1925 AL

The 1925 season of the American League was the twenty-fifth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Washington Senators	152	96	55	1	.632	-.-	829 (5.45)	670 (4.41)	0.303	0.368	0.411	3.70	0.972
2	Philadelphia Athletics	153	88	64	1	.575	8.5	831 (5.43)	713 (4.66)	0.307	0.361	0.434	3.87	0.966
3	St. Louis Browns	154	82	71	1	.532	15.0	900 (5.84)	906 (5.88)	0.298	0.357	0.439	4.92	0.964
4	Detroit Tigers	156	81	73	2	.519	16.5	903 (5.79)	829 (5.31)	0.302	0.376	0.413	4.61	0.973
5	Chicago White Sox	154	79	75	0	.513	18.5	811 (5.27)	770 (5.00)	0.284	0.364	0.385	4.29	0.969
6	Cleveland Indians	155	70	84	1	.452	27.5	782 (5.05)	817 (5.27)	0.297	0.358	0.399	4.49	0.966
7	New York Yankees	156	69	85	2	.442	28.5	706 (4.53)	774 (4.96)	0.275	0.333	0.410	4.33	0.974
8	Boston Red Sox	152	47	105	0	.309	49.5	639 (4.20)	922 (6.07)	0.266	0.332	0.364	4.97	0.956

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	156
At Bats	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	654
Runs Scored	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	135
Hits	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	253
Doubles	Marty McManus	St. Louis Browns	44
Triples	Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	20
Home Runs	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	33
Total Bases	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	392
Runs Batted In	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	138
Stolen Bases	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	43
Caught Stealing	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	20
Walks	Willie Kamm Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox	90
Hit by Pitch	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	12
Strikeouts	Marty McManus	St. Louis Browns	69
Sacrifice Hits	Bucky Harris	Washington Senators	41
Batting Average	Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	0.393
On-Base Percentage	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.479
Slugging Percentage	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	0.613
On-Base plus Slugging	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	1.066
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	170

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Ted Lyons Eddie Rommel	Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics	21
Losses	Sam Jones	New York Yankees	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Stan Coveleski	Washington Senators	0.800
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	55
Games Started	Slim Harriss Earl Whitehill Tom Zachary	Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers Washington Senators	33
Complete Games	Howard Ehmke Sherry Smith	Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians	22
Shutouts	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	5
Games Finished	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	39
Saves	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	15
Innings Pitched	Herb Pennock	New York Yankees	277.0
Batters Faced	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	1154
Hits Allowed	Sherry Smith	Cleveland Indians	296
Home Runs Allowed	Dave Danforth	St. Louis Browns	19
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	131
Hit Batsmen	Howard Ehmke	Boston Red Sox	11
Strikeouts	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	116
Wild Pitches	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Ed Wells Ted Wingfield	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	3
Runs Allowed	Sherry Smith	Cleveland Indians	151
Earned Runs Allowed	Sherry Smith	Cleveland Indians	128
Earned Run Average	Stan Coveleski	Washington Senators	2.84
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Herb Pennock	New York Yankees	1.220

In the World Series, the American League champion Washington Senators were defeated by the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Roger Peckinpaugh, a shortstop with the Washington Senators. In the award's voting, he had 45 out of a possible 64 points.