1925 St. Louis Browns season

The 1925 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses.

1925 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	82–71 (.536)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	George Sisler
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Regular season

On April 14, the Cleveland Indians set the record for most runs scored by a team on Opening Day. The Indians scored 21 runs in a 21–14 win over the St. Louis Browns.[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	96	55	0.636	—	53–22	43–33
Philadelphia Athletics	88	64	0.579	8½	51–26	37–38
St. Louis Browns	82	71	0.536	15	45–32	37–39
Detroit Tigers	81	73	0.526	16½	43–34	38–39
Chicago White Sox	79	75	0.513	18½	44–33	35–42
Cleveland Indians	70	84	0.455	27½	37–39	33–45
New York Yankees	69	85	0.448	28½	42–36	27–49
Boston Red Sox	47	105	0.309	49½	28–47	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1925 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	7–15	5–17	9–13	5–17	5–16	7–14
Chicago	13–9	—	14–8	13–9	13–9	8–14	9–13	9–13
Cleveland	15–7	8–14	—	11–11–1	10–12	11–11	11–11	4–18
Detroit	17–5	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8–1	8–14	12–10	10–12
New York	13–9	9–13	12–10	8–14–1	—	9–13	11–11–1	7–15
Philadelphia	17–5	14–8	11–11	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	7–13–1
St. Louis	16–5	13–9	11–11	10–12	11–11–1	10–12	—	11–11
Washington	14–7	13–9	18–4	12–10	15–7	13–7–1	11–11	—

Roster

1925 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers George Blaeholder Joe Bush Dave Danforth Dixie Davis Chet Falk Milt Gaston Joe Giard George Grant George Mogridge Brad Springer Ed Stauffer Elam Vangilder Ernie Wingard		Catchers Leo Dixon Pinky Hargrave Tony Rego Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Wally Gerber Bobby LaMotte Marty McManus Gene Robertson George Sisler		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Joe Evans Baby Doll Jacobson Harry Rice Jack Tobin Ken Williams		Manager George Sisler

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
1B	George Sisler	150	649	224	.345	12	105
SS	Bobby LaMotte	97	356	97	.272	12	51
OF	Ken Williams	102	411	136	.331	25	105

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

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
Joe Bush	33	208.2	14	14	5.09	63

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
Dave Danforth	38	159	7	9	4.36	53

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
George Blaeholder	2	0	0	0	31.50	0

Notes

1. SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM

References

• 1925 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com