1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1925  Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series champions
National League champions
Pittsburgh baseball team with Coolidge, 10-10-25 LCCN2016850608 (cropped).jpg
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Bill McKechnie
  1924 Seasons 1926  

The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in the National League with a record of 95–58. They defeated the Washington Senators four games to three to win their second World Series championship.

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The Pirates had three future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, and Pie Traynor.

Pittsburgh defeated the Brooklyn Robins, 21–5, on June 20 and two days later won 24–6 against the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first team since 1901 to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games. [2] [3] This feat was later matched by the 1950 Boston Red Sox. [3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9558.62152254333
New York Giants 8666.56647293937
Cincinnati Reds 8073.5231544323641
St. Louis Cardinals 7776.5031848282948
Boston Braves 7083.4582537393344
Brooklyn Robins 6885.4442738393046
Philadelphia Phillies 6885.4442740372848
Chicago Cubs 6886.44227½37403146

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 13–812–109–1311–116–167–1512–10
Brooklyn 8–1311–1112–1010–1211–115–1711–11
Chicago 10–1211–1110–127–1510–1212–108–14
Cincinnati 13–910–1212–109–1316–68–1312–10
New York 11–1112–1015–713–913–810–1212–9
Philadelphia 16–611–1112–106–168–138–147–15
Pittsburgh 15–717–510–1213–812–1014–814–8
St. Louis 10–1211–1114–810–129–1215–78–14

