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 article is about the 1925 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1925 in baseball.
1925 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 14 – October 15, 1925
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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

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

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGHarry Heilmann DET.393Rogers Hornsby SLC.403
HRBob Meusel NYY33Rogers Hornsby SLC39
RBIBob Meusel NYY138Rogers Hornsby SLC143
WinsEddie Rommel PHA
Ted Lyons CHW		21Dazzy Vance BKN22
ERAStan Coveleski WSH2.84Dolf Luque CIN2.63
SOLefty Grove PHA116Dazzy Vance BKN221
SVFirpo Marberry WSH15Johnny Morrison PIT
Guy Bush CHC		4
SBJohnny Mostil CHW43Max Carey PIT46

Standings

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

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