1925 Detroit Tigers season
The 1925 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 81–73-2, 16½ games behind the Washington Senators.[1]
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Owners | Frank Navin |
Managers | Ty Cobb |
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Regular season
Events
- May 5, 1925: Ty Cobb hit three home runs in one game in a 14-8 victory over the St. Louis Browns.[2]
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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Player stats
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 | Johnny Bassler | 121 | 344 | 96 | .279 | 0 | 52 |
1B | Lu Blue | 150 | 532 | 163 | .306 | 3 | 94 |
2B | Frank O'Rourke | 124 | 482 | 141 | .293 | 5 | 57 |
SS | Jackie Tavener | 134 | 453 | 111 | .245 | 0 | 47 |
3B | Fred Haney | 114 | 398 | 111 | .279 | 0 | 40 |
OF | Harry Heilmann | 150 | 573 | 225 | .393 | 13 | 134 |
OF | Al Wingo | 130 | 440 | 163 | .370 | 5 | 68 |
OF | Ty Cobb | 121 | 415 | 157 | .378 | 12 | 102 |
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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Heinie Manush | 99 | 278 | 84 | .302 | 5 | 47 |
Bob Fothergill | 71 | 204 | 72 | .353 | 2 | 28 |
Les Burke | 77 | 180 | 52 | .289 | 0 | 24 |
Larry Woodall | 75 | 171 | 35 | .205 | 0 | 13 |
Bob Jones | 50 | 148 | 35 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
Topper Rigney | 62 | 146 | 36 | .247 | 2 | 18 |
Johnny Neun | 60 | 75 | 20 | .267 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Warner | 10 | 39 | 13 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Gehringer | 8 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Stanage | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Harrington | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Earl Whitehill | 35 | 239.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.66 | 83 |
Hooks Dauss | 35 | 228.0 | 16 | 11 | 3.16 | 58 |
Rip Collins | 26 | 139.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.60 | 33 |
Dutch Leonard | 18 | 125.2 | 11 | 4 | 4.51 | 65 |
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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Ken Holloway | 38 | 157.2 | 13 | 4 | 4.62 | 29 |
Lil Stoner | 34 | 152.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.26 | 51 |
Ed Wells | 36 | 135.1 | 6 | 9 | 6.18 | 45 |
Ownie Carroll | 10 | 40.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.76 | 12 |
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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Jess Doyle | 45 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5.93 | 31 |
Bert Cole | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.88 | 7 |
Ty Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Bill Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Arthur Rooney and Frank Eastley |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth[3]
Notes
- "1925 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 9, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007