1925 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1925 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1925 in baseball.

1925 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 15, 1925
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Roger Peckinpaugh (WSH) NL: Rogers Hornsby (SLC)
AL champions	Washington Senators
AL runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
NL champions	Pittsburgh Pirates
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	Pittsburgh Pirates
Runners-up	Washington Senators
MLB seasons
← 1924 1926 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
National League

The 1925 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1925. The regular season ended on October 4, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 22nd World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 7 on October 15. The Pirates defeated the Senators, four games to three.

This was the fourth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	33,500
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	26,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	43,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	41,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1925 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the previous season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 15.

Rule changes

The 1925 season saw the stipulation that the minimum home run distance was 250 feet. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Standings

American League v t e American League W L Pct. GB Home Road Washington Senators 96 55 0.636 — 53–22 43–33 Philadelphia Athletics 88 64 0.579 8½ 51–26 37–38 St. Louis Browns 82 71 0.536 15 45–32 37–39 Detroit Tigers 81 73 0.526 16½ 43–34 38–39 Chicago White Sox 79 75 0.513 18½ 44–33 35–42 Cleveland Indians 70 84 0.455 27½ 37–39 33–45 New York Yankees 69 85 0.448 28½ 42–36 27–49 Boston Red Sox 47 105 0.309 49½ 28–47 19–58

National League v t e National League W L Pct. GB Home Road Pittsburgh Pirates 95 58 0.621 — 52–25 43–33 New York Giants 86 66 0.566 8½ 47–29 39–37 Cincinnati Reds 80 73 0.523 15 44–32 36–41 St. Louis Cardinals 77 76 0.503 18 48–28 29–48 Boston Braves 70 83 0.458 25 37–39 33–44 Brooklyn Robins 68 85 0.444 27 38–39 30–46 Philadelphia Phillies 68 85 0.444 27 40–37 28–48 Chicago Cubs 68 86 0.442 27½ 37–40 31–46

Postseason

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Washington Senators	3
	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4

Managers

American League Team Manager Comments Boston Red Sox Lee Fohl Chicago White Sox Eddie Collins Cleveland Indians Tris Speaker Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb New York Yankees Miller Huggins Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack Finished 2nd St. Louis Browns George Sisler Finished 3rd Washington Senators Bucky Harris Won 2nd straight AL pennant

National League Team Manager Comments Boston Braves Dave Bancroft Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson Chicago Cubs Bill Killefer Rabbit Maranville George Gibson Cincinnati Reds Jack Hendricks Finished 3rd New York Giants John McGraw Finished 2nd Philadelphia Phillies Art Fletcher Pittsburgh Pirates Bill McKechnie Won World Series St. Louis Cardinals Branch Rickey Rogers Hornsby

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Harry Heilmann (DET) .393 HR Bob Meusel (NYY) 33 RBI Harry Heilmann (DET) Bob Meusel (NYY) 134 R Johnny Mostil (CWS) 135 H Al Simmons (PHA) 253 SB Johnny Mostil (CWS) 43

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Ted Lyons (CWS) Eddie Rommel (PHA) 21 L Sad Sam Jones (NYY) 21 ERA Stan Coveleski (WSH) 2.84 K Lefty Grove (PHA) 116 IP Herb Pennock (NYY) 277.0 SV Firpo Marberry (WSH) 16

National League

Hitting leaders Stat Player Total AVG Rogers Hornsby 1 (SLC) .403 HR Rogers Hornsby 1 (SLC) 39 RBI Rogers Hornsby 1 (SLC) 143 R Kiki Cuyler (PIT) 144 H Jim Bottomley (SLC) 227 SB Max Carey (PIT) 46 1 National League Triple Crown batting winner

Pitching leaders Stat Player Total W Dazzy Vance (BKN) 22 L Burleigh Grimes (BKN) 19 ERA Dolf Luque (CIN) 2.63 K Dazzy Vance (BKN) 221 IP Pete Donohue (CIN) 301.0 SV Guy Bush (CHC) Johnny Morrison (PIT) 4

Awards and honors

• League Award
  • Roger Peckinpaugh, Washington Senators, SS
  • Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Philadelphia Athletics [4]	88	23.9%	869,703	63.5%	11,295
Chicago White Sox [5]	79	19.7%	832,231	37.2%	10,808
Detroit Tigers [6]	81	-5.8%	820,766	-19.1%	10,659
Washington Senators [7]	96	4.3%	817,199	39.9%	10,753
Pittsburgh Pirates [8]	95	5.6%	804,354	9.2%	10,446
New York Giants [9]	86	-7.5%	778,993	-7.7%	10,250
New York Yankees [10]	69	-22.5%	697,267	-33.8%	8,826
Brooklyn Robins [11]	68	-26.1%	659,435	-19.5%	8,564
Chicago Cubs [12]	68	-16.0%	622,610	-13.2%	8,086
Cincinnati Reds [13]	80	-3.6%	464,920	-1.9%	6,117
St. Louis Browns [14]	82	10.8%	462,898	-13.2%	5,935
Cleveland Indians [15]	70	4.5%	419,005	-13.1%	5,442
St. Louis Cardinals [16]	77	18.5%	404,959	48.4%	5,328
Boston Braves [17]	70	32.1%	313,528	76.7%	4,125
Philadelphia Phillies [18]	68	23.6%	304,905	1.7%	3,960
Boston Red Sox [19]	47	-29.9%	267,782	-40.3%	3,570

Events

• September 25 – Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals is fined $500 and stood down for the remainder of the season after refusing to take the field against the Brooklyn Robins. ^[20]

References

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7. "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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11. "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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14. "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
15. "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
16. "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
17. "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
18. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
19. "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
20. "This Day In All Teams History – September 25th". nationalpastime.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

External links

• 1925 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference