The 1930 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball for the 1930 season. The 27th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that pitted the American League (AL) champion Philadelphia Athletics against the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Athletics defeated the Cardinals in six games to win their fifth championship. Philadelphia's pitching ace Lefty Grove, and George Earnshaw, the No. 2 man in Mack's rotation, won two games apiece. Earnshaw also pitched seven scoreless innings as the Game 5 starter, but ended up with a no-decision as Grove relieved him in the eighth and took the win on Jimmie Foxx's two-run homer in the top of the ninth for the game's only scoring. Won the 1930 World Series on October 8, 1930. Wiki link