1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates
	1925 World Series Champion ; 1925 National League Champion
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in the National League with a record of 95–58. They defeated the Washington Senators four games to three to win their second World Series championship.

The Pirates had three future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, and Pie Traynor.

Regular season

May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright of the Pirates executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner going back to first base.^[2]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1925 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Game log

1925 Game Log: 95–58 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–33)

April: 5–8 (Home: 1–3; Away: 4–5)

May: 16–9 (Home: 8–1; Away: 8–8)

June: 18–8 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–3)

July: 17–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–8)

August: 21–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 12–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
93	August 1	Phillies	2–3	Decatur	Morrison (10–9)	—	—	56–37
94	August 1	Phillies	2–4	Ring	Meadows (14–6)	—	25,000	56–38
95	August 3	Phillies	3–2	Yde (13–5)	Carlson	Adams (3)	—	57–38
96	August 3	Phillies	3–2 (11)	Aldridge (7–5)	Couch	—	—	58–38
97	August 4	Phillies	4–8	Mitchell	Morrison (10–10)	—	—	58–39
98	August 6	Robins	5–1	Kremer (9–7)	Vance	—	11,000	59–39
99	August 7	Robins	10–9	Morrison (11–10)	Ehrhardt	—	7,000	60–39
100	August 8	Robins	12–8	Morrison (12–10)	Oeschger	—	—	61–39
101	August 8	Robins	5–4	Adams (6–4)	Ehrhardt	—	35,000	62–39
102	August 10	Giants	1–2	Scott	Meadows (14–7)	—	20,000	62–40
103	August 11	Giants	7–4	Morrison (13–10)	Dean	—	22,000	63–40
104	August 12	Giants	5–3	Yde (14–5)	Barnes	—	22,000	64–40
105	August 13	Giants	1–4	Greenfield	Aldridge (7–6)	—	24,000	64–41
106	August 14	Reds	14–6	Meadows (15–7)	Luque	—	6,500	65–41
107	August 15	Reds	1–8	Donohue	Kremer (9–8)	—	20,000	65–42
108	August 16	@ Reds	1–6	Rixey	Morrison (13–11)	—	15,000	65–43
109	August 18	@ Robins	11–4	Aldridge (8–6)	Osborne	—	—	66–43
110	August 19	@ Robins	7–8	Vance	Meadows (15–8)	—	5,000	66–44
111	August 20	@ Robins	2–1	Kremer (10–8)	Grimes	—	5,000	67–44
112	August 22	@ Giants	8–1	Meadows (16–8)	Barnes	—	51,200	68–44
113	August 22	@ Giants	2–1	Aldridge (9–6)	Scott	—	55,000	69–44
114	August 23	@ Giants	4–7	Greenfield	Adams (6–5)	Scott	—	69–45
115	August 23	@ Giants	3–2	Morrison (14–11)	Fitzsimmons	Oldham (1)	53,000	70–45
116	August 24	@ Giants	9–2	Kremer (11–8)	Dean	—	25,000	71–45
117	August 25	@ Braves	1–2	Barnes	Yde (14–6)	—	10,000	71–46
118	August 26	@ Braves	2–0	Meadows (17–8)	Smith	—	—	72–46
119	August 27	@ Braves	1–0	Aldridge (10–6)	Benton	—	—	73–46
120	August 28	@ Phillies	10–9	Oldham (1–0)	Ring	Kremer (2)	5,000	74–46
121	August 29	@ Phillies	11–2	Yde (15–6)	Decatur	—	—	75–46
122	August 29	@ Phillies	13–1	Kremer (12–8)	Couch	—	18,000	76–46
123	August 31	@ Phillies	10–3	Meadows (18–8)	Knight	—	5,000	77–46

September: 17–11 (Home: 13–7; Away: 4–4)

