1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season
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1925 World Series Champion 1925 National League Champion |
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Owner(s) | Barney Dreyfuss |
Manager(s) | Bill McKechnie |
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The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in the National League with a record of 95–58. They defeated the Washington Senators four games to three to win their second World Series championship.
The Pirates had three future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, and Pie Traynor.
Contents
Regular season
- May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright of the Pirates executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner going back to first base.[2]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 58 | 0.621 | — | 52–25 | 43–33 |
New York Giants | 86 | 66 | 0.566 | 8½ | 47–29 | 39–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 73 | 0.523 | 15 | 44–32 | 36–41 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 18 | 48–28 | 29–48 |
Boston Braves | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 25 | 37–39 | 33–44 |
Brooklyn Robins | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 27 | 38–39 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 27 | 40–37 | 28–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 27½ | 37–40 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
1925 National League Records
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 13–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 12–10 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 8–13 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 13–8 | 10–12 | 12–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 8–13 | — | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 13–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 15–7 | 8–14 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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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 |
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3B | Pie Traynor | 150 | 591 | 189 | .320 | 6 | 106 |
SS | Glenn Wright | 153 | 614 | 189 | .308 | 18 | 121 |
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 |
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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 |
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Lee Meadows | 35 | 255.1 | 19 | 10 | 3.67 | 87 |
Vic Aldridge | 30 | 213.1 | 15 | 7 | 3.63 | 88 |
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 |
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Babe Adams | 33 | 101.1 | 6 | 5 | 5.42 | 18 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Don Songer | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 4 |
1925 World Series
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Game 1
October 7, 1925 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
W: Walter Johnson (1–0) L: Lee Meadows (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (1), PIT – Pie Traynor (1) |
Game 2
October 8, 1925 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: Vic Aldridge (1–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Joe Judge (1), PIT – Glenn Wright (1), Kiki Cuyler (1) |
Game 3
October 10, 1925 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 1 |
W: Alex Ferguson (1–0) L: Ray Kremer (0–1) S: Firpo Marberry (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1) |
Game 4
October 11, 1925 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Washington | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 12 | 0 |
W: Walter Johnson (2–0) L: Emil Yde (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2), Joe Harris (2) |
Game 5
October 12, 1925 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
W: Vic Aldridge (2–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (3) |
Game 6
October 13, 1925 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 3 | 7 | 1 |
W: Ray Kremer (1–1) L: Alex Ferguson (1–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), PIT – Eddie Moore (1) |
Game 7
October 15, 1925 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | x | 9 | 15 | 3 |
W: Ray Kremer (2–1) L: Walter Johnson (2–1), S: Red Oldham (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Roger Peckinpaugh (1) |
Awards and records
League leaders
- Kiki Cuyler, National League leader, triples (26)[3]
Farm system
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Level | Team | League | Manager |
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C | Johnstown Johnnies | Middle Atlantic League | Norm McNeill |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnstown
Notes
- ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
- ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml
- ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
References
- 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
- 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
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