1925 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie 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. It was the Athletics' first winning season in 11 years (1914).

Offseason

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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
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

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
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 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
Eddie Rommel 52 261.0 21 10 3.69 67
Lefty Grove 45 197.0 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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
B Wilkes-Barre Barons New York–Pennsylvania League James Sharp and George Maisel

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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 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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