1925 New York Yankees season
Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball team season
| 1925 New York Yankees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |||
| City | New York City, New York | |||
| Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |||
| General managers | Ed Barrow | |||
| Managers | Miller Huggins | |||
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The 1925 New York Yankees season was the team's 23rd season. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in seventh place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season.[1] It was the club's lowest finish, in both percentage and place in the standings, since their seventh-place finish in 1913. It was also the first time they had finished below .500 since 1918. The Yankees would regroup and it would be 40 years before they would finish below .500 again.
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
1925 American League record
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — | |||||
Notable transactions
- May 1925: Oscar Roettger and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the St. Paul Saints for Mark Koenig. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Fred Hofmann to the Saints on May 15 and Ernie Johnson to the Saints on October 28.[2]
Roster
| 1925 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders
| Outfielders Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
Player stats
Batting
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Benny Bengough | 95 | 283 | 73 | .258 | 0 | 23 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 126 | 437 | 129 | .295 | 20 | 68 |
| 2B | Aaron Ward | 125 | 439 | 108 | .246 | 4 | 38 |
| SS | Pee-Wee Wanninger | 117 | 403 | 95 | .236 | 1 | 23 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 102 | 404 | 118 | .292 | 0 | 33 |
| OF | Bob Meusel | 156 | 624 | 181 | .290 | 33 | 134 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 98 | 359 | 104 | .290 | 25 | 67 |
| OF | Earle Combs | 150 | 593 | 203 | .342 | 3 | 62 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Paschal | 89 | 247 | 89 | .360 | 12 | 55 |
| Wally Pipp | 62 | 178 | 41 | .230 | 3 | 24 |
| Ernie Johnson | 76 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 5 | 17 |
| Wally Schang | 73 | 167 | 40 | .240 | 2 | 24 |
| Howie Shanks | 66 | 155 | 40 | .258 | 1 | 18 |
| Bobby Veach | 56 | 116 | 41 | .353 | 0 | 16 |
| Mark Koenig | 28 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve O'Neill | 35 | 91 | 26 | .286 | 1 | 10 |
| Everett Scott | 22 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Whitey Witt | 31 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Luebbe | 8 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Merkle | 7 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred Hofmann | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Durocher | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Odom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Pennock | 47 | 277.0 | 16 | 17 | 2.96 | 88 |
| Sam Jones | 43 | 246.2 | 15 | 21 | 4.63 | 92 |
| Urban Shocker | 41 | 244.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.65 | 74 |
| Waite Hoyt | 46 | 243.0 | 11 | 14 | 4.00 | 86 |
| Bob Shawkey | 33 | 186.0 | 6 | 14 | 4.11 | 81 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Johnson | 24 | 67.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.85 | 25 |
| Alex Ferguson | 21 | 54.1 | 4 | 2 | 7.79 | 20 |
| Ben Shields | 4 | 24.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 | 5 |
| Garland Braxton | 3 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.52 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Beall | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 8 |
| Ray Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |
| Charlie Caldwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 1 |
| Jim Marquis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 0 |
References
External links
- 1925 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
- 1925 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
