Top Slugger Win NL Platinum Stick Award Honors
Today, the NL announced the winners of the Platinum Stick Award, which is given to the top offensive player at his primary position.
Here are the 1930 winners:
Pitcher
Rube Bressler (Cincinnati Reds)
.282/.369/.385, 429 AB, 5 HR, 10 SB, 107 wRC+, 2.2 WAR
Catcher
Earl Smith (Pittsburgh Pirates)
.372/.409/.595, 454 AB, 16 HR, 2 SB, 157 wRC+, 5.7 WAR
First Baseman
Otto Hess (Boston Braves)
.362/.393/.621, 506 AB, 36 HR, 1 SB, 149 RBI, 3.8 WAR
Second Baseman
Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Robins)
.353/.444/.499, 535 AB, 9 HR, 17 SB, 143 R, 144 wRC+, 7.7 WAR
Third Baseman
Willie Jones (Philadelphia Phillies)
.314/.361/.502, 512 AB, 17 HR, 2 SB, 101 RBI, 3.3 WAR
Shortstop
Glenn Wright (Pittsburgh Pirates)
.345/.373/.576, 542 AB, 15 HR, 10 SB, 102 RBI, 5.7 WAR
Left Fielder
Joe Connolly (Boston Braves)
.412/.473/.671, 544 AB, 17 HR, 20 SB, 141 R, 148 RBI, 8.8 WAR
Center Fielder
Duke Snider (Brooklyn Robins)
.401/.467/.732, 544 AB, 30 HR, 9 SB, 132 R, 150 RBI, 7.4 WAR
Right Fielder
Tommy Griffith (Boston Braves)
.353/.393/.568, 581 AB, 22 HR, 8 SB, 125 R, 103 RBI, 4.2 WAR
11/15 St. Louis Hurler Top in Cy Young Award Voting
Urban Shocker was the most outstanding pitcher in the AL this year and today was acclaimed the Cy Young Award winner for his efforts.
Shocker had a marvelous season, going 27-5 with an impressive 3.74 ERA in 38 starts. He struck out 140 in 312.2 innings and limited opposing batters to a .265 batting average.
He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 16. Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia Athletics finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Guardians finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Urban Shocker - St. Louis Browns - 12 - 100
Lefty Grove - Philadelphia Athletics - 4 - 56
Stan Coveleski - Cleveland Guardians - 0 - 52
Johnny Allen - New York Yankees - 0 - 35
Red Ruffing - New York Yankees - 0 - 20
Eddie Cicotte - Chicago White Sox - 0 - 7
Reb Russell - Chicago White Sox - 0 - 2
Hod Eller Nabs Prestigious Cy Young Award
The Cincinnati Reds have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making. It's Hod Eller, this year's NL Cy Young Award selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance.
Eller compiled a 25-9 record in 36 starts, tallied 175 strikeouts in 301 innings and recorded a 3.02 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .247 batting average against him.
He received 15 first place votes out of a possible 16. Curt Simmons of the Philadelphia Phillies finished second in voting, while Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Hod Eller - Cincinnati Reds - 15 - 108
Curt Simmons - Philadelphia Phillies - 0 - 36
Lon Warneke - Chicago Cubs - 0 - 36
Ray Kremer - Pittsburgh Pirates - 0 - 29
Dutch Ruether - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 22
Lefty Tyler - Boston Braves - 0 - 21
Dick Rudolph - Boston Braves - 1 - 9
Johnny Podres - Brooklyn Robins - 0 - 5
Carl Erskine - Brooklyn Robins - 0 - 4
Jesse Barnes - New York Giants - 0 - 1
Rube Bressler - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 1
AL Names #1 Player
At the age of 24, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers could very well have his best years ahead of him.
It's a startling thought when you consider the year he had in 1930 was good enough to win the first baseman the AL Most Valuable Player Award.
"See the ball, hit the ball," he said. "That's my basic approach."
