1925 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 - October 15, 1925 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | AL: Roger Peckinpaugh (WSH) NL: Rogers Hornsby (SLC) |
AL champions | Washington Senators |
AL runners-up | Philadelphia Athletics |
NL champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL runners-up | New York Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Runners-up | Washington Senators |
The 1925 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 15, 1925. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Pirates then defeated the Senators in the World Series, four games to three.
This was the fourth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.
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American League
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National League
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Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game |
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Philadelphia Athletics[1] | 88 | 23.9% | 869,703 | 63.5% | 11,295 |
Chicago White Sox[2] | 79 | 19.7% | 832,231 | 37.2% | 10,808 |
Detroit Tigers[3] | 81 | -5.8% | 820,766 | -19.1% | 10,659 |
Washington Senators[4] | 96 | 4.3% | 817,199 | 39.9% | 10,753 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[5] | 95 | 5.6% | 804,354 | 9.2% | 10,446 |
New York Giants[6] | 86 | -7.5% | 778,993 | -7.7% | 10,250 |
New York Yankees[7] | 69 | -22.5% | 697,267 | -33.8% | 8,826 |
Brooklyn Robins[8] | 68 | -26.1% | 659,435 | -19.5% | 8,564 |
Chicago Cubs[9] | 68 | -16.0% | 622,610 | -13.2% | 8,086 |
Cincinnati Reds[10] | 80 | -3.6% | 464,920 | -1.9% | 6,117 |
St. Louis Browns[11] | 82 | 10.8% | 462,898 | -13.2% | 5,935 |
Cleveland Indians[12] | 70 | 4.5% | 419,005 | -13.1% | 5,442 |
St. Louis Cardinals[13] | 77 | 18.5% | 404,959 | 48.4% | 5,328 |
Boston Braves[14] | 70 | 32.1% | 313,528 | 76.7% | 4,125 |
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 68 | 23.6% | 304,905 | 1.7% | 3,960 |
Boston Red Sox[16] | 47 | -29.9% | 267,782 | -40.3% | 3,570 |