1925 Philadelphia Athletics season

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).

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1924
1926 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 96 55 .636 53‍–‍22 43‍–‍33
Philadelphia Athletics 88 64 .579 51‍–‍26 37‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns 82 71 .536 15 45‍–‍32 37‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 81 73 .526 16½ 43‍–‍34 38‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 79 75 .513 18½ 44‍–‍33 35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 70 84 .455 27½ 37‍–‍39 33‍–‍45
New York Yankees 69 85 .448 28½ 42‍–‍36 27‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox 47 105 .309 49½ 28‍–‍47 19‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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League leaders

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
B Wilkes-Barre Barons New York–Pennsylvania League James Sharp and George Maisel

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References

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  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
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