1925 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 82–71 (.536) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Phil Ball | |
Managers | George Sisler | |
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The 1925 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses.
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.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 96 | 55 | 0.636 | — | 53–22 | 43–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 64 | 0.579 | 8½ | 51–26 | 37–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 15 | 45–32 | 37–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16½ | 43–34 | 38–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 18½ | 44–33 | 35–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 27½ | 37–39 | 33–45 |
New York Yankees | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28½ | 42–36 | 27–49 |
Boston Red Sox | 47 | 105 | 0.309 | 49½ | 28–47 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents
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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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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager | ||||||
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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Notes
References
- 1925 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1925 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com