1925 Philadelphia Athletics season

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1925 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses.

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
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 Records Sources:
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

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Elbert Andrews Stan Baumgartner Tom Glass Sam Gray Lefty Grove Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Art Stokes Rube Walberg Lefty Willis		Catchers Charlie Berry Mickey Cochrane Jimmie Foxx Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jimmy Dykes Charlie Engle Chick Galloway Doc Gautreau Sammy Hale Red Holt Carl Husta Jim Keesey Jim Poole Red Smith		Outfielders Bill Bagwell Walter French Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Frank Welch		Manager Connie Mack

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	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane	134	420	139	.331	6	55
1B	Poole, JimJim Poole	133	480	143	.298	5	67

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
French, WalterWalter French	67	100	37	.370	0	14
Smith, RedRed Smith	20	14	4	.286	0	1

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
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss	46	252.2	19	12	3.49	95
Gray, SamSam Gray	32	203.2	16	8	3.27	80

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
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove	45	197	10	12	4.75	116
Baumgartner, StanStan 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
Andrews, ElbertElbert Andrews	6	0	0	0	10.13	0
Glass, TomTom 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
B	Wilkes-Barre Barons	New York–Pennsylvania League	James Sharp and George Maisel

^[4]

References

1. Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
2. Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference
3. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
4. 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