Game log

1925 Game Log: 95–58 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–33)
April: 5–8 (Home: 1–3; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cubs 2–8AlexanderYde (0–1)38,0000–1
2April 15@ Cubs 8–4Meadows (1–0)CooperMorrison (1)6,5001–1
3April 16@ Cubs 3–8BlakeKremer (0–1)7,0001–2
4April 17@ Cubs 6–9KaufmannMorrison (0–1)1–3
5April 18@ Reds 2–12DonohueAdams (0–1)8,5001–4
6April 19@ Reds 2–6LuqueYde (0–2)25,0001–5
7April 20@ Reds 4–2Meadows (2–0)Rixey2–5
8April 22 Cubs 6–1Morrison (1–1)Kaufmann31,0003–5
9April 23 Cubs 9–10JacobsSonger (0–1)Blake7,0003–6
10April 24 Cubs 2–7AlexanderYde (0–3)6,0003–7
11April 25 Cubs 3–4BlakeMeadows (2–1)20,0003–8
12April 26@ Cardinals 6–1Adams (1–1)Haines10,0004–8
13April 28@ Cardinals 7–3Morrison (2–1)Rhem2,0005–8
May: 16–9 (Home: 8–1; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 2 Reds 18–3Meadows (3–1)Donohue19,0006–8
15May 3@ Reds 4–5LuqueMorrison (2–2)Donohue6–9
16May 7 Cardinals 9–10HallahanAdams (1–2)Rhem2,0006–10
17May 8@ Phillies 7–15CarlsonMeadows (3–2)6–11
18May 9@ Phillies 6–5Morrison (3–2)MitchellMeadows (1)7–11
19May 12@ Phillies 5–8RingAldridge (0–1)7–12
20May 12@ Phillies 13–8Meadows (4–2)CouchAdams (1)8–12
21May 13@ Braves 5–4Kremer (1–1)Genewich5,5009–12
22May 14@ Braves 7–1Morrison (4–2)Barnes4,00010–12
23May 16@ Braves 7–5 (10)Yde (1–3)Ryan11–12
24May 17@ Robins 8–5Meadows (5–2)Vance27,00012–12
25May 18@ Robins 7–12GrimesAldridge (0–2)5,00012–13
26May 19@ Robins 5–9EhrhardtMorrison (4–3)12,00012–14
27May 20@ Robins 12–3Kremer (2–1)Petty5,00013–14
28May 21@ Giants 4–5ScottMorrison (4–4)6,00013–15
29May 22@ Giants 6–5 (10)Aldridge (1–2)Dean4,00014–15
30May 23@ Giants 1–10GreenfieldYde (1–4)30,00014–16
31May 25 Cubs 5–3Morrison (5–4)Bush2,00015–16
32May 26 Cubs 7–2Kremer (3–1)Jones6,00016–16
33May 27 Cubs 13–3Aldridge (2–2)Blake17–16
34May 28 Cardinals 7–4Meadows (6–2)Haines3,00018–16
35May 29 Cardinals 6–5Kremer (4–1)Dickerman5,00019–16
36May 30 Cardinals 4–1Yde (2–4)Sothoron18,00020–16
37May 30 Cardinals 15–5Morrison (6–4)Day28,00021–16
38May 31@ Cubs 2–11BlakeKremer (4–2)18,00021–17
June: 18–8 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1@ Cubs 5–6BushAldridge (2–3)Kaufmann5,00021–18
40June 4 Phillies 16–3Meadows (7–2)Knight22–18
41June 5 Phillies 5–6 (11)MitchellKremer (4–3)22–19
42June 6 Phillies 9–3Yde (3–4)Carlson23–19
43June 8 Braves 8–4Aldridge (3–3)Marquard3,00024–19
44June 9 Braves 4–7 (11)BarnesMeadows (7–3)24–20
45June 10 Braves 4–6GrahamMorrison (6–5)24–21
46June 11 Braves 11–3Yde (4–4)Ryan25–21
47June 12 Giants 6–2Aldridge (4–3)Barnes16,00026–21
48June 13 Giants 6–4Meadows (8–3)McQuillan28,00027–21
49June 15 Giants 7–6Adams (2–2)Scott18,00028–21
50June 16 Giants 13–11 (10)Meadows (9–3)Nehf21,00029–21
51June 17 Robins 8–3Yde (5–4)Grimes30–21
52June 18 Robins 2–6VanceKremer (4–4)30–22
53June 19 Robins 9–6Meadows (10–3)Ehrhardt6,00031–22
54June 20 Robins 21–5Adams (3–2)Petty20,00032–22
55June 22@ Cardinals 24–6Kremer (5–4)Rhem4,50033–22
56June 24@ Cardinals 3–11HainesYde (5–5)8,00033–23
57June 24@ Cardinals 7–6Morrison (7–5)SherdelAdams (2)12,00034–23
58June 25@ Cardinals 4–3Meadows (11–3)Dickerman3,50035–23
59June 26 Reds 5–3Kremer (6–4)May36–23
60June 27 Reds 3–2Adams (4–2)Luque36,00037–23
61June 27 Reds 2–6DonohueAldridge (4–4)35,35337–24
62June 28@ Reds 5–2Yde (6–5)Benton35,35338–24
63June 29@ Reds 8–1Morrison (8–5)Rixey1,80039–24
64June 30@ Cubs 0–1KaufmannMeadows (11–4)5,00039–25
July: 17–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1@ Cubs 8–6Kremer (7–4)Alexander3,00040–25
66July 2 Reds 2–1Sheehan (1–0)Luque41–25
67July 3 Reds 0–8DonohueAdams (4–3)41–26
68July 4 Reds 7–5Yde (7–5)Biemiller22,00042–26
69July 4 Reds 7–1Meadows (12–4)Rixey25,00043–26
70July 5@ Cubs 3–2Kremer (8–4)BushMorrison (2)25,00044–26
71July 7@ Giants 6–7GreenfieldSheehan (1–1)Nehf8,00044–27
72July 9@ Giants 12–3Yde (8–5)Scott45–27
73July 9@ Giants 5–7DeanMorrison (8–6)40,00045–28
74July 11@ Robins 7–6Meadows (13–4)Grimes15,00046–28
75July 12@ Robins 3–4OsborneKremer (8–5)15,00046–29
76July 13@ Robins 4–2Aldridge (5–4)Hubbell47–29
77July 14@ Robins 8–5Yde (9–5)Vance48–29
78July 15@ Braves 3–4BentonMorrison (8–7)4,00048–30
79July 16@ Braves 8–9 (10)GenewichKremer (8–6)3,50048–31
80July 17@ Braves 7–3 (10)Adams (5–3)Graham3,50049–31
81July 18@ Braves 9–8Yde (10–5)CooneyKremer (1)50–31
82July 18@ Braves 1–2 (11)SmithMorrison (8–8)50–32
83July 20@ Phillies 3–6RingMeadows (13–5)50–33
