1925 New York Yankees | ||||
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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 69β85, "in seventh place," 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by, Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
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This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season. 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 seasonβ»
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Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 96 | 55 | .636 | β | 53β22 | 43β33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 64 | .579 | 8Β½ | 51β26 | 37β38 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15 | 45β32 | 37β39 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16Β½ | 43β34 | 38β39 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 75 | .513 | 18Β½ | 44β33 | 35β42 |
Cleveland Indians | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27Β½ | 37β39 | 33β45 |
New York Yankees | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28Β½ | 42β36 | 27β49 |
Boston Red Sox | 47 | 105 | .309 | 49Β½ | 28β47 | 19β58 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 9β13 | 7β15 | 5β17 | 9β13 | 5β17 | 5β16 | 7β14 | |||||
Chicago | 13β9 | β | 14β8 | 13β9 | 13β9 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 9β13 | |||||
Cleveland | 15β7 | 8β14 | β | 11β11β1 | 10β12 | 11β11 | 11β11 | 4β18 | |||||
Detroit | 17β5 | 9β13 | 11β11β1 | β | 14β8β1 | 8β14 | 12β10 | 10β12 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 9β13 | 12β10 | 8β14β1 | β | 9β13 | 11β11β1 | 7β15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 17β5 | 14β8 | 11β11 | 14β8 | 13β9 | β | 12β10 | 7β13β1 | |||||
St. Louis | 16β5 | 13β9 | 11β11 | 10β12 | 11β11β1 | 10β12 | β | 11β11 | |||||
Washington | 14β7 | 13β9 | 18β4 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 13β7β1 | 11β11 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 1925: Oscar Roettger and playersββto be named later were traded by the Yankeesββto 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.
Rosterβ»
1925 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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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 battersβ»
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 |
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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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Montville, p. 204
- ^ Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference