The 1925 New York Yankees season was the team's 23rd season. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in seventh place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season.Montville, p. 204 It was the club's lowest finish, in both percentage and place in the standings, since their seventh-place finish in 1913. It was also the first time they had finished below .500 since 1918. The Yankees would regroup and it would be 40 years before they would finish below .500 again.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 1925: Oscar Roettger and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the St. Paul Saints for Mark Koenig. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Fred Hofmann to the Saints on May 15 and Ernie Johnson to the Saints on October 28.Ernie Johnson page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1925 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Benny Bengough 95 283 73 .258 0 23 1B Lou Gehrig 126 437 129 .295 20 68 2B 125 439 108 .246 4 38 SS Pee-Wee Wanninger 117 403 95 .236 1 23 3B Joe Dugan 102 404 118 .292 0 33 OF Bob Meusel 156 624 181 .290 33 134 OF 98 359 104 .290 25 67 OF Earle Combs 150 593 203 .342 3 62
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 Ben Paschal 89 247 89 .360 12 55 Wally Pipp 62 178 41 .230 3 24 76 170 48 .282 5 17 Wally Schang 73 167 40 .240 2 24 Howie Shanks 66 155 40 .258 1 18 Bobby Veach 56 116 41 .353 0 16 28 110 23 .209 0 4 Steve O'Neill 35 91 26 .286 1 10 Everett Scott 22 60 13 .217 0 4 Whitey Witt 31 40 8 .200 0 0 Roy Luebbe 8 15 0 .000 0 3 Fred Merkle 7 13 5 .385 0 4 3 2 0 .000 0 0 Leo Durocher 2 1 0 .000 0 0 Heinie Odom 1 1 1 1.000 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 Herb Pennock 47 277.0 16 17 2.96 88 43 246.2 15 21 4.63 92 Urban Shocker 41 244.1 12 12 3.65 74 Waite Hoyt 46 243.0 11 14 4.00 86 Bob Shawkey 33 186.0 6 14 4.11 81
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 Hank Johnson 24 67.0 1 3 6.85 25 Alex Ferguson 21 54.1 4 2 7.79 20 Ben Shields 4 24.0 3 0 4.88 5 3 19.1 1 1 6.52 11
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 8 0 1 0 12.71 8 Ray Francis 4 0 0 0 7.71 1 Charlie Caldwell 3 0 0 0 16.88 1 Jim Marquis 2 0 0 0 9.82 0
References
External links 1925 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1925 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com