1925 St. Louis Browns season

The 1925 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses.

1925 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	82–71 (.536)
League place	3rd
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	George Sisler
Seasons

Regular season

On April 14, the Cleveland Indians set the record for most runs scored by a team on Opening Day. The Indians scored 21 runs in a 21–14 win over the St. Louis Browns.

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	96	55	.636	—	53‍–‍22	43‍–‍33
Philadelphia Athletics	88	64	.579	8½	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

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	—

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	Leo Dixon	76	205	46	.224	1	19
1B	George Sisler	150	649	224	.345	12	105
2B	Marty McManus	154	587	169	.288	13	90
SS	Bobby LaMotte	97	356	97	.272	12	51
3B	Gene Robertson	154	582	158	.271	14	76
OF	Harry Rice	103	354	127	.359	11	47
OF	Ken Williams	102	411	136	.331	25	105
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	142	540	184	.341	15	76

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
Herschel Bennett	93	298	83	.279	2	37
Wally Gerber	72	246	67	.272	0	19
Pinky Hargrave	67	225	64	.284	8	43
Jack Tobin	77	193	58	.301	2	27
Joe Evans	55	159	50	.314	0	20
Hank Severeid	34	109	40	.367	1	21
Tony Rego	20	32	13	.406	0	3
Jimmy Austin	1	1	0	.000	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
Milt Gaston	42	238.2	15	14	4.41	84
Joe Bush	33	208.2	14	14	5.09	63
Joe Giard	30	160.2	10	5	5.04	43
George Mogridge	2	15.1	1	1	5.87	8

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
Elam Vangilder	52	193.1	14	8	4.70	61
Dixie Davis	35	180.1	12	7	4.59	58
Dave Danforth	38	159.0	7	9	4.36	53
Ernie Wingard	32	145.0	9	10	5.52	20

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
Ed Stauffer	20	0	1	0	5.34	13
Chet Falk	13	0	0	0	8.28	7
George Grant	12	0	2	0	6.06	7
Brad Springer	2	0	0	0	3.00	0
George Blaeholder	2	0	0	0	31.50	0
George Sisler	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1925 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com