1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1925 Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series Champions National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Seasons

The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in the National League with a record of 95–58. They defeated the Washington Senators four games to three to win their second World Series championship.

The Pirates had three future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, and Pie Traynor.

Pittsburgh defeated the Brooklyn Robins, 21–5, on June 20 and two days later won 24–6 against the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first team since 1901 to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games. This feat was later matched by the 1950 Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

• May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright of the Pirates executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner going back to first base.

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1925 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Game log

1925 Game Log: 95–58 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–33)
April: 5–8 (Home: 1–3; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 14 @ Cubs 2–8 Alexander Yde (0–1) — 38,000 0–1 2 April 15 @ Cubs 8–4 Meadows (1–0) Cooper Morrison (1) 6,500 1–1 3 April 16 @ Cubs 3–8 Blake Kremer (0–1) — 7,000 1–2 4 April 17 @ Cubs 6–9 Kaufmann Morrison (0–1) — — 1–3 5 April 18 @ Reds 2–12 Donohue Adams (0–1) — 8,500 1–4 6 April 19 @ Reds 2–6 Luque Yde (0–2) — 25,000 1–5 7 April 20 @ Reds 4–2 Meadows (2–0) Rixey — — 2–5 8 April 22 Cubs 6–1 Morrison (1–1) Kaufmann — 31,000 3–5 9 April 23 Cubs 9–10 Jacobs Songer (0–1) Blake 7,000 3–6 10 April 24 Cubs 2–7 Alexander Yde (0–3) — 6,000 3–7 11 April 25 Cubs 3–4 Blake Meadows (2–1) — 20,000 3–8 12 April 26 @ Cardinals 6–1 Adams (1–1) Haines — 10,000 4–8 13 April 28 @ Cardinals 7–3 Morrison (2–1) Rhem — 2,000 5–8
May: 16–9 (Home: 8–1; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 14 May 2 Reds 18–3 Meadows (3–1) Donohue — 19,000 6–8 15 May 3 @ Reds 4–5 Luque Morrison (2–2) Donohue — 6–9 16 May 7 Cardinals 9–10 Hallahan Adams (1–2) Rhem 2,000 6–10 17 May 8 @ Phillies 7–15 Carlson Meadows (3–2) — — 6–11 18 May 9 @ Phillies 6–5 Morrison (3–2) Mitchell Meadows (1) — 7–11 19 May 12 @ Phillies 5–8 Ring Aldridge (0–1) — — 7–12 20 May 12 @ Phillies 13–8 Meadows (4–2) Couch Adams (1) — 8–12 21 May 13 @ Braves 5–4 Kremer (1–1) Genewich — 5,500 9–12 22 May 14 @ Braves 7–1 Morrison (4–2) Barnes — 4,000 10–12 23 May 16 @ Braves 7–5 (10) Yde (1–3) Ryan — — 11–12 24 May 17 @ Robins 8–5 Meadows (5–2) Vance — 27,000 12–12 25 May 18 @ Robins 7–12 Grimes Aldridge (0–2) — 5,000 12–13 26 May 19 @ Robins 5–9 Ehrhardt Morrison (4–3) — 12,000 12–14 27 May 20 @ Robins 12–3 Kremer (2–1) Petty — 5,000 13–14 28 May 21 @ Giants 4–5 Scott Morrison (4–4) — 6,000 13–15 29 May 22 @ Giants 6–5 (10) Aldridge (1–2) Dean — 4,000 14–15 30 May 23 @ Giants 1–10 Greenfield Yde (1–4) — 30,000 14–16 31 May 25 Cubs 5–3 Morrison (5–4) Bush — 2,000 15–16 32 May 26 Cubs 7–2 Kremer (3–1) Jones — 6,000 16–16 33 May 27 Cubs 13–3 Aldridge (2–2) Blake — — 17–16 34 May 28 Cardinals 7–4 Meadows (6–2) Haines — 3,000 18–16 35 May 29 Cardinals 6–5 Kremer (4–1) Dickerman — 5,000 19–16 36 May 30 Cardinals 4–1 Yde (2–4) Sothoron — 18,000 20–16 37 May 30 Cardinals 15–5 Morrison (6–4) Day — 28,000 21–16 38 May 31 @ Cubs 2–11 Blake Kremer (4–2) — 18,000 21–17
