1925 Major League Baseball season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Template:MLB Team Maps (1923–1931) The 1925 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1925. The regular season ended on October 4, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 22nd World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 7 on October 15. The Pirates defeated the Senators, four games to three, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1909. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Washington Senators from the 1924 season.

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.

Schedule

The 1925 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the previous season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 15.

Rule changes

The 1925 season saw the stipulation that the minimum home run distance was 250 feet.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
rowspan="8" style="Template:Baseball primary style;" |Template:Baseball secondary link	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000
New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000
Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	33,500
St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040
Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
rowspan="12" style="Template:Baseball primary style;" |Template:Baseball secondary link	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	26,000
Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000
Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	43,000
Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000
Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	41,000
St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040

Postseason

The postseason began on October 7 and ended on October 15 with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series in seven games.

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Cincinnati Reds	Pat Moran	Jack Hendricks
New York Giants	Hughie Jennings	John McGraw
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy Austin	George Sisler

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Chicago Cubs	Bill Killefer	Rabbit Maranville
	Rabbit Maranville	George Gibson
New York Giants	John McGraw	Hughie Jennings
St. Louis Cardinals	Branch Rickey	Rogers Hornsby

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Harry Heilmann (DET)	.393
OPS	Ty Cobb (DET)	1.066
HR	Bob Meusel (NYY)	33
RBI	Harry Heilmann (DET) Bob Meusel (NYY)	134
R	Johnny Mostil (CWS)	135
H	Al Simmons (PHA)	253
SB	Johnny Mostil (CWS)	43

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
W	Ted Lyons (CWS) Eddie Rommel (PHA)	21
L	Sad Sam Jones (NYY)	21
ERA	Stan Coveleski (WSH)	2.84
K	Lefty Grove (PHA)	116
IP	Herb Pennock (NYY)	277.0
SV	Firpo Marberry (WSH)	16
WHIP	Herb Pennock (NYY)	1.220

National League

Hitting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Rogers Hornsby1 (SLC)	.403
OPS	Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	1.245
HR	Rogers Hornsby1 (SLC)	39
RBI	Rogers Hornsby1 (SLC)	143
R	Kiki Cuyler (PIT)	144
H	Jim Bottomley (SLC)	227
SB	Max Carey (PIT)	46

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Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
W	Dazzy Vance (BKN)	22
L	Burleigh Grimes (BKN)	19
ERA	Dolf Luque (CIN)	2.63
K	Dazzy Vance (BKN)	221
IP	Pete Donohue (CIN)	301.0
SV	Guy Bush (CHC) Johnny Morrison (PIT)	4
WHIP	Dolf Luque (CIN)	1.172

Awards and honors

• League Award: Rogers Hornsby (SLC, National); Roger Peckinpaugh (WSH, American)

Home field attendance

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

External links

• 1925 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference