1925 New York Yankees season

The 1925 New York Yankees season was the team's 23rd season. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in seventh place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

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Yankee Stadium and a parking lot with cars during the 1925 season

This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season. It was the club's lowest finish, in both percentage and place in the standings, since their seventh-place finish in 1913. It was also the first time they had finished below .500 since 1918. The Yankees would regroup and it would be 40 years before they would finish below .500 again.

Regular season

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Babe Ruth sliding into third base at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 1925. Washington Senators third baseman Ossie Bluege looks on.

Notable transactions

• May 1925: Oscar Roettger and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the St. Paul Saints for Mark Koenig. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Fred Hofmann to the Saints on May 15 and Ernie Johnson to the Saints on October 28.

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	Benny Bengough	95	283	73	.258	0	23
1B	Lou Gehrig	126	437	129	.295	20	68
2B		125	439	108	.246	4	38
SS	Pee-Wee Wanninger	117	403	95	.236	1	23
3B	Joe Dugan	102	404	118	.292	0	33
OF	Bob Meusel	156	624	181	.290	33	134
OF		98	359	104	.290	25	67
OF	Earle Combs	150	593	203	.342	3	62

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
Ben Paschal	89	247	89	.360	12	55
Wally Pipp	62	178	41	.230	3	24
	76	170	48	.282	5	17
Wally Schang	73	167	40	.240	2	24
Howie Shanks	66	155	40	.258	1	18
Bobby Veach	56	116	41	.353	0	16
	28	110	23	.209	0	4
Steve O'Neill	35	91	26	.286	1	10
Everett Scott	22	60	13	.217	0	4
Whitey Witt	31	40	8	.200	0	0
Roy Luebbe	8	15	0	.000	0	3
Fred Merkle	7	13	5	.385	0	4
	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Leo Durocher	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Heinie Odom	1	1	1	1.000	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
Herb Pennock	47	277.0	16	17	2.96	88
	43	246.2	15	21	4.63	92
Urban Shocker	41	244.1	12	12	3.65	74
Waite Hoyt	46	243.0	11	14	4.00	86
Bob Shawkey	33	186.0	6	14	4.11	81

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
Hank Johnson	24	67.0	1	3	6.85	25
Alex Ferguson	21	54.1	4	2	7.79	20
Ben Shields	4	24.0	3	0	4.88	5
	3	19.1	1	1	6.52	11

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
	8	0	1	0	12.71	8
Ray Francis	4	0	0	0	7.71	1
Charlie Caldwell	3	0	0	0	16.88	1
Jim Marquis	2	0	0	0	9.82	0

External links

• 1925 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1925 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com