1925 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1925 American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 88 64 y 2nd Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1925 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses. It was the Athletics' first winning season in 11 years (1914). Offseason October 8, 1924: Lefty Grove was purchased by the Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles for $100,600.Lefty Grove page at Baseball Reference November 17, 1924: Harry Riconda, Dennis Burns, Bob Hasty, Ed Sherling, Charles Rowland (minors), and $50,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Portland Beavers for Mickey Cochrane.Mickey Cochrane page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1925 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Elbert Andrews Stan Baumgartner Tom Glass Sam Gray Lefty Grove Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Art Stokes Rube Walberg Lefty Willis Catchers Charlie Berry Mickey Cochrane Jimmie Foxx Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jimmy Dykes Charlie Engle Chick Galloway Doc Gautreau Sammy Hale Red Holt Carl Husta Jim Keesey Jim Poole Red Smith Outfielders Bill Bagwell Walter French Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Frank Welch Manager Connie Mack Coaches Earle Mack 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 Mickey Cochrane 134 420 139 .331 6 55 1B Jim Poole Jim Poole (first baseman) 133 480 143 .298 5 67 2B Max Bishop 105 368 103 .280 4 27 SS Chick Galloway 149 481 116 .241 3 71 3B Sammy Hale 110 391 135 .345 8 63 OF Al Simmons 153 654 253 .387 24 129 OF Bill Lamar 138 568 202 .356 3 77 OF Bing Miller 124 474 151 .319 10 81 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 Jimmy Dykes 122 465 150 .323 5 55 Frank Welch Frank Welch (baseball) 85 202 56 .277 4 41 Cy Perkins 65 140 43 .307 1 18 Walter French Walter French (baseball) 67 100 37 .370 0 14 Red Holt 27 88 24 .273 1 8 Bill Bagwell 36 50 15 .300 0 10 Carl Husta 6 22 3 .136 0 2 Red Smith Red Smith (shortstop) 20 14 4 .286 0 1 Charlie Berry 10 14 3 .214 0 3 Jimmie Foxx 10 9 6 .667 0 0 Doc Gautreau 4 7 0 .000 0 0 Jim Keesey 5 5 2 .400 0 1 Charlie Engle Charlie Engle (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 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 Slim Harriss 46 252.2 19 12 3.49 95 Sam Gray Sam Gray (baseball) 32 203.2 16 8 3.27 80 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 18 99.2 6 3 3.88 19 Lefty Willis 1 5.0 0 0 10.80 3 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 Eddie Rommel 52 261.0 21 10 3.69 67 Lefty Grove 45 197.0 10 12 4.75 116 Rube Walberg 53 191.2 8 14 3.99 82 Stan Baumgartner 37 113.1 6 3 3.57 18 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 Art Stokes 12 1 1 0 4.07 7 Fred Heimach 10 0 1 0 3.98 6 Elbert Andrews 6 0 0 0 10.13 0 Tom Glass 2 1 0 0 5.40 2 Awards and honors League leaders Lefty Grove – American League leader, StrikeoutsBaseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Farm system Minor League Baseball B Wilkes-Barre Barons New York–Pennsylvania League James Sharp and George MaiselJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1925 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Philadelphia Athletics Category:1925 in Philadelphia