1925 Major League Baseball season

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1925 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – October 4, 1925
World Series:
  • October 7–15, 1925
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
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
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
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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, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1909.

Contents

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.

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]

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager [4]
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,500 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 George Sisler
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 26,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Bill Killefer
Rabbit Maranville
George Gibson
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 43,000 John McGraw
Hughie Jennings
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Branch Rickey
Rogers Hornsby

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9655.636—53‍–‍2243‍–‍33
Philadelphia Athletics 8864.5798½51‍–‍2637‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns 8271.5361545‍–‍3237‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 8173.52616½43‍–‍3438‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 7975.51318½44‍–‍3335‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 7084.45527½37‍–‍3933‍–‍45
New York Yankees 6985.44828½42‍–‍3627‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox 47105.30949½28‍–‍4719‍–‍58

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9558.621—52‍–‍2543‍–‍33
New York Giants 8666.5668½47‍–‍2939‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 8073.5231544‍–‍3236‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 7776.5031848‍–‍2829‍–‍48
Boston Braves 7083.4582537‍–‍3933‍–‍44
Brooklyn Robins 6885.4442738‍–‍3930‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 6885.4442740‍–‍3728‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs 6886.44227½37‍–‍4031‍–‍46

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Washington Senators 3
NL Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Cincinnati Reds Pat Moran Jack Hendricks
New York Giants Hughie Jennings John McGraw
St. Louis Browns Jimmy Austin George Sisler

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Chicago Cubs Bill Killefer Rabbit Maranville
Rabbit Maranville George Gibson
New York Giants John McGraw Hughie Jennings
St. Louis Cardinals Branch Rickey Rogers Hornsby

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders [5]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Harry Heilmann (DET).393
OPS Ty Cobb (DET)1.066
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 [6]
StatPlayerTotal
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
WHIP Herb Pennock (NYY)1.220

National League

Hitting leaders [7]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Rogers Hornsby 1 (SLC).403
OPS Rogers Hornsby (SLC)1.245
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 [8]
StatPlayerTotal
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
WHIP Dolf Luque (CIN)1.172

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Philadelphia Athletics [9] 8823.9%869,70363.5%11,295
Chicago White Sox [10] 7919.7%832,23137.2%10,808
Detroit Tigers [11] 81−5.8%820,766−19.1%10,659
Washington Senators [12] 964.3%817,19939.9%10,753
Pittsburgh Pirates [13] 955.6%804,3549.2%10,446
New York Giants [14] 86−7.5%778,993−7.7%10,250
New York Yankees [15] 69−22.5%697,267−33.8%8,826
Brooklyn Robins [16] 68−26.1%659,435−19.5%8,564
Chicago Cubs [17] 68−16.0%622,610−13.2%8,086
Cincinnati Reds [18] 80−3.6%464,920−1.9%6,117
St. Louis Browns [19] 8210.8%462,898−13.2%5,935
Cleveland Indians [20] 704.5%419,005−13.1%5,442
St. Louis Cardinals [21] 7718.5%404,95948.4%5,328
Boston Braves [22] 7032.1%313,52876.7%4,125
Philadelphia Phillies [23] 6823.6%304,9051.7%3,960
Boston Red Sox [24] 47−29.9%267,782−40.3%3,570

Events

References

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  2. ↑ Team, Imagine Sports Editorial (May 20, 2019). "Historic Baseball Field Changes & MLB Rules That Changed Baseball". Imagine Sports. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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  4. ↑ "1925 Major League Baseball Managers". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "1925 American League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "1925 American League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ "1925 National League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "1925 National League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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  11. ↑ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  14. ↑ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  21. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  24. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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