1925 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 77–76 (.503) | |
League place | 4th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey and Rogers Hornsby | |
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The 1925
Regular season
Early in the 1925 season, second baseman
The 1925 season also brought Hornsby's second
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches |
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 | Bob O'Farrell | 94 | 317 | 88 | .278 | 3 | 32 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 153 | 619 | 227 | .367 | 21 | 128 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 138 | 504 | 203 | .403 | 39 | 143 |
SS | Specs Toporcer | 83 | 268 | 76 | .284 | 2 | 26 |
3B | Les Bell | 153 | 586 | 167 | .285 | 11 | 88 |
OF | Ray Blades | 122 | 462 | 158 | .342 | 12 | 57 |
OF | Chick Hafey | 93 | 358 | 108 | .302 | 5 | 57 |
OF | Heinie Mueller | 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 |
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Ralph Shinners | 74 | 251 | 74 | .295 | 7 | 36 |
Jack Smith | 80 | 243 | 61 | .251 | 4 | 31 |
Max Flack | 79 | 241 | 60 | .249 | 0 | 28 |
Jimmy Cooney | 54 | 187 | 51 | .273 | 0 | 18 |
Tommy Thevenow | 50 | 175 | 47 | .269 | 0 | 17 |
Walter Schmidt | 37 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 9 |
Taylor Douthit | 30 | 73 | 20 | .274 | 1 | 8 |
Mike González | 22 | 71 | 22 | .310 | 0 | 4 |
Wattie Holm | 13 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Warwick | 13 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 1 | 6 |
Ernie Vick | 14 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
Howard Freigau | 9 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Hi Myers | 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 |
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Jesse Haines | 29 | 207.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.57 | 63 |
Bill Sherdel | 32 | 200.0 | 15 | 6 | 3.11 | 53 |
Flint Rhem | 30 | 170.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.92 | 66 |
Allan Sothoron |
29 | 155.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.05 | 67 |
Art Reinhart | 20 | 144.2 | 11 | 5 | 3.05 | 26 |
Duster Mails | 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 |
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Leo Dickerman | 29 | 130.2 | 4 | 11 | 5.58 | 40 |
Eddie Dyer | 27 | 81.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.20 | 25 |
Pea Ridge Day | 17 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.30 | 13 |
Ed Clough | 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 |
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Johnny Stuart | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.13 | 14 |
Bill Hallahan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 8 |
Gil Paulsen | 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
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars
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International League | Frank Shaughnessy and Harry Myers |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Marv Goodwin and Pete Compton |
C | Fort Smith Twins | Western Association | Carl Mitze |
References
- ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1925 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1925 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com