1925 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Eastern Colored League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators (4-3)

★ Negro League World Series: Hilldale Daisies over Kansas City Monarchs (5-1)

Awards and honors

★ League Award

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★ Roger Peckinpaugh, Washington Senators, SS

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★ Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B

MLB Statistical Leaders

'American League' 'National League' Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Harry Heilmann .393 Rogers Hornsby .403 HR Bob Meusel 33 Rogers Hornsby 39 RBI Bob Meusel 138 Rogers Hornsby 143 Wins Ted Lyons & Eddie Rommel 21 Dazzy Vance 22 ERA Stan Coveleski 2.84 Dolf Luque 2.63 Ks Lefty Grove 116 Dazzy Vance 221

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
1st	Washington Senators	96	55	.636	--
2nd	Philadelphia Athletics	88	64	.579	8.5
3rd	St. Louis Browns	82	71	.536	15.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	81	73	.526	16.5
5th	Chicago White Sox	79	75	.513	18.5
6th	Cleveland Indians	70	84	.455	27.5
7th	New York Yankees	69	85	.448	28.5
8th	Boston Red Sox	47	105	.309	49.5

National League final standings

'National League'
'Rank'	'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
1st	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	58	.621	--
2nd	New York Giants	86	66	.566	8.5
3rd	Cincinnati Reds	80	73	.523	15
4th	St. Louis Cardinals	77	76	.503	18
5th	Boston Braves	70	83	.458	25
6th	Brooklyn Robins	68	85	.444	27
7th	Philadelphia Phillies	68	85	.444	27
8th	Chicago Cubs	68	86	.442	27.5

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

'Negro National League (West)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Kansas City Monarchs	62	20	.756
St. Louis Stars	69	26	.726
Chicago American Giants	54	40	.574
Detroit Stars	53	40	.570
Cuban Stars	22	25	.468
Memphis Red Sox	30	48	.385
Birmingham Black Barons	24	49	.329
Indianapolis ABCs	17	57	.230

★ Kansas City won the first half, St. Louis won the second half.

★ Kansas City beat St. Louis 5 games to 3 games in a play-off.

Eastern Colored League final standings

'Eastern Colored League (East)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Hilldale	65	26	.714
Baltimore Black Sox	61	29	.685
Harrisburg Giants	41	19	.683
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	38	44	.463
Brooklyn Royal Giants	16	16	.500
New York Lincoln Giants	15	20	.429
Cuban Stars	22	30	.423
Wilmington/Washington Potomacs	12	21	.364

Events

★ May 17 - Cleveland's Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit, off Tom Zachary, in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators.

★ June 6 - Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox records his 3000th career hit.

Births

★ February 9 - Vic Wertz

★ March 24 - Dick Kryhoski

★ April 6 - Hal Schacker

★ May 2 - Ralph Brickner

★ May 12 - Yogi Berra

★ June 8 - Del Ennis

★ August 1 - Bobby Balcena

★ August 16 - Willie Jones

★ September 18 - Harvey Haddix

★ September 26 - Bobby Shantz

★ November 9 - Bill Bruton

★ November 18 - Gene Mauch

Deaths

★ February 15 - Duke Farrell, 58, catcher for eight teams who batted .300 four times, led American Association in home runs and RBI in 1891; later a scout

★ March 4 - Monte Ward, 65, pitcher who posted 164-102 record on the mound, including 47 wins for 1879 champion Providence and 1880 perfect game, then became shortstop, batting over .325 three times; fifth player to reach 2000 hits; organized first players' union in 1888, formed 1890 Players League

★ April 18 - Charles Ebbets, 65, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise since 1897

★ August 2 - Patrick T. Powers, 63, founder of the minor leagues' governing body who served as its first president from 1901 to 1909

★ August 15 - Arthur Soden, 80, owner of the NL's Boston franchise from the 1870s to the 1900s; NL president in 1882

★ October 7 - Christy Mathewson, 45, pitcher for the New York Giants whose 373 victories included two no-hitters and thirteen 20-win seasons, reaching 30 four times including modern NL record of 37 in 1908; led NL in ERA and strikeouts five times each, wins and shutouts four times; set NL career records for wins, strikeouts, games and shutouts; had ERA under 2.00 five times with career 2.13 mark; pitched three shutouts in six days as star of 1905 World Series