1925 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 53–68 (.438) |
League place | 5th |
Owners | Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson |
Managers | Dave Bancroft |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
The 1925 Boston Braves season was the 55th season of the franchise.
Offseason
[edit]- February 4, 1925: Cotton Tierney was traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Robins for Bernie Neis.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 52–25 | 43–33 |
New York Giants | 86 | 66 | .566 | 8½ | 47–29 | 39–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 73 | .523 | 15 | 44–32 | 36–41 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 76 | .503 | 18 | 48–28 | 29–48 |
Boston Braves | 70 | 83 | .458 | 25 | 37–39 | 33–44 |
Brooklyn Robins | 68 | 85 | .444 | 27 | 38–39 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 85 | .444 | 27 | 40–37 | 28–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 27½ | 37–40 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 18, 1925: Shanty Hogan was signed by the Braves as an amateur free agent.[2]
- October 6, 1925: Gus Felix, Jesse Barnes and Mickey O'Neil were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Robins for Zack Taylor, Jimmy Johnston, and Eddie Brown.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Frank Gibson | 104 | 316 | 88 | .278 | 2 | 50 |
1B | Dick Burrus | 152 | 588 | 200 | .340 | 5 | 87 |
2B | Doc Gautreau | 68 | 279 | 73 | .262 | 0 | 23 |
SS | Dave Bancroft | 128 | 479 | 153 | .319 | 2 | 49 |
3B | William Marriott | 103 | 390 | 99 | .268 | 1 | 40 |
OF | Jimmy Welsh | 122 | 484 | 151 | .312 | 7 | 63 |
OF | Gus Felix | 121 | 459 | 141 | .307 | 2 | 66 |
OF | Dave Harris | 92 | 340 | 90 | .265 | 5 | 36 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Bernie Neis | 106 | 355 | 101 | .285 | 5 | 45 |
Ernie Padgett | 86 | 256 | 78 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
Mickey O'Neil | 70 | 222 | 57 | .257 | 2 | 30 |
Andy High | 60 | 219 | 63 | .288 | 4 | 28 |
Leslie Mann | 60 | 184 | 63 | .342 | 2 | 20 |
Bob Smith | 58 | 174 | 49 | .282 | 0 | 23 |
Oscar Siemer | 16 | 46 | 14 | .304 | 1 | 6 |
Hod Kibbie | 11 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 0 | 2 |
Frank Wilson | 12 | 31 | 13 | .419 | 0 | 0 |
Shanty Hogan | 9 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 3 |
Abie Hood | 5 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 1 | 2 |
Red Lucas | 6 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Herb Thomas | 5 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
Casey Stengel | 12 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Sperber | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dee Cousineau | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Johnny Cooney | 31 | 245.2 | 14 | 14 | 3.48 | 65 |
Jesse Barnes | 32 | 216.1 | 11 | 16 | 4.53 | 55 |
Larry Benton | 31 | 183.1 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 49 |
Bob Smith | 13 | 92.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.47 | 19 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Joe Genewich | 34 | 169.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.99 | 34 |
Kyle Graham | 34 | 157.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.41 | 32 |
Rosy Ryan | 37 | 122.2 | 2 | 8 | 6.31 | 48 |
Rube Marquard | 26 | 72.0 | 2 | 8 | 5.75 | 19 |
Ike Kamp | 24 | 58.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.09 | 20 |
Bill Vargus | 11 | 36.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.96 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Joe Batchelder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |
Bill Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
Foster Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Joe Ogrodowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Tim McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 |
References
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