1925 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1925
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers:	Connie Mack

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).

Offseason

• October 8, 1924: Lefty Grove was purchased by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles for $100,600.^[1]
• November 17, 1924: Harry Riconda, Dennis Burns, Bob Hasty, Ed Sherling, Charles Rowland (minors), and $50,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Portland Beavers for Mickey Cochrane.^[2]

Regular season

Roster

1925 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		134	420	139	.331	6	55
1B		133	480	143	.298	5	67
2B		105	368	103	.280	4	27
SS		149	481	116	.241	3	71
3B		110	391	135	.345	8	63
OF		153	654	253	.387	24	129
OF		138	568	202	.356	3	77
OF		124	474	151	.319	10	81

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
	122	465	150	.323	5	55
	85	202	56	.277	4	41
	65	140	43	.307	1	18
	67	100	37	.370	0	14
	27	88	24	.273	1	8
	36	50	15	.300	0	10
	6	22	3	.136	0	2
	20	14	4	.286	0	1
	10	14	3	.214	0	3
	10	9	6	.667	0	0
	4	7	0	.000	0	0
	5	5	2	.400	0	1
	1	0	0	----	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
	46	252.2	19	12	3.49	95
	32	203.2	16	8	3.27	80
	18	99.2	6	3	3.88	19
	1	5.0	0	0	10.80	3

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
	52	261.0	21	10	3.69	67
	45	197.0	10	12	4.75	116
	53	191.2	8	14	3.99	82
	37	113.1	6	3	3.57	18

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
	12	1	1	0	4.07	7
	10	0	1	0	3.98	6
	6	0	0	0	10.13	0
	2	1	0	0	5.40	2

Awards and honors

League leaders

• Lefty Grove – American League leader, Strikeouts^[3]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[4]

External links

• 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grovele01.shtml Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cochrmi01.shtml 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,
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