84July 21@ Phillies 2–4MitchellKremer (8–7)1,00050–34
85July 23 Cardinals 3–2Yde (11–5)Haines7,00051–34
86July 24 Cardinals 5–3Morrison (9–8)Rhem8,00052–34
87July 25 Cardinals 2–7MailsAdams (5–4)11,00052–35
88July 26@ Cubs 6–4Aldridge (6–4)Kaufmann22,00053–35
89July 27 Braves 6–5 (10)Morrison (10–8)Barnes5,00054–35
90July 28 Braves 5–1Meadows (14–5)Benton55–35
91July 29 Braves 8–6Yde (12–5)CooneyMorrison (3)56–35
92July 30 Braves 1–5GenewichAldridge (6–5)56–36
August: 21–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 12–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
93August 1 Phillies 2–3DecaturMorrison (10–9)56–37
94August 1 Phillies 2–4RingMeadows (14–6)25,00056–38
95August 3 Phillies 3–2Yde (13–5)CarlsonAdams (3)57–38
96August 3 Phillies 3–2 (11)Aldridge (7–5)Couch58–38
97August 4 Phillies 4–8MitchellMorrison (10–10)58–39
98August 6 Robins 5–1Kremer (9–7)Vance11,00059–39
99August 7 Robins 10–9Morrison (11–10)Ehrhardt7,00060–39
100August 8 Robins 12–8Morrison (12–10)Oeschger61–39
101August 8 Robins 5–4Adams (6–4)Ehrhardt35,00062–39
102August 10 Giants 1–2ScottMeadows (14–7)20,00062–40
103August 11 Giants 7–4Morrison (13–10)Dean22,00063–40
104August 12 Giants 5–3Yde (14–5)Barnes22,00064–40
105August 13 Giants 1–4GreenfieldAldridge (7–6)24,00064–41
106August 14 Reds 14–6Meadows (15–7)Luque6,50065–41
107August 15 Reds 1–8DonohueKremer (9–8)20,00065–42
108August 16@ Reds 1–6RixeyMorrison (13–11)15,00065–43
109August 18@ Robins 11–4Aldridge (8–6)Osborne66–43
110August 19@ Robins 7–8VanceMeadows (15–8)5,00066–44
111August 20@ Robins 2–1Kremer (10–8)Grimes5,00067–44
112August 22@ Giants 8–1Meadows (16–8)Barnes51,20068–44
113August 22@ Giants 2–1Aldridge (9–6)Scott55,00069–44
114August 23@ Giants 4–7GreenfieldAdams (6–5)Scott69–45
115August 23@ Giants 3–2Morrison (14–11)FitzsimmonsOldham (1)53,00070–45
116August 24@ Giants 9–2Kremer (11–8)Dean25,00071–45
117August 25@ Braves 1–2BarnesYde (14–6)10,00071–46
118August 26@ Braves 2–0Meadows (17–8)Smith72–46
119August 27@ Braves 1–0Aldridge (10–6)Benton73–46
120August 28@ Phillies 10–9Oldham (1–0)RingKremer (2)5,00074–46
121August 29@ Phillies 11–2Yde (15–6)Decatur75–46
122August 29@ Phillies 13–1Kremer (12–8)Couch18,00076–46
123August 31@ Phillies 10–3Meadows (18–8)Knight5,00077–46
September: 17–11 (Home: 13–7; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1@ Phillies 10–3Aldridge (11–6)Carlson2,00078–46
125September 2 Reds 8–2Morrison (15–11)Donohue8,00079–46
126September 3 Cardinals 5–2Kremer (13–8)Sherdel80–46
127September 4 Cardinals 3–9ReinhartYde (15–7)80–47
128September 5 Cardinals 6–5Morrison (16–11)Dyer81–47
129September 6@ Cubs 9–2Aldridge (12–6)Blake18,00082–47
130September 7 Cubs 8–5Oldham (2–0)Cooper17,00083–47
131September 7 Cubs 8–9 (10)BushMeadows (18–9)Kaufmann27,00083–48
132September 8 Cubs 2–3AlexanderYde (15–8)83–49
133September 9 Cubs 7–9 (11)KaufmannMorrison (16–12)83–50
134September 10@ Cardinals 9–5Aldridge (13–6)SothoronSheehan (1)84–50
135September 11@ Cardinals 3–5HainesOldham (2–1)84–51
136September 12@ Cardinals 0–4SherdelMeadows (18–10)84–52
137September 13@ Cardinals 4–8MailsYde (15–9)84–53
138September 13@ Cardinals 2–6 (5)ReinhartMorrison (16–13)84–54
139September 14 Robins 9–4Aldridge (14–6)Ehrhardt4,50085–54
140September 16 Robins 5–3Meadows (19–10)Elliott86–54
141September 16 Robins 6–2Oldham (3–1)Osborne10,00087–54
142September 17 Braves 11–2Kremer (14–8)Smith88–54
143September 18 Braves 9–7Yde (16–9)Graham89–54
144September 19 Braves 2–1Aldridge (15–6)Barnes11,00090–54
145September 21 Phillies 9–7Morrison (17–13)Decatur91–54
146September 22 Phillies 14–4Kremer (15–8)Ring92–54
147September 23 Phillies 2–1Yde (17–9)WilloughbySheehan (2)2,00093–54
148September 24 Giants 0–4ScottOldham (3–2)12,00093–55
149September 26 Giants 3–4BarnesAldridge (15–7)93–56
150September 26 Giants 0–3FitzsimmonsMorrison (17–14)18,00093–57
151September 27@ Reds 4–3 (5)Kremer (16–8)Luque94–57
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 4@ Reds 4–2Kremer (17–8)GoodwinMorrison (4)95–57
153October 4@ Reds 1–4DonohueCulloton (0–1)95–58
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Earl Smith 109329103.313864
1B George Grantham 114359117.326852
2B Eddie Moore 142547163.298677
3B Pie Traynor 150591189.3206106
SS Glenn Wright 153614189.30818121
OF Max Carey 133542186.343544
OF Kiki Cuyler 153617220.35718102
OF Clyde Barnhart 142539175.3254114

