1925 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1925 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1925 in baseball.
1925 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – October 4, 1925
World Series:
  • October 7–15, 1925
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Roger Peckinpaugh (WSH)
NL: Rogers Hornsby (SLC)
AL championsWashington Senators
  AL runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics
NL championsPittsburgh Pirates
  NL runners-upNew York Giants
World Series
ChampionsPittsburgh Pirates
  Runners-upWashington Senators
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
National League

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.

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

See also: Major League Baseball 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.[1][2][3]

Teams

League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,500 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 George Sisler
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 26,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Bill Killefer, Rabbit Maranville, George Gibson
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 43,000 John McGraw, Hughie Jennings
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Branch Rickey, Rogers Hornsby

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 96 55 .636 — 53‍–‍22 43‍–‍33
Philadelphia Athletics 88 64 .579 8½ 51‍–‍26 37‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns 82 71 .536 15 45‍–‍32 37‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 81 73 .526 16½ 43‍–‍34 38‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 79 75 .513 18½ 44‍–‍33 35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 70 84 .455 27½ 37‍–‍39 33‍–‍45
New York Yankees 69 85 .448 28½ 42‍–‍36 27‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox 47 105 .309 49½ 28‍–‍47 19‍–‍58

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 58 .621 — 52‍–‍25 43‍–‍33
New York Giants 86 66 .566 8½ 47‍–‍29 39‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 80 73 .523 15 44‍–‍32 36‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 77 76 .503 18 48‍–‍28 29‍–‍48
Boston Braves 70 83 .458 25 37‍–‍39 33‍–‍44
Brooklyn Robins 68 85 .444 27 38‍–‍39 30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 68 85 .444 27 40‍–‍37 28‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs 68 86 .442 27½ 37‍–‍40 31‍–‍46

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL Washington Senators 4 2 4 4 3 2 7
NL Pittsburgh Pirates 1 3 3 0 6 3 9

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

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Philadelphia Athletics[4] 88 23.9% 869,703 63.5% 11,295
Chicago White Sox[5] 79 19.7% 832,231 37.2% 10,808
Detroit Tigers[6] 81 −5.8% 820,766 −19.1% 10,659
Washington Senators[7] 96 4.3% 817,199 39.9% 10,753
Pittsburgh Pirates[8] 95 5.6% 804,354 9.2% 10,446
New York Giants[9] 86 −7.5% 778,993 −7.7% 10,250
New York Yankees[10] 69 −22.5% 697,267 −33.8% 8,826
Brooklyn Robins[11] 68 −26.1% 659,435 −19.5% 8,564
Chicago Cubs[12] 68 −16.0% 622,610 −13.2% 8,086
Cincinnati Reds[13] 80 −3.6% 464,920 −1.9% 6,117
St. Louis Browns[14] 82 10.8% 462,898 −13.2% 5,935
Cleveland Indians[15] 70 4.5% 419,005 −13.1% 5,442
St. Louis Cardinals[16] 77 18.5% 404,959 48.4% 5,328
Boston Braves[17] 70 32.1% 313,528 76.7% 4,125
Philadelphia Phillies[18] 68 23.6% 304,905 1.7% 3,960
Boston Red Sox[19] 47 −29.9% 267,782 −40.3% 3,570

Events

References

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