June: 18–8 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 39 June 1 @ Cubs 5–6 Bush Aldridge (2–3) Kaufmann 5,000 21–18 40 June 4 Phillies 16–3 Meadows (7–2) Knight — — 22–18 41 June 5 Phillies 5–6 (11) Mitchell Kremer (4–3) — — 22–19 42 June 6 Phillies 9–3 Yde (3–4) Carlson — — 23–19 43 June 8 Braves 8–4 Aldridge (3–3) Marquard — 3,000 24–19 44 June 9 Braves 4–7 (11) Barnes Meadows (7–3) — — 24–20 45 June 10 Braves 4–6 Graham Morrison (6–5) — — 24–21 46 June 11 Braves 11–3 Yde (4–4) Ryan — — 25–21 47 June 12 Giants 6–2 Aldridge (4–3) Barnes — 16,000 26–21 48 June 13 Giants 6–4 Meadows (8–3) McQuillan — 28,000 27–21 49 June 15 Giants 7–6 Adams (2–2) Scott — 18,000 28–21 50 June 16 Giants 13–11 (10) Meadows (9–3) Nehf — 21,000 29–21 51 June 17 Robins 8–3 Yde (5–4) Grimes — — 30–21 52 June 18 Robins 2–6 Vance Kremer (4–4) — — 30–22 53 June 19 Robins 9–6 Meadows (10–3) Ehrhardt — 6,000 31–22 54 June 20 Robins 21–5 Adams (3–2) Petty — 20,000 32–22 55 June 22 @ Cardinals 24–6 Kremer (5–4) Rhem — 4,500 33–22 56 June 24 @ Cardinals 3–11 Haines Yde (5–5) — 8,000 33–23 57 June 24 @ Cardinals 7–6 Morrison (7–5) Sherdel Adams (2) 12,000 34–23 58 June 25 @ Cardinals 4–3 Meadows (11–3) Dickerman — 3,500 35–23 59 June 26 Reds 5–3 Kremer (6–4) May — — 36–23 60 June 27 Reds 3–2 Adams (4–2) Luque — 36,000 37–23 61 June 27 Reds 2–6 Donohue Aldridge (4–4) — 35,353 37–24 62 June 28 @ Reds 5–2 Yde (6–5) Benton — 35,353 38–24 63 June 29 @ Reds 8–1 Morrison (8–5) Rixey — 1,800 39–24 64 June 30 @ Cubs 0–1 Kaufmann Meadows (11–4) — 5,000 39–25
July: 17–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 65 July 1 @ Cubs 8–6 Kremer (7–4) Alexander — 3,000 40–25 66 July 2 Reds 2–1 Sheehan (1–0) Luque — — 41–25 67 July 3 Reds 0–8 Donohue Adams (4–3) — — 41–26 68 July 4 Reds 7–5 Yde (7–5) Biemiller — 22,000 42–26 69 July 4 Reds 7–1 Meadows (12–4) Rixey — 25,000 43–26 70 July 5 @ Cubs 3–2 Kremer (8–4) Bush Morrison (2) 25,000 44–26 71 July 7 @ Giants 6–7 Greenfield Sheehan (1–1) Nehf 8,000 44–27 72 July 9 @ Giants 12–3 Yde (8–5) Scott — — 45–27 73 July 9 @ Giants 5–7 Dean Morrison (8–6) — 40,000 45–28 74 July 11 @ Robins 7–6 Meadows (13–4) Grimes — 15,000 46–28 75 July 12 @ Robins 3–4 Osborne Kremer (8–5) — 15,000 46–29 76 July 13 @ Robins 4–2 Aldridge (5–4) Hubbell — — 47–29 77 July 14 @ Robins 8–5 Yde (9–5) Vance — — 48–29 78 July 15 @ Braves 3–4 Benton Morrison (8–7) — 4,000 48–30 79 July 16 @ Braves 8–9 (10) Genewich Kremer (8–6) — 3,500 48–31 80 July 17 @ Braves 7–3 (10) Adams (5–3) Graham — 3,500 49–31 81 July 18 @ Braves 9–8 Yde (10–5) Cooney Kremer (1) — 50–31 82 July 18 @ Braves 1–2 (11) Smith Morrison (8–8) — — 50–32 83 July 20 @ Phillies 3–6 Ring Meadows (13–5) — — 50–33 84 July 21 @ Phillies 2–4 Mitchell Kremer (8–7) — 1,000 50–34 85 July 23 Cardinals 3–2 Yde (11–5) Haines — 7,000 51–34 86 July 24 Cardinals 5–3 Morrison (9–8) Rhem — 8,000 52–34 87 July 25 Cardinals 2–7 Mails Adams (5–4) — 11,000 52–35 88 July 26 @ Cubs 6–4 Aldridge (6–4) Kaufmann — 22,000 53–35 89 July 27 Braves 6–5 (10) Morrison (10–8) Barnes — 5,000 54–35 90 July 28 Braves 5–1 Meadows (14–5) Benton — — 55–35 91 July 29 Braves 8–6 Yde (12–5) Cooney Morrison (3) — 56–35 92 July 30 Braves 1–5 Genewich Aldridge (6–5) — — 56–36
