1925 in baseball

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

Contents 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 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 Negro National League final standings 5.2 Eastern Colored League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 7.1 January-March 7.2 April-June 7.3 July-September 7.4 October-December 8 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
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

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

• May 5 - Everett Scott is benched by Yankees manager Miller Huggins‚ ending his record of 1‚307 consecutive games played. He is replaced by rookie Pee-Wee Wanninger at shortstop in the 6–2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics. His mark will be broken by Lou Gehrig on August 17, 1933.
• May 7 - Pittsburgh Pirates SS Glenn Wright turns the fifth unassisted triple play in Major League history in the ninth inning of a 10-9 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
• May 17 - Cleveland's Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit, off Tom Zachary, in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators.
• June 1 - Lou Gehrig pinch hits for Pee-Wee Wanninger to begin Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive game streak.
• June 6 - Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox records his 3000th career hit.
• July 23 - Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig hits the first of his major league record 23 grand slams to beat Firpo Marberry and the Senators, 11–7.
• September 13 - Dazzy Vance pitches a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Robins in a 10-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
• October 15 - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Washington Senators, 9-7, in Game 7 of the World Series to win their second World Championship, four games to three. The Pirates became the first team in a best-of-seven Series to overcome a 3-1 Series deficit to win the championship.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 4 - Tom Gorman
• January 12 - Ed Stevens
• January 22 - Bobby Young
• January 22 - Johnny Bucha
• January 30 - Brooks Lawrence
• February 3 - Harry Byrd
• February 5 - Jack Maguire
• February 9 - Vic Wertz
• February 13 - Mike Palm
• February 22 - Bob Wilson
• March 10 - Lou Limmer
• March 18 - Fred Hatfield
• March 20 - Al Widmar
• March 24 - Dick Kryhoski
• March 25 - George Eyrich

[edit] April-June

• April 6 - Hal Schacker
• April 28 - Cuddles Marshall
• May 2 - Ralph Brickner
• May 5 - Johnny Rutherford
• May 12 - Yogi Berra
• May 14 - Les Moss
• May 25 - Don Liddle
• June 4 - Dick Aylward
• June 8 - Del Ennis
• June 8 - Eddie Gaedel
• June 15 - Gene Baker
• June 24 - Jack Banta
• June 27 - Wayne Terwilliger
• June 29 - Nippy Jones

[edit] July-September

• July 18 - Windy McCall
• July 21 - Earl Mossor
• July 26 - Jackie Mayo
• July 30 - Bill Glynn
• July 31 - Harry Malmberg
• August 1 - Bobby Balcena
• August 16 - Willie Jones
• August 26 - Billy DeMars
• August 30 - George Wilson
• August 31 - Paul Hinrichs
• September 12 - Stan Lopata
• September 18 - Harvey Haddix
• September 26 - Bobby Shantz

[edit] October-December

• October 3 - Chris Haughey
• October 5 - Bobby Hofman
• October 25 - Roy Hartsfield
• October 28 - Luis Márquez
• November 4 - Spook Jacobs
• November 9 - Bill Bruton
• November 18 - Gene Mauch
• November 19 - Chuck Comiskey
• November 29 - Minnie Miñoso
• December 1 - Niles Jordan
• December 1 - Cal McLish
• December 3 - Harry Simpson
• December 8 - Hank Thompson
• December 14 - Toothpick Sam Jones
• December 21 - Bob Rush
• December 25 - Ned Garver

[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 - John Montgomery 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
• May 31 - Harry Deane, 79, played two seasons, and managed one in the National Association.
• April 18 - Charles Ebbets, 65, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise since 1897
• April 23 - Ad Gumbert, 56, pitcher for nine seasons from 1888 to 1896.
• June 26 - Sam Crane, 71, player and manager who went on to a long career as a sportswriter.
• August 2 - Patrick T. Powers, 63, founder of the minor leagues' governing body who served as its first president from 1901 to 1909
• August 14 - Asa Stratton, 72, shortstop who played one game for the 1881 Worcester Ruby Legs.
• 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
• November 7 - Sam Kimber, 73, Brooklyn pitcher who threw no-hitter in 1884
• November 20 - John Coleman, 52, pitcher for the 1895 St. Louis Cardinals
• December 31 - Denny Sullivan, 67, third baseman for the Providence Grays 1879 National League champions and the 1880 Boston Red Caps

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