The 1925 season was one of tragedy for the Brooklyn Robins. Majority owner and team president Charles Ebbets fell ill after returning home from spring training and died on the morning of April 18. Ed McKeever took over as president, but he caught a cold at Ebbets' funeral and died within a week of pneumonia. Stephen McKeever became the principal owner and team manager Wilbert Robinson was additionally given the position of president. Through it all, the woeful Robins finished in sixth place.
1925 Brooklyn Robins | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company |
President | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever, Wilbert Robinson |
Managers | Wilbert Robinson |
Offseason
edit- February 4, 1925: Bernie Neis was traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Cotton Tierney.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 58 | .621 | — | 52–25 | 43–33 |
New York Giants | 86 | 66 | .566 | 8½ | 47–29 | 39–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 80 | 73 | .523 | 15 | 44–32 | 36–41 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 76 | .503 | 18 | 48–28 | 29–48 |
Boston Braves | 70 | 83 | .458 | 25 | 37–39 | 33–44 |
Brooklyn Robins | 68 | 85 | .444 | 27 | 38–39 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 85 | .444 | 27 | 40–37 | 28–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 27½ | 37–40 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 13–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 12–10 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 8–13 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 13–8 | 10–12 | 12–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 16–6 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 8–13 | — | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 13–8 | 12–10 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 15–7 | 8–14 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- May 1, 1925: Art Decatur was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hubbell.[2]
- May 10, 1925: Tommy Griffith was traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Barrett.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Zack Taylor | 109 | 352 | 109 | .310 | 3 | 44 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 145 | 545 | 191 | .350 | 22 | 130 |
2B | Milt Stock | 146 | 615 | 202 | .328 | 1 | 62 |
3B | Jimmy Johnston | 123 | 431 | 128 | .297 | 2 | 43 |
SS | Johnny Mitchell | 97 | 336 | 84 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
OF | Eddie Brown | 153 | 618 | 189 | .306 | 5 | 99 |
OF | Zack Wheat | 150 | 616 | 221 | .359 | 14 | 103 |
OF | Dick Cox | 122 | 434 | 143 | .329 | 7 | 64 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Cotton Tierney | 93 | 265 | 68 | .257 | 2 | 39 |
Hod Ford | 66 | 216 | 59 | .273 | 1 | 15 |
Hank DeBerry | 67 | 193 | 50 | .259 | 2 | 24 |
Dick Loftus | 51 | 131 | 31 | .237 | 0 | 13 |
Andy High | 44 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Hargreaves | 45 | 83 | 23 | .277 | 0 | 13 |
Chuck Corgan | 14 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Hutson | 7 | 8 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Tommy Griffith | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry Standaert | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dazzy Vance | 31 | 265.1 | 22 | 9 | 3.53 | 221 |
Burleigh Grimes | 33 | 246.2 | 12 | 19 | 5.04 | 73 |
Rube Ehrhardt | 36 | 207.2 | 10 | 14 | 5.03 | 47 |
Jesse Petty | 28 | 153.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.88 | 39 |
Bob McGraw | 2 | 19.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.20 | 3 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tiny Osborne | 41 | 175.0 | 8 | 15 | 4.94 | 59 |
Bill Hubbell | 33 | 86.2 | 3 | 6 | 5.30 | 16 |
Lloyd Brown | 17 | 63.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.12 | 23 |
Joe Oeschger | 21 | 37.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.08 | 6 |
Guy Cantrell | 14 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 13 |
Hank Thormahlen | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.94 | 7 |
Jumbo Elliott | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.44 | 3 |
Andy Rush | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.31 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Nelson Greene | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10.64 | 4 |
Art Decatur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Jim Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
- 1925 Brooklyn Robins uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet