	10
10	Albert Davis	10
10	Satchel Paige	10
10	Ted Shaw	10
10	Jim Willis	10

ShutoutsSHO

1	Satchel Paige	3
2	William Bell	2
2	Chet Brewer	2
2	Willie Cornelius	2
2	Albert Davis	2
2	Nelson Dean	2
2	Henry McHenry	2
2	Ted Shaw	2
2	Ted Trent	2
10	Andy Cooper	1
10	Harry Cunningham	1
10	Goose Curry	1
10	Willie Foster	1
10	Frog Holsey	1
10	Johnny Markham	1
10	Bailey McCauley	1
10	Willie Powell	1
10	Ted Radcliffe	1
10	Luis Tiant	1
10	Jim Willis	1
10	John Williams	1
10	Henry Wright	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Harry Salmon	4.0
2	Chet Brewer	3.4
3	Sam Streeter	3.3
4	Willie Foster	3.2
5	Nelson Dean	3.2
6	Satchel Paige	3.1
7	Jim Willis	3.0
8	William Bell	2.8
9	Cliff Bell	2.8
10	Army Cooper	2.7

Independent Black clubs

Led the Independent Black clubs — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1930 is 471 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 152-game schedule. The Independent Black clubs played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Charlie Smith	60
2	Vic Harris	59
3	Clint Thomas	54
4	George Scales	52
5	Fats Jenkins	49
6	Oscar Charleston	47
7	Judy Johnson	46
7	Jake Stephens	46
7	Chaney White	46
10	Walter Cannady	38

HitsH

1	Vic Harris	83
2	Chaney White	80
3	George Scales	78
4	Charlie Smith	73
5	Oscar Charleston	68
5	Clint Thomas	68
7	Jud Wilson	65
8	Fats Jenkins	64
9	Judy Johnson	62
10	Walter Cannady	60
10	Jake Stephens	60

Doubles2B

1	George Scales	21
2	Oscar Charleston	17
2	Vic Harris	17
4	Bill Evans	16
4	Charlie Smith	16
6	Clint Thomas	15
7	Jud Wilson	13
8	Walter Cannady	12
9	Dick Lundy	10
9	Biz Mackey	10
9	Julio Rojo	10
9	Jake Stephens	10

Triples3B

1	Charlie Smith	7
2	Buck Ewing	6
2	Vic Harris	6
2	George Scales	6
5	Walter Cannady	5
5	Eggie Dallard	5
5	Judy Johnson	5
8	Buddy Burbage	4
8	Fats Jenkins	4
8	Jake Stephens	4
8	Clint Thomas	4
8	Chaney White	4
8	Jud Wilson	4
8	Bill Yancey	4

Home RunsHR

1	Oscar Charleston	12
2	Josh Gibson	9
3	Charlie Smith	8
4	Vic Harris	7
5	John Beckwith	6
5	Walter Cannady	6
7	Biz Mackey	5
7	Pete Washington	5
9	Dick Lundy	4
9	Clint Thomas	4

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Charlie Smith	56
2	Oscar Charleston	55
3	Walter Cannady	50
4	Vic Harris	43
5	Chaney White	42
6	Clint Thomas	41
7	George Scales	40
8	Josh Gibson	37
9	Bill Evans	36
9	Biz Mackey	36
9	Bill Riggins	36

WalksBB

1	George Scales	38
1	Charlie Smith	38
3	Jake Stephens	29
4	Judy Johnson	24
4	Clint Thomas	24
6	Fats Jenkins	22
7	Vic Harris	21
8	Chaney White	19
9	Oscar Charleston	18
10	Frank Warfield	17

Stolen BasesSB

1	Clint Thomas	17
2	Bill Evans	8
2	Fats Jenkins	8
4	Oscar Charleston	7
5	Julio Rojo	6
6	Larry Brown	5
6	Judy Johnson	5
6	Jake Stephens	5
9	John Beckwith	4
9	Walter Cannady	4
9	Phil Cockrell	4
9	Bill Riggins	4
9	George Scales	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Charlie Smith	3.5
2	George Scales	3.2
3	Walter Cannady	2.1
4	Vic Harris	2.0
5	Clint Thomas	2.0
6	Jud Wilson	1.9
7	Biz Mackey	1.9
8	John Beckwith	1.9
9	Fats Jenkins	1.8
10	Josh Gibson	1.7

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Bill Holland	14
2	Joe Williams	11
3	George Britt	9
3	Lefty Williams	9
5	Alphonso Cox	7
5	Luther Farrell	7
5	Willis Flournoy	7
8	Connie Rector	5
8	William Ross	5
10	Oscar Levis	4
10	Oscar Owens	4
10	Red Ryan	4

SavesSV

1	George Britt	1
1	Luther Farrell	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Joe Williams	116
2	Bill Holland	99
3	George Britt	58
4	Luther Farrell	52
5	Lefty Williams	39
6	William Ross	35
7	Oscar Levis	34
7	Laymon Yokely	34
9	Oscar Owens	29
10	Willis Flournoy	27

Innings PitchedIP

1	Bill Holland	136.0
2	Joe Williams	131.3
3	George Britt	104.3
4	Luther Farrell	94.3
5	Lefty Williams	92.7
6	Oscar Levis	80.3
7	William Ross	71.7
8	Red Ryan	71.3
9	Willis Flournoy	68.7
9	Connie Rector	68.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Bill Holland	15
2	Joe Williams	13
3	Oscar Levis	9
4	George Britt	8
4	Luther Farrell	8
6	Lefty Williams	7
7	Phil Cockrell	6
8	Alphonso Cox	5
8	Willis Flournoy	5
8	Jesse Hubbard	5
8	Script Lee	5
8	Connie Rector	5
8	William Ross	5

ShutoutsSHO

1	Alphonso Cox	1
1	Willis Flournoy	1
1	Bill Holland	1
1	Oscar Levis	1
1	Webster McDonald	1
1	Connie Rector	1
1	Joe Williams	1
1	Lefty Williams	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Joe Williams	3.9
2	Bill Holland	2.7
3	Lefty Williams	2.0
4	George Britt	2.0
5	William Ross	1.5
6	Oscar Levis	1.2
7	Luther Farrell	1.1
8	Willis Flournoy	1.0
9	Webster McDonald	1.0
10	Laymon Yokely	0.9

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1930 is 471 plate appearances and 152 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 152 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1930 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Independent Black clubs, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 78 ranking tables here, 29 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1930 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.