1925 Major League Baseball season
# 1925 Major League Baseball season

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 | 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 |

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | 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 | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Browns | George Sisler | Finished 3rd |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris | Won 2nd straight AL pennant |

### 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 | Finished 3rd |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Finished 2nd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Art Fletcher | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Bill McKechnie | Won World Series |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Branch Rickey and Rogers Hornsby | |

## 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.
