On This Day

Tuesday, August 25, 1925

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 76 43 .639 --
Athletics 74 43 .632 1.0
White Sox 66 55 .545 11.0
Browns 62 58 .517 14.5
Tigers 59 60 .496 17.0
Indians 57 67 .460 21.5
Yankees 49 68 .419 26.0
Red Sox 35 84 .294 41.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 71 46 .607 --
Giants 69 54 .561 5.0
Reds 63 55 .534 8.5
Cardinals 59 63 .484 14.5
Robins 57 61 .483 14.5
Cubs 54 67 .446 19.0
Phillies 52 65 .444 19.0
Braves 54 68 .443 19.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Sparky Adams 4
1 Fred Haney 4
1 Art Jahn 4
1 Freddy Leach 4
5 13 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Meusel 2
2 Les Bell 1
2 Mandy Brooks 1
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Mandy Brooks 6
2 Tony Kaufmann 4
2 Cy Williams 4
4 Les Burke 3
4 5 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Rube Bressler 1
1 Mandy Brooks 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 Fred Haney 1
1 5 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Rube Walberg 0.50
2 Tiny Osborne 0.38
3 Milt Gaston 0.36
4 Johnny Couch 0.33
4 Lil Stoner 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Jesse Barnes 1
1 Garland Buckeye 1
1 Milt Gaston 1
1 Sad Sam Jones 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Milt Gaston 4
2 Sad Sam Jones 3
2 Tiny Osborne 3
2 Lil Stoner 3
2 Rube Walberg 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Sherry Smith 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .391
2 Rogers Hornsby .383
3 Al Simmons .381
4 Jim Bottomley .380
5 Ty Cobb .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 33
2 Bob Meusel 25
2 Ken Williams 25
4 Gabby Hartnett 24
5 Al Simmons 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 117
2 Bob Meusel 110
3 Jack Fournier 109
4 Jim Bottomley 105
4 Ken Williams 105

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Johnny Mostil 37
2 Max Carey 30
2 Kiki Cuyler 30
4 Sparky Adams 23
4 2 others tied 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Sam Gray 2.47
2 Dolf Luque 2.67
3 Stan Coveleski 2.69
4 Walter Johnson 2.94
5 Eppa Rixey 2.96

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Rommel 20
2 Dazzy Vance 19
3 Pete Donohue 18
4 Walter Johnson 17
4 2 others tied 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 183
2 Dolf Luque 120
3 Lefty Grove 92
4 Walter Johnson 88
5 Slim Harriss 76

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 15
2 Sarge Connally 7
2 Jess Doyle 7
4 Rube Walberg 5
5 2 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Freddy Leach .458
2 Art Jahn .442
3 Al Simmons .426
4 George Harper .409
5 Lou Gehrig .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 4
1 Rogers Hornsby 4
1 Babe Ruth 4
4 Joe Harris 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 19
2 Rogers Hornsby 18
3 Mandy Brooks 15
4 Clyde Barnhart 14
4 Jim Bottomley 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sparky Adams 4
1 Kiki Cuyler 4
1 Cliff Heathcote 4
1 Edd Roush 4
1 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Herb Pennock 0.00
2 Stan Coveleski 0.96
3 Johnny Cooney 1.00
4 Jake Miller 1.19
5 Vic Aldridge 1.27

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elam Vangilder 5
2 Ted Blankenship 4
3 Jesse Barnes 3
3 Kent Greenfield 3
3 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 19
2 Ted Blankenship 16
3 Guy Bush 13
3 Howard Ehmke 13
5 Rube Ehrhardt 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
2 Sarge Connally 1
2 Wayland Dean 1
2 Pete Donohue 1
2 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Al Simmons .445
2 Charlie Jamieson .422
3 Bubbles Hargrave .414
4 Zack Wheat .414
5 Baby Doll Jacobson .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 8
2 Jack Fournier 7
3 Al Simmons 6
4 Babe Ruth 5
5 6 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rogers Hornsby 33
2 Jack Fournier 31
3 Dick Cox 28
4 Jim Bottomley 26
5 Al Simmons 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 10
2 Max Carey 9
3 Edd Roush 8
4 Sparky Adams 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Firpo Marberry 1.37
2 Herb Pennock 1.37
3 Art Nehf 2.01
4 Art Reinhart 2.15
5 Elam Vangilder 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eppa Rixey 6
1 Dutch Ruether 6
1 Dazzy Vance 6
4 Ted Blankenship 5
4 7 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 46
2 Dolf Luque 32
3 Jakie May 30
4 Howard Ehmke 25
5 Ted Blankenship 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 7
2 Sarge Connally 3
3 Stan Baumgartner 2
4 Babe Adams 1
4 13 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tris Speaker .392
2 Rogers Hornsby .390
3 Harry Heilmann .377
4 Al Simmons .371
5 Jim Bottomley .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rogers Hornsby 38
2 Bob Meusel 31
3 Ken Williams 27
4 Gabby Hartnett 25
5 George Harper 24

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 142
2 Jim Bottomley 139
3 Ken Williams 133
4 Rogers Hornsby 132
4 Al Simmons 132

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 48
2 Johnny Mostil 39
3 Kiki Cuyler 38
4 Sam Rice 31
5 Eddie Collins 30

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.63
2 Bill Sherdel 2.82
3 Sam Gray 2.84
4 Walter Johnson 2.91
5 Stan Coveleski 3.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eddie Rommel 25
1 Dazzy Vance 25
3 Walter Johnson 24
4 Pete Donohue 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 251
2 Dolf Luque 130
3 Walter Johnson 126
4 Burleigh Grimes 101
5 Lefty Grove 92

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 21
2 Sarge Connally 8
3 Jess Doyle 7
4 Hooks Dauss 6
4 Waite Hoyt 6