1925 Major League Baseball season

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, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in . Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Washington Senators from the season.

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

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 season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and 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.

Teams

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

4 tie games (4 in AL, 0 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees had two tie games each. The Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators had one tie game each.

• May 3, Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians, tied at 6 after a shortened game of 7 innings.
• May 9, New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Browns, tied at 1 after a shortened game of 7 innings.
• September 13, Philadelphia Athletics vs. Washington Senators, tied at 6 after 11 innings.
• September 27 (game 2), Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, tied at 1 after a shortened game of 5 innings.

Postseason

The postseason began on October 7 and ended on October 15 with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

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Managerial changes

Off-season

In-season

League leaders

American League

National League

¹ National League Triple Crown batting winner

Milestones

Batters

Cycles

• Kiki Cuyler (PIT):
• Cuyler hit for his first cycle and eighth in franchise history, on June 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
• Max Carey (PIT):
• Carey hit for his first cycle and ninth in franchise history, on June 20 against the Brooklyn Robins.
• Roy Carlyle (BOS):
• Carlyle hit for his first cycle and fifth in franchise history, on July 21 against the Chicago White Sox.

Other batting accomplishments

• Tris Speaker (CLE):
• Became the fifth member of the 3,000-hit club with a single in the ninth inning against the Washington Senators on May 17.
• Eddie Collins (CWS):
• Became the sixth member of the 3,000-hit club with a single in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers on June 3.

Pitchers

No-hitters

• Dazzy Vance (BRO):
• Vance threw his first career no-hitter and the seventh no-hitter in franchise history, by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 10&ndash;1 in game 1 of a doubleheader on September 13. Vance walked one and struck out nine.

Miscellaneous

• Everett Scott (BOS):
• Set a Major League record for most consecutive games at 1,307 on May 5.
• Philadelphia Athletics:
• Tied a major league record by becoming the second team to overcome a 12-run deficit, the largest deficit ever overcome to win. The Athletics were in a 12-run deficit twice, 14–2 after the top of the sixth inning, and 15–3 after the top of the seventh inning. The Athletics would go on to win the game 17–15 over the Cleveland Indians.

Awards and honors

• League Award: Rogers Hornsby (STL, National); Roger Peckinpaugh (WSH, American)

Home field attendance

See also

• 1925 in baseball (Events, Births, Deaths)

References

External links

• 1925 Major League Schedule at Baseball Reference