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Johnny Gooch 7921564.298030
Stuffy McInnis 5915557.368024
Carson Bigbee 6612630.23808
Johnny Rawlings 3611031.282213
Al Niehaus 176414.21907
Fresco Thompson 14379.24308
Roy Spencer 14286.21402
Jewel Ens 351.20012
Mule Haas 430.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lee Meadows 35255.119103.6787
Ray Kremer 40214.21783.6362
Vic Aldridge 30213.11573.6388
Johnny Morrison 44211.017143.8860
Emil Yde 33207.01794.1341

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Babe Adams 33101.1655.4218
Red Oldham 1153.0323.9110
Bud Culloton 921.0012.573

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Sheehan 231122.6713
Don Songer 80102.314
Lou Koupal 60009.000

1925 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team123456789RHE
Washington010020001481
Pittsburgh000010000150
W: Walter Johnson (1–0)  L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: WASJoe Harris (1), PITPie Traynor (1)

Game 2

October 8, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team123456789RHE
Washington010000001282
Pittsburgh00010002x370
W: Vic Aldridge (1–0)  L: Stan Coveleski (0–1)
HR: WASJoe Judge (1), PITGlenn Wright (1), Kiki Cuyler (1)

Game 3

October 10, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh010101000382
Washington00100120x4101
W: Alex Ferguson (1–0)   L: Ray Kremer (0–1)   S: Firpo Marberry (1)
HR: WASGoose Goslin (1)

Game 4

October 11, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh000000000061
Washington00400000x4120
W: Walter Johnson (2–0)   L: Emil Yde (0–1)
HR: WASGoose Goslin (2), Joe Harris (2)

Game 5

October 12, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team123456789RHE
Pittsburgh0020002116130
Washington100100100381
W: Vic Aldridge (2–0)   L: Stan Coveleski (0–2)
HR: WASJoe Harris (3)

Game 6

October 13, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team123456789RHE
Washington110000000262
Pittsburgh00201000x371
W: Ray Kremer (1–1)  L: Alex Ferguson (1–1)
HR: WASGoose Goslin (3), PITEddie Moore (1)

Game 7

October 15, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team123456789RHE
Washington400200010772
Pittsburgh00301023x9153
W: Ray Kremer (2–1)  L: Walter Johnson (2–1),   S: Red Oldham (1)
HR: WASRoger Peckinpaugh (1)

Awards and records

League leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Norm McNeill

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnstown

References

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. "1925 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Game Log". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Runs Scored >= 20, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
  5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0