1925 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1925 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses.
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Owner(s) | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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Offseason
- October 8, 1924: Lefty Grove was purchased by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles for $100,600.[1]
- November 17, 1924: Harry Riconda, Dennis Burns, Bob Hasty, Ed Sherling, Charles Rowland (minors), and $50,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Portland Beavers for Mickey Cochrane.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 96 | 55 | 0.636 | — | 53–22 | 43–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 64 | 0.579 | 8½ | 51–26 | 37–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 15 | 45–32 | 37–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16½ | 43–34 | 38–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 18½ | 44–33 | 35–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 27½ | 37–39 | 33–45 |
New York Yankees | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28½ | 42–36 | 27–49 |
Boston Red Sox | 47 | 105 | 0.309 | 49½ | 28–47 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 5–16 | 7–14 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 15–7 | 8–14 | — | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 4–18 | |||||
Detroit | 17–5 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 7–13–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–5 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 | |||||
Washington | 14–7 | 13–9 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–7–1 | 11–11 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Mickey Cochrane | 134 | 420 | 139 | .331 | 6 | 55 |
1B | Jim Poole | 133 | 480 | 143 | .298 | 5 | 67 |
2B | Max Bishop | 105 | 368 | 103 | .280 | 4 | 27 |
SS | Chick Galloway | 149 | 481 | 116 | .241 | 3 | 71 |
3B | Sammy Hale | 110 | 391 | 135 | .345 | 8 | 63 |
OF | Al Simmons | 153 | 654 | 253 | .387 | 24 | 129 |
OF | Bill Lamar | 138 | 568 | 202 | .356 | 3 | 77 |
OF | Bing Miller | 124 | 474 | 151 | .319 | 10 | 81 |
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 |
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Jimmy Dykes | 122 | 465 | 150 | .323 | 5 | 55 |
Frank Welch | 85 | 202 | 56 | .277 | 4 | 41 |
Cy Perkins | 65 | 140 | 43 | .307 | 1 | 18 |
Walter French | 67 | 100 | 37 | .370 | 0 | 14 |
Red Holt | 27 | 88 | 24 | .273 | 1 | 8 |
Bill Bagwell | 36 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 0 | 10 |
Carl Husta | 6 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 2 |
Red Smith | 20 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Berry | 10 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
Jimmie Foxx | 10 | 9 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Gautreau | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Keesey | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Engle | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Slim Harriss | 46 | 252.2 | 19 | 12 | 3.49 | 95 |
Sam Gray | 32 | 203.2 | 16 | 8 | 3.27 | 80 |
Jack Quinn | 18 | 99.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.88 | 19 |
Lefty Willis | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 |
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 |
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Eddie Rommel | 52 | 261 | 21 | 10 | 3.69 | 67 |
Lefty Grove | 45 | 197 | 10 | 12 | 4.75 | 116 |
Rube Walberg | 53 | 191.2 | 8 | 14 | 3.99 | 82 |
Stan Baumgartner | 37 | 113.1 | 6 | 3 | 3.57 | 18 |
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 |
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Art Stokes | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.07 | 7 |
Fred Heimach | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.98 | 6 |
Elbert Andrews | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Tom Glass | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
Awards and honors
League leaders
- Lefty Grove – American League leader, Strikeouts[3]
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Wilkes-Barre Barons | New York–Pennsylvania League | James Sharp and George Maisel |
References
- Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
- Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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