1925 Major League Baseball season

1925 MLB season
1925 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 15, 1925
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
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
	← 1924 1926 →

The 1925 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 15, 1925. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Pirates then defeated the Senators in the World Series, four games to three.

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.

Awards and honors[]

League Award
- Roger Peckinpaugh, Washington Senators, SS
- Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B

Statistical leaders[]

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Harry Heilmann DET	.393	Rogers Hornsby SLC	.403
HR	Bob Meusel NYY	33	Rogers Hornsby SLC	39
RBI	Bob Meusel NYY	138	Rogers Hornsby SLC	143
Wins	Eddie Rommel PHA Ted Lyons CHW	21	Dazzy Vance BKN	22
ERA	Stan Coveleski WSH	2.84	Dolf Luque CIN	2.63
SO	Lefty Grove PHA	116	Dazzy Vance BKN	221
SV	Firpo Marberry WSH	15	Johnny Morrison PIT Guy Bush CHC	4
SB	Johnny Mostil CHW	43	Max Carey PIT	46

Standings[]

American League[]

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

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	58	0.621	—	52–25	43–33
New York Giants	86	66	0.566	8½	47–29	39–37
Cincinnati Reds	80	73	0.523	15	44–32	36–41
St. Louis Cardinals	77	76	0.503	18	48–28	29–48
Boston Braves	70	83	0.458	25	37–39	33–44
Brooklyn Robins	68	85	0.444	27	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	68	85	0.444	27	40–37	28–48
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	27½	37–40	31–46

Postseason[]

Bracket[]

World Series

AL	Washington Senators	3
NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	4

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox	Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers	Ty Cobb
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	George Sisler
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Bill Killefer, Rabbit Maranville and George Gibson
Cincinnati Reds	Jack Hendricks
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals	Branch Rickey and Rogers Hornsby

Home Field Attendance[]

Team Name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per Game
Philadelphia Athletics^[1]	88	23.9%	869,703	63.5%	11,295
Chicago White Sox^[2]	79	19.7%	832,231	37.2%	10,808
Detroit Tigers^[3]	81	-5.8%	820,766	-19.1%	10,659
Washington Senators^[4]	96	4.3%	817,199	39.9%	10,753
Pittsburgh Pirates^[5]	95	5.6%	804,354	9.2%	10,446
New York Giants^[6]	86	-7.5%	778,993	-7.7%	10,250
New York Yankees^[7]	69	-22.5%	697,267	-33.8%	8,826
Brooklyn Robins^[8]	68	-26.1%	659,435	-19.5%	8,564
Chicago Cubs^[9]	68	-16.0%	622,610	-13.2%	8,086
Cincinnati Reds^[10]	80	-3.6%	464,920	-1.9%	6,117
St. Louis Browns^[11]	82	10.8%	462,898	-13.2%	5,935
Cleveland Indians^[12]	70	4.5%	419,005	-13.1%	5,442
St. Louis Cardinals^[13]	77	18.5%	404,959	48.4%	5,328
Boston Braves^[14]	70	32.1%	313,528	76.7%	4,125
Philadelphia Phillies^[15]	68	23.6%	304,905	1.7%	3,960
Boston Red Sox^[16]	47	-29.9%	267,782	-40.3%	3,570

Events[]

September 25 – Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals is fined $500 and stood down for the remainder of the season after refusing to take the field against the Brooklyn Robins.^[17]

References[]

^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "This Day In All Teams History – September 25th". nationalpastime.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.

External links[]

1925 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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v t 1925 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1925 World Series