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The following are the baseball events of the year 1925 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

Awards and honors[]

Major League Baseball final standings[]

American League final standings[]

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st Washington Senators 96   55 .636 --
2nd Philadelphia Athletics   88   64 .579 8.5
3rd St. Louis Browns   82   71 .536 15.0
4th Detroit Tigers   81   73 .526 16.5
5th Chicago White Sox   79   75 .513 18.5
6th Cleveland Indians   70   84 .455 27.5
7th New York Yankees   69   85 .448 28.5
8th Boston Red Sox   47   105 .309 49.5

National League final standings[]

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 58 .621 --
New York Giants 86 66 .566 8.5
Cincinnati Reds 80 73 .523 15
St. Louis Cardinals 77 76 .503 18
Boston Braves 70 83 .458 25
Brooklyn Robins 68 85 .444 27
Philadelphia Phillies 68 85 .444 27
Chicago Cubs 68 86 .442 27.5

Events[]

Births[]

  • February 9 - Vic Wertz
  • May 12 - Yogi Berra
  • June 8 - Del Ennis
  • August 16 - Willie Jones
  • September 18 - Harvey Haddix
  • September 26 - Bobby Shantz
  • November 9 - Bill Bruton
  • November 18 - Gene Mauch

Deaths[]

  • February 15 - Duke Farrell, 58, catcher for eight teams who batted .300 four times, led American Association in home runs and RBI in 1891; later a scout
  • March 4 - Monte Ward, 65, pitcher who posted 164-102 record on the mound, including 47 wins for 1879 champion Providence and 1880 perfect game, then became shortstop, batting over .325 three times; fifth player to reach 2000 hits; organized first players' union in 1888, formed 1890 Players League
  • April 18 - Charles Ebbets, 65, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise since 1897
  • August 2 - Patrick T. Powers, 63, founder of the minor leagues' governing body who served as its first president from 1901 to 1909
  • August 15 - Arthur Soden, 80, owner of the NL's Boston franchise from the 1870s to the 1900s; NL president in 1882
  • October 7 - Christy Mathewson, 45, pitcher for the New York Giants whose 373 victories included two no-hitters and thirteen 20-win seasons, reaching 30 four times including modern NL record of 37 in 1908; led NL in ERA and strikeouts five times each, wins and shutouts four times; set NL career records for wins, strikeouts, games and shutouts; had ERA under 2.00 five times with career 2.13 mark; pitched three shutouts in six days as star of 1905 World Series
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