The 1925 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 44th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 34th season in the National League. The Cardinals went from 77–76 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.
Regular season Early in the 1925 season, second baseman Rogers Hornsby was named player-manager of the Cardinals, replacing Branch Rickey, whose professorial style of managing had gone over the heads of most of his players. Immediately after taking over, Hornsby told his fellow players, "Let's cut this baloney and just play ball." They went 64–51 the rest of the way.
The 1925 season also brought Hornsby's second triple crown. He posted a .403 batting average with 39 home runs and 143 RBI. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player, having barely missed the award in 1924. His .756 slugging percentage that year is the highest in the National League during the 20th century.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1925 St. Louis Cardinals 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 Bob O'Farrell 94 317 88 .278 3 32 1B Jim Bottomley 153 619 227 .367 21 128 2B 138 504 203 .403 39 143 SS Specs Toporcer 83 268 76 .284 2 26 3B Les Bell 153 586 167 .285 11 88 OF Ray Blades 122 462 158 .342 12 57 OF Chick Hafey 93 358 108 .302 5 57 OF Heinie Mueller 78 243 76 .313 1 26
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 Ralph Shinners 74 251 74 .295 7 36 Jack Smith 80 243 61 .251 4 31 Max Flack 79 241 60 .249 0 28 54 187 51 .273 0 18 Tommy Thevenow 50 175 47 .269 0 17 Walter Schmidt 37 87 22 .253 0 9 Taylor Douthit 30 73 20 .274 1 8 22 71 22 .310 0 4 Wattie Holm 13 58 12 .207 0 2 13 41 12 .293 1 6 Ernie Vick 14 32 6 .188 0 3 Howard Freigau 9 26 4 .154 0 0 Hy Myers 2 2 1 .500 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 Jesse Haines 29 207.0 13 14 4.57 63 Bill Sherdel 32 200.0 15 6 3.11 53 Flint Rhem 30 170.0 8 13 4.92 66 Allan Sothoron 29 155.2 10 10 4.05 67 Art Reinhart 20 144.2 11 5 3.05 26 Duster Mails 21 131.0 7 7 4.60 49
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 Leo Dickerman 29 130.2 4 11 5.58 40 Eddie Dyer 27 81.1 4 3 4.20 25 17 40.0 2 4 6.30 13 3 10.0 0 1 8.10 3
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 Johnny Stuart 15 2 2 0 6.13 14 Bill Hallahan 6 1 0 0 3.52 8 Gil Paulsen 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Awards and honors Rogers Hornsby, Most Valuable Player award
League leaders Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Records Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Best slugging average by a second baseman, (.756).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, Rogers Hornsby, Major league record, Highest batting average in a five-season span (.402 average from 1921 to 1925)Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.43, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1925 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1925 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com