1925 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1925
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	77–76 (.503)
League Place:	4th
Owners:	Sam Breadon
Managers:	Branch Rickey and Rogers Hornsby

The 1925 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 44th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 34th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 77–76 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

Regular season

Early in the 1925 season, second baseman Rogers Hornsby was named player-manager of the Cardinals, replacing Branch Rickey, whose professorial style of managing had gone over the heads of most of his players. Immediately after taking over, Hornsby told his fellow players, "Let's cut this baloney and just play ball." They went 64–51 the rest of the way.

The 1925 season also brought Hornsby's second triple crown. He posted a .403 batting average with 39 home runs and 143 RBI. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player, having barely missed the award in 1924. His .756 slugging percentage that year is the highest in the National League during the 20th century.

Roster

1925 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		94	317	88	.278	3	32
1B		153	619	227	.367	21	128
2B		138	504	203	.403	39	143
SS		83	268	76	.284	2	26
3B		153	586	167	.285	11	88
OF		122	462	158	.342	12	57
OF		93	358	108	.302	5	57
OF		78	243	76	.313	1	26

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
	74	251	74	.295	7	36
	80	243	61	.251	4	31
	79	241	60	.249	0	28
	54	187	51	.273	0	18
	50	175	47	.269	0	17
	37	87	22	.253	0	9
	30	73	20	.274	1	8
	22	71	22	.310	0	4
	13	58	12	.207	0	2
	13	41	12	.293	1	6
	14	32	6	.188	0	3
	9	26	4	.154	0	0
	2	2	1	.500	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
	29	207.0	13	14	4.57	63
	32	200.0	15	6	3.11	53
	30	170.0	8	13	4.92	66
	29	155.2	10	10	4.05	67
	20	144.2	11	5	3.05	26
	21	131.0	7	7	4.60	49

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
	29	130.2	4	11	5.58	40
	27	81.1	4	3	4.20	25
	17	40.0	2	4	6.30	13
	3	10.0	0	1	8.10	3

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
	15	2	2	0	6.13	14
	6	1	0	0	3.52	8
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

• Rogers Hornsby, Most Valuable Player award

League leaders

• Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Records

• Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Best slugging average by a second baseman, (.756).^[1]
• Rogers Hornsby, Major league record, Highest batting average in a five-season span (.402 average from 1921 to 1925) ^[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball.

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External links

• 1925 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1925 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY,
2. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.43, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007