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Vic Aldridge

Bud Culloton

Lou Koupal

Ray Kremer

Lee Meadows

Johnny Morrison

Red Oldham

Tom Sheehan

Don Songer

Emil Yde

Catchers

Johnny Gooch

Earl Smith

Roy Spencer

Infielders

Jewel Ens

George Grantham

Stuffy McInnis

Eddie Moore

Al Niehaus

Johnny Rawlings

Fresco Thompson

Pie Traynor

Glenn Wright

Outfielders

Clyde Barnhart

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Kiki Cuyler

Mule Haas

Manager

Bill McKechnie

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	Earl Smith	109	329	103	.313	8	64
1B	George Grantham	114	359	117	.326	8	52
2B	Eddie Moore	142	547	163	.298	6	77
3B	Pie Traynor	150	591	189	.320	6	106
SS	Glenn Wright	153	614	189	.308	18	121
OF	Max Carey	133	542	186	.343	5	44
OF	Kiki Cuyler	153	617	220	.357	18	102
OF	Clyde Barnhart	142	539	175	.325	4	114

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
Johnny Gooch	79	215	64	.298	0	30
Stuffy McInnis	59	155	57	.368	0	24
Carson Bigbee	66	126	30	.238	0	8
Johnny Rawlings	36	110	31	.282	2	13
Al Niehaus	17	64	14	.219	0	7
Fresco Thompson	14	37	9	.243	0	8
Roy Spencer	14	28	6	.214	0	2
Jewel Ens	3	5	1	.200	1	2
Mule Haas	4	3	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
Lee Meadows	35	255.1	19	10	3.67	87
Ray Kremer	40	214.2	17	8	3.63	62
Vic Aldridge	30	213.1	15	7	3.63	88
Johnny Morrison	44	211	17	14	3.88	60
Emil Yde	33	207	17	9	4.13	41

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
Babe Adams	33	101.1	6	5	5.42	18
Red Oldham	11	53	3	2	3.91	10
Bud Culloton	9	21	0	1	2.57	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Sheehan	23	1	1	2	2.67	13
Don Songer	8	0	1	0	2.31	4
Lou Koupal	6	0	0	0	9.00	0

1925 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	8	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
W: Walter Johnson (1–0) L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (1), PIT – Pie Traynor (1)

Game 2

October 8, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	x	3	7	0
W: Vic Aldridge (1–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–1)
HR: WAS – Joe Judge (1), PIT – Glenn Wright (1), Kiki Cuyler (1)

Game 3

October 10, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	2
Washington	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	x	4	10	1
W: Alex Ferguson (1–0) L: Ray Kremer (0–1) S: Firpo Marberry (1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 4

October 11, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Washington	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	12	0
W: Walter Johnson (2–0) L: Emil Yde (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2), Joe Harris (2)

Game 5

October 12, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	13	0
Washington	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	1
W: Vic Aldridge (2–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–2)
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (3)

Game 6

October 13, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	x	3	7	1
W: Ray Kremer (1–1) L: Alex Ferguson (1–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), PIT – Eddie Moore (1)

Game 7

October 15, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	7	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	3	x	9	15	3
W: Ray Kremer (2–1) L: Walter Johnson (2–1), S: Red Oldham (1)
HR: WAS – Roger Peckinpaugh (1)

Awards and records

League leaders

Kiki Cuyler, National League leader, triples (26)^[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Johnstown Johnnies	Middle Atlantic League	Norm McNeill

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnstown

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1925 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml

[3] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

1925 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1925 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates 1925 World Series champions
Babe Adams Vic Aldridge Clyde Barnhart Carson Bigbee Max Carey Kiki Cuyler Johnny Gooch George Grantham Ray Kremer Stuffy McInnis Lee Meadows Eddie Moore Johnny Morrison Red Oldham Earl Smith Pie Traynor Glenn Wright Emil Yde
Manager Bill McKechnie
Regular season

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates
1925 World Series Champion 1925 National League Champion
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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