1925 Boston Red Sox season

1925 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	47–105 (.309)
League place	8th (49+1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Lee Fohl
Local radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1925 Boston Red Sox season was the 25th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 47 wins and 105 losses, 49+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Opening Day lineup[]

Ira Flagstead	CF
Doc Prothro	3B
Ike Boone	RF
Bobby Veach	LF
Joe Harris	1B
Turkey Gross	SS
Billy Rogell	2B
Val Picinich	C
Alex Ferguson	P

Source:^[1]

Roster[]

1925 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Bob Adams Howard Ehmke Alex Ferguson Ray Francis Oscar Fuhr Curt Fullerton Rudy Kallio Joe Kiefer Joe Lucey Hal Neubauer Jack Quinn Buster Ross Red Ruffing Ted Wingfield Paul Zahniser		Catchers John Bischoff Johnnie Heving Val Picinich Al Stokes Infielders Bud Connolly Homer Ezzell Chappie Geygan Turkey Gross Joe Harris Mike Herrera Dud Lee Doc Prothro Billy Rogell Jack Rothrock Phil Todt Bill Wambsganss Herb Welch		Outfielders Ike Boone Roy Carlyle Shano Collins Ira Flagstead Tom Jenkins Sy Rosenthal Tex Vache Bobby Veach Denny Williams		Manager Lee Fohl Coaches Lefty Leifield Jack Ryan (Pitching)

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	Val Picinich	90	251	64	.255	1	25
1B	Phil Todt	141	544	151	.278	11	75
2B	Bill Wambsganss	111	360	83	.231	1	41
SS	Dud Lee	84	255	57	.224	0	19
3B	Doc Prothro	119	415	130	.313	0	51
OF	Ike Boone	133	476	157	.330	9	68
OF	Roy Carlyle	93	276	90	.326	7	49
OF	Ira Flagstead	148	572	160	.280	6	61

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
Tex Vache	110	252	79	.313	3	48
Denny Williams	69	218	50	.229	0	13
Homer Ezzell	58	186	53	.285	0	15
Billy Rogell	58	169	33	.195	0	17
John Bischoff	41	133	37	.278	1	16
Johnnie Heving	45	119	20	.168	0	6
Bud Connolly	43	107	28	.262	0	21
Sy Rosenthal	19	72	19	.264	0	8
Tom Jenkins	15	64	19	.297	0	5
Jack Rothrock	22	55	19	.345	0	7
Al Stokes	17	52	11	.212	0	1
Mike Herrera	10	39	15	.385	0	8
Herb Welch	13	38	11	.289	0	2
Turkey Gross	9	32	3	.094	0	2
Joe Harris	8	19	3	.158	1	2
Joe Lucey	10	15	2	.133	0	0
Chappie Geygan	3	11	2	.182	0	0
Bobby Veach	1	5	1	.200	0	2
Shano Collins	2	3	1	.333	0	1

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
Howard Ehmke	34	260.2	9	20	3.73	95
Ted Wingfield	41	254.1	12	19	3.96	30
Red Ruffing	37	217.1	9	18	5.01	64
Jack Quinn	19	105	7	8	4.37	24
Alex Ferguson	5	15.2	0	2	10.91	5
Joe Kiefer	2	15	0	2	6.00	4

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
Paul Zahniser	37	176.2	5	12	5.15	30
Buster Ross	33	94.1	3	8	6.20	15
Oscar Fuhr	39	91.1	0	6	6.60	27
Ray Francis	6	28	0	2	7.71	4
Curt Fullerton	4	22.2	0	3	3.18	3
Rudy Kallio	7	18.2	1	4	7.71	2
Joe Lucey	7	11	0	1	9.00	2

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
Hal Neubauer	7	1	0	0	12.19	4
Bob Adams	2	0	0	0	7.94	1

References[]

External links[]

• 1925 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com