1925 Philadelphia Athletics season

1925  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1924 1926  →

The 1925 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses. It was the Athletics' first winning season in 11 years (1914).

Offseason

• October 8, 1924: Lefty Grove was purchased by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles for $100,600. ^[1]
• November 17, 1924: Harry Riconda, Dennis Burns, Bob Hasty, Ed Sherling, Charles Rowland (minors), and $50,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Portland Beavers for Mickey Cochrane. ^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1925 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	7–15	5–17	9–13	5–17	5–16	7–14
Chicago	13–9	—	14–8	13–9	13–9	8–14	9–13	9–13
Cleveland	15–7	8–14	—	11–11–1	10–12	11–11	11–11	4–18
Detroit	17–5	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8–1	8–14	12–10	10–12
New York	13–9	9–13	12–10	8–14–1	—	9–13	11–11–1	7–15
Philadelphia	17–5	14–8	11–11	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	7–13–1
St. Louis	16–5	13–9	11–11	10–12	11–11–1	10–12	—	11–11
Washington	14–7	13–9	18–4	12–10	15–7	13–7–1	11–11	—

Roster

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Elbert Andrews Stan Baumgartner Tom Glass Sam Gray Lefty Grove Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Art Stokes Rube Walberg Lefty Willis		Catchers Charlie Berry Mickey Cochrane Jimmie Foxx Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jimmy Dykes Charlie Engle Chick Galloway Doc Gautreau Sammy Hale Red Holt Carl Husta Jim Keesey Jim Poole Red Smith		Outfielders Bill Bagwell Walter French Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Frank Welch		Manager Connie Mack Coaches Earle Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mickey Cochrane	134	420	139	.331	6	55
1B	Jim Poole	133	480	143	.298	5	67
2B	Max Bishop	105	368	103	.280	4	27
SS	Chick Galloway	149	481	116	.241	3	71
3B	Sammy Hale	110	391	135	.345	8	63
OF	Al Simmons	153	654	253	.387	24	129
OF	Bill Lamar	138	568	202	.356	3	77
OF	Bing Miller	124	474	151	.319	10	81

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jimmy Dykes	122	465	150	.323	5	55
Frank Welch	85	202	56	.277	4	41
Cy Perkins	65	140	43	.307	1	18
Walter French	67	100	37	.370	0	14
Red Holt	27	88	24	.273	1	8
Bill Bagwell	36	50	15	.300	0	10
Carl Husta	6	22	3	.136	0	2
Red Smith	20	14	4	.286	0	1
Charlie Berry	10	14	3	.214	0	3
Jimmie Foxx	10	9	6	.667	0	0
Doc Gautreau	4	7	0	.000	0	0
Jim Keesey	5	5	2	.400	0	1
Charlie Engle	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Slim Harriss	46	252.2	19	12	3.49	95
Sam Gray	32	203.2	16	8	3.27	80
Jack Quinn	18	99.2	6	3	3.88	19
Lefty Willis	1	5.0	0	0	10.80	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Eddie Rommel	52	261.0	21	10	3.69	67
Lefty Grove	45	197.0	10	12	4.75	116
Rube Walberg	53	191.2	8	14	3.99	82
Stan Baumgartner	37	113.1	6	3	3.57	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Art Stokes	12	1	1	0	4.07	7
Fred Heimach	10	0	1	0	3.98	6
Elbert Andrews	6	0	0	0	10.13	0
Tom Glass	2	1	0	0	5.40	2

Awards and honors

League leaders

• Lefty Grove – American League leader, Strikeouts ^[3]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Wilkes-Barre Barons	New York–Pennsylvania League	James Sharp and George Maisel

^[4]

References

1. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
2. Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
3. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com