1930 Major League Baseball season

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The 1930 Major League Baseball season was a high-offense campaign in which the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals emerged as league champions before meeting in the World Series.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball season
AmericanLeagueChampion Philadelphia Athletics NERFINISHED
AmericanLeagueMostValuablePlayer Joe Cronin NERFINISHED
AmericanLeaguePennantWinner Philadelphia Athletics NERFINISHED
battingAverageLeaderAL Al Simmons NERFINISHED
battingAverageLeaderALAverage .381
battingAverageLeaderNL Bill Terry NERFINISHED
battingAverageLeaderNLAverage .401
BillTerry400Season last .400 batting average season in National League
context Great Depression NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
defendingWorldSeriesChampion Philadelphia Athletics NERFINISHED
endTime 1930-10-08
era live-ball era
governingBody Major League Baseball
highestSingleSeasonLeagueBattingAverageInModernEra true
homeRunLeaderAL Babe Ruth NERFINISHED
homeRunLeaderALHomeRuns 49
homeRunLeaderNL Hack Wilson NERFINISHED
homeRunLeaderNLHomeRuns 56
includesLeague American League NERFINISHED
National League NERFINISHED
league Major League Baseball
leagueBattingAverage .296
NationalLeagueChampion St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
NationalLeagueMostValuablePlayer Hack Wilson NERFINISHED
NationalLeaguePennantWinner St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
nextSeason 1931 Major League Baseball season NERFINISHED
notableFor high offensive production
notableTeam Philadelphia Athletics NERFINISHED
St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED
numberOfGamesPerTeam 154
numberOfTeams 16
numberOfWorldSeriesGames 6
PhiladelphiaAthleticsHomePark Shibe Park NERFINISHED
PhiladelphiaAthleticsManager Connie Mack NERFINISHED
previousSeason 1929 Major League Baseball season NERFINISHED
RBILeaderAL Lou Gehrig NERFINISHED
RBILeaderALRBIs 174
RBILeaderNL Hack Wilson NERFINISHED
RBILeaderNLRBIs 191
sport baseball
startTime 1930-04-14
StLouisCardinalsHomePark Sportsman’s Park NERFINISHED
StLouisCardinalsManager Gabby Street NERFINISHED
WorldSeries 1930 World Series NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesChampion Philadelphia Athletics NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesMostValuablePlayer Mickey Cochrane NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesResult Philadelphia Athletics defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2
WorldSeriesRunnerUp St. Louis Cardinals NERFINISHED

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1930 World Series seasonOfLeague 1930 Major League Baseball season