The top hitter put up a .394 batting average this year, as well as a .448 on-base percentage. He played 149 games and racked up 231 hits, 67 doubles, 11 triples, 37 home runs, 167 RBIs and 143 runs scored.
He received 10 first place votes out of a possible 16. Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Guardians finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Hank Greenberg - Detroit Tigers - 10 - 192
Tris Speaker - Cleveland Guardians - 5 - 151
Babe Ruth - New York Yankees - 0 - 113
Al Simmons - Philadelphia Athletics - 0 - 107
Ken Williams - St. Louis Browns - 1 - 99
Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 91
Elmer Smith - Cleveland Guardians - 0 - 49
George Sisler - St. Louis Browns - 0 - 36
Joe Cronin - Washington Senators - 0 - 24
Charlie Gehringer - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 18
Mickey Cochrane - Philadelphia Athletics - 0 - 14
Joe Evans - Cleveland Guardians - 0 - 12
Happy Felsch - Chicago White Sox - 0 - 12
Bill Dickey - New York Yankees - 0 - 7
Joe Kuhel - Washington Senators - 0 - 6
Urban Shocker - St. Louis Browns - 0 - 5
Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees - 0 - 3
Red Ruffing - New York Yankees - 0 - 3
Max Bishop - Philadelphia Athletics - 0 - 1
Jimmie Foxx - Philadelphia Athletics - 0 - 1
Duke Snider Chosen NL's #1 Player
Pivotal Game 5 Goes to Host Yankees, 4-3
Duke Snider, the talented Brooklyn center fielder, certainly made his name known among NL hurlers this season. He hammered them for 218 hits, 62 doubles, 14 triples, 30 home runs, 150 RBIs and scored 132 times. That kind of output made him the choice for NL Most Valuable Player Award for 1930.
He received 14 first place votes out of a possible 16. Joe Connolly of the Boston Braves finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Edd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Duke Snider - Brooklyn Robins - 14 - 214
Joe Connolly - Boston Braves - 2 - 154
Edd Roush - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 102
Chick Hafey - St. Louis Cardinals - 0 - 91
Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Robins - 0 - 89
Chuck Klein - Chicago Cubs - 0 - 56
Earl Smith - Pittsburgh Pirates - 0 - 50
Hod Eller - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 48
Billy Herman - Chicago Cubs - 0 - 28
Rube Bressler - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 27
Curt Simmons - Philadelphia Phillies - 0 - 16
Glenn Wright - Pittsburgh Pirates - 0 - 16
Frankie Frisch - St. Louis Cardinals - 0 - 10
Lon Warneke - Chicago Cubs - 0 - 8
Gil Hodges - Brooklyn Robins - 0 - 7
Dutch Ruether - Cincinnati Reds - 0 - 7
Irish Meusel - New York Giants - 0 - 6
Roy Campanella - Brooklyn Robins - 0 - 4
Ray Kremer - Pittsburgh Pirates - 0 - 3
Dick Rudolph - Boston Braves - 0 - 3
Tommy Griffith - Boston Braves - 0 - 2
Richie Ashburn - Philadelphia Phillies - 0 - 1
Otto Hess - Boston Braves - 0 - 1
Lefty Tyler - Boston Braves - 0 - 1
11/01 – Game Six New York '27 Tops Cincinnati '19 in the Finals!
It was all about winning for the New York 27 Yankees -- and win they did.
There was nothing fancy in how they went about it, players said, they just prepared mentally and physically and then went out and played baseball.
"We did the little things right and we did the big things right," said right fielder Babe Ruth, who was named series MVP. "Now we're the league champions."
New York 27 defeated the Cincinnati 19 Reds by a score of 5-2 at Redland Field to take the series 4-2.
"Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you make your own luck," said New York 27 manager Miller Huggins. "We got lucky a few times, but mostly we did the right things by being prepared for each game and playing the game the way it's meant to be played."
