1925 Detroit Tigers season

1925 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Ty Cobb
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The 1925 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 81–73-2, 16½ games behind the Washington Senators.^[1]

Regular season[]

Events[]

• May 5, 1925: Ty Cobb hit three home runs in one game in a 14-8 victory over the St. Louis Browns.^[2]

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	—

Roster[]

1925 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Ownie Carroll Bert Cole Rip Collins Hooks Dauss Jess Doyle Ken Holloway Syl Johnson Dutch Leonard Bill Moore Lil Stoner Ed Wells Earl Whitehill		Catchers Johnny Bassler Oscar Stanage Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Les Burke Charlie Gehringer Fred Haney Bob Jones Johnny Neun Frank O'Rourke Topper Rigney Jackie Tavener Jack Warner		Outfielders Ty Cobb Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Al Wingo Other batters Andy Harrington		Manager Ty Cobb Coaches George McBride Otto Williams

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	Johnny Bassler	121	344	96	.279	0	52
1B	Lu Blue	150	532	163	.306	3	94
2B	Frank O'Rourke	124	482	141	.293	5	57
SS	Jackie Tavener	134	453	111	.245	0	47
3B	Fred Haney	114	398	111	.279	0	40
OF	Harry Heilmann	150	573	225	.393	13	134
OF	Al Wingo	130	440	163	.370	5	68
OF	Ty Cobb	121	415	157	.378	12	102

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
Heinie Manush	99	278	84	.302	5	47
Bob Fothergill	71	204	72	.353	2	28
Les Burke	77	180	52	.289	0	24
Larry Woodall	75	171	35	.205	0	13
Bob Jones	50	148	35	.236	0	15
Topper Rigney	62	146	36	.247	2	18
Johnny Neun	60	75	20	.267	0	4
Jack Warner	10	39	13	.333	0	2
Charlie Gehringer	8	18	3	.167	0	0
Oscar Stanage	3	5	1	.200	0	0
Andy Harrington	1	1	0	.000	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
Earl Whitehill	35	239.1	11	11	4.66	83
Hooks Dauss	35	228	16	11	3.16	58
Rip Collins	26	139	6	11	4.60	33
Dutch Leonard	18	125.2	11	4	4.51	65

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
Ken Holloway	38	157.2	13	4	4.62	29
Lil Stoner	34	152	10	9	4.26	51
Ed Wells	36	135.1	6	9	6.18	45
Ownie Carroll	10	40.2	2	2	3.76	12

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
Jess Doyle	45	4	7	8	5.93	31
Bert Cole	14	2	3	1	5.88	7
Ty Cobb	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bill Moore	1	0	0	0	∞	0

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	and

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth^[3]

Notes[]

External links[]

• 1925 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference