1925 Brooklyn Robins season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Robins 1925 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 68 85 y 6th Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever, Wilbert Robinson Wilbert Robinson The 1925 season was one of tragedy for the Brooklyn Robins. Majority owner and team president Charles Ebbets fell ill after returning home from spring training and died on the morning of April 18. Ed McKeever took over as president, but he caught a cold at Ebbets' funeral and died within a week of pneumonia. Stephen McKeever became the principal owner and team manager Wilbert Robinson was additionally given the position of president. Through it all, the woeful Robins finished in sixth place. Offseason February 4, 1925: Bernie Neis was traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Cotton Tierney.Bernie Neis page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Robins Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions May 1, 1925: Art Decatur was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hubbell.Art Decatur page at Baseball Reference May 10, 1925: Tommy Griffith was traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Barrett.Tommy Griffith page at Baseball Reference Roster 1925 Brooklyn Robins Roster Pitchers Lloyd Brown Guy Cantrell Art Decatur Rube Ehrhardt Jumbo Elliott Nelson Greene Burleigh Grimes Bill Hubbell Bob McGraw Joe Oeschger Tiny Osborne Jesse Petty Jim Roberts Andy Rush Hank Thormahlen Dazzy Vance Catchers Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Zack Taylor Infielders Chuck Corgan Hod Ford Jack Fournier Andy High Jimmy Johnston Johnny Mitchell Milt Stock Cotton Tierney Outfielders Bob Barrett Eddie Brown Dick Cox Tommy Griffith Roy Hutson Dick Loftus Zack Wheat Other batters Jerry Standaert Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Ben Egan 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 Zack Taylor Zack Taylor (baseball) 109 352 109 .310 3 44 1B Jack Fournier 145 545 191 .350 22 130 2B Milt Stock 146 615 202 .328 1 62 3B Jimmy Johnston 123 431 128 .297 2 43 SS Johnny Mitchell Johnny Mitchell (baseball) 97 336 84 .250 0 18 OF Eddie Brown Eddie Brown (baseball) 153 618 189 .306 5 99 OF Zack Wheat 150 616 221 .359 14 103 OF Dick Cox 122 434 143 .329 7 64 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 Cotton Tierney 93 265 68 .257 2 39 Hod Ford 66 216 59 .273 1 15 Hank DeBerry 67 193 50 .259 2 24 Dick Loftus 51 131 31 .237 0 13 Andy High 44 115 23 .200 0 6 Charlie Hargreaves 45 83 23 .277 0 13 Chuck Corgan 14 47 8 .170 0 0 Roy Hutson 7 8 4 .500 0 1 Tommy Griffith 7 4 0 .000 0 0 Bob Barrett Bob Barrett (baseball) 1 1 0 .000 0 1 Jerry Standaert 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 Dazzy Vance 31 265.1 22 9 3.53 221 Burleigh Grimes 33 246.2 12 19 5.04 73 Rube Ehrhardt 36 207.2 10 14 5.03 47 Jesse Petty 28 153.0 9 9 4.88 39 Bob McGraw 2 19.2 0 2 3.20 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 Tiny Osborne 41 175.0 8 15 4.94 59 Bill Hubbell 33 86.2 3 6 5.30 16 Lloyd Brown Lloyd Brown (baseball) 17 63.1 0 3 4.12 23 Joe Oeschger 21 37.0 1 2 6.08 6 Guy Cantrell 14 36.0 1 0 3.00 13 Hank Thormahlen 5 16.0 0 3 3.94 7 Jumbo Elliott Jumbo Elliott (baseball) 3 10.2 0 2 8.44 3 Andy Rush 4 9.2 0 1 9.31 4 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 Nelson Greene Nelson Greene (baseball) 11 2 0 1 10.64 4 Art Decatur 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Awards and honors TSN Major League All-Star Team Dazzy Vance References 2 External links Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1925 Brooklyn Robins uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Robins season Brooklyn Robins Category:1920s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn