1925 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1925 throughout the world.

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1869 • 1845-1868
See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1925 in sports
Sources
Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

1 Champions
2 Awards and honors
3 MLB Statistical Leaders
4 Major League Baseball final standings
- 4.1 American League final standings
- 4.2 National League final standings
5 Events
6 Births
7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators (4-3)
Negro League World Series: Hilldale Daisies over Kansas City Monarchs (5-1)

[edit] Awards and honors

League Award
- Roger Peckinpaugh, Washington Senators, SS
- Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B

[edit] 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

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] 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

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	58	.621	--
New York Giants	86	66	.566	8.5
Cincinnati Reds	80	73	.523	15
St. Louis Cardinals	77	76	.503	18
Boston Braves	70	83	.458	25
Brooklyn Robins	68	85	.444	27
Philadelphia Phillies	68	85	.444	27
Chicago Cubs	68	86	.442	27.5

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Births

[edit] 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