1925 Major League Baseball season

The 1925 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1925. The regular season ended on October 4, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 22nd World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 7 on October 15. The Pirates defeated the Senators, four games to three, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Washington Senators from the season.
This was the fourth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, were issued.

Schedule

The 1925 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the previous season. The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 15.

Rule changes

The 1925 season saw the stipulation that the minimum home run distance was 250 feet.

Standings

Tie games

4 tie games, which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind occurred throughout the season.

American League

The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees had two tie games each. The Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators had one tie game each.

May 3, Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians, tied at 6 after a shortened game of 7 innings.
May 9, New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Browns, tied at 1 after a shortened game of 7 innings.
September 13, Philadelphia Athletics vs. Washington Senators, tied at 6 after 11 innings.
September 27, Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees, tied at 1 after a shortened game of 5 innings.

Postseason

The postseason began on October 7 and ended on October 15 with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

League leaders

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Harry Heilmann	.393
OPS	Ty Cobb	1.066
HR	Bob Meusel	33
RBI	Harry Heilmann Bob Meusel	134
R	Johnny Mostil	135
H	Al Simmons	253
SB	Johnny Mostil	43

Stat	Player	Total
W	Ted Lyons Eddie Rommel	21
L	Sad Sam Jones	21
ERA	Stan Coveleski	2.84
K	Lefty Grove	116
IP	Herb Pennock	277.0
SV	Firpo Marberry	16
WHIP	Herb Pennock	1.220

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Rogers Hornsby¹	.403
OPS	Rogers Hornsby	1.245
HR	Rogers Hornsby¹	39
RBI	Rogers Hornsby¹	143
R	Kiki Cuyler	144
H	Jim Bottomley	227
SB	Max Carey	46

¹ National League Triple Crown batting winner

Stat	Player	Total
W	Dazzy Vance	22
L	Burleigh Grimes	19
ERA	Dolf Luque	2.63
K	Dazzy Vance	221
IP	Pete Donohue	301.0
SV	Guy Bush Johnny Morrison	4
WHIP	Dolf Luque	1.172

Awards and honors

League Award: Rogers Hornsby ; Roger Peckinpaugh