August: 21–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 12–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 93 August 1 Phillies 2–3 Decatur Morrison (10–9) — — 56–37 94 August 1 Phillies 2–4 Ring Meadows (14–6) — 25,000 56–38 95 August 3 Phillies 3–2 Yde (13–5) Carlson Adams (3) — 57–38 96 August 3 Phillies 3–2 (11) Aldridge (7–5) Couch — — 58–38 97 August 4 Phillies 4–8 Mitchell Morrison (10–10) — — 58–39 98 August 6 Robins 5–1 Kremer (9–7) Vance — 11,000 59–39 99 August 7 Robins 10–9 Morrison (11–10) Ehrhardt — 7,000 60–39 100 August 8 Robins 12–8 Morrison (12–10) Oeschger — — 61–39 101 August 8 Robins 5–4 Adams (6–4) Ehrhardt — 35,000 62–39 102 August 10 Giants 1–2 Scott Meadows (14–7) — 20,000 62–40 103 August 11 Giants 7–4 Morrison (13–10) Dean — 22,000 63–40 104 August 12 Giants 5–3 Yde (14–5) Barnes — 22,000 64–40 105 August 13 Giants 1–4 Greenfield Aldridge (7–6) — 24,000 64–41 106 August 14 Reds 14–6 Meadows (15–7) Luque — 6,500 65–41 107 August 15 Reds 1–8 Donohue Kremer (9–8) — 20,000 65–42 108 August 16 @ Reds 1–6 Rixey Morrison (13–11) — 15,000 65–43 109 August 18 @ Robins 11–4 Aldridge (8–6) Osborne — — 66–43 110 August 19 @ Robins 7–8 Vance Meadows (15–8) — 5,000 66–44 111 August 20 @ Robins 2–1 Kremer (10–8) Grimes — 5,000 67–44 112 August 22 @ Giants 8–1 Meadows (16–8) Barnes — 51,200 68–44 113 August 22 @ Giants 2–1 Aldridge (9–6) Scott — 55,000 69–44 114 August 23 @ Giants 4–7 Greenfield Adams (6–5) Scott — 69–45 115 August 23 @ Giants 3–2 Morrison (14–11) Fitzsimmons Oldham (1) 53,000 70–45 116 August 24 @ Giants 9–2 Kremer (11–8) Dean — 25,000 71–45 117 August 25 @ Braves 1–2 Barnes Yde (14–6) — 10,000 71–46 118 August 26 @ Braves 2–0 Meadows (17–8) Smith — — 72–46 119 August 27 @ Braves 1–0 Aldridge (10–6) Benton — — 73–46 120 August 28 @ Phillies 10–9 Oldham (1–0) Ring Kremer (2) 5,000 74–46 121 August 29 @ Phillies 11–2 Yde (15–6) Decatur — — 75–46 122 August 29 @ Phillies 13–1 Kremer (12–8) Couch — 18,000 76–46 123 August 31 @ Phillies 10–3 Meadows (18–8) Knight — 5,000 77–46
September: 17–11 (Home: 13–7; Away: 4–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 124 September 1 @ Phillies 10–3 Aldridge (11–6) Carlson — 2,000 78–46 125 September 2 Reds 8–2 Morrison (15–11) Donohue — 8,000 79–46 126 September 3 Cardinals 5–2 Kremer (13–8) Sherdel — — 80–46 127 September 4 Cardinals 3–9 Reinhart Yde (15–7) — — 80–47 128 September 5 Cardinals 6–5 Morrison (16–11) Dyer — — 81–47 129 September 6 @ Cubs 9–2 Aldridge (12–6) Blake — 18,000 82–47 130 September 7 Cubs 8–5 Oldham (2–0) Cooper — 17,000 83–47 131 September 7 Cubs 8–9 (10) Bush Meadows (18–9) Kaufmann 27,000 83–48 132 September 8 Cubs 2–3 Alexander Yde (15–8) — — 83–49 133 September 9 Cubs 7–9 (11) Kaufmann Morrison (16–12) — — 83–50 134 September 10 @ Cardinals 9–5 Aldridge (13–6) Sothoron Sheehan (1) — 84–50 135 September 11 @ Cardinals 3–5 Haines Oldham (2–1) — — 84–51 136 September 12 @ Cardinals 0–4 Sherdel Meadows (18–10) — — 84–52 137 September 13 @ Cardinals 4–8 Mails Yde (15–9) — — 84–53 138 September 13 @ Cardinals 2–6 (5) Reinhart Morrison (16–13) — — 84–54 139 September 14 Robins 9–4 Aldridge (14–6) Ehrhardt — 4,500 85–54 140 September 16 Robins 5–3 Meadows (19–10) Elliott — — 86–54 141 September 16 Robins 6–2 Oldham (3–1) Osborne — 10,000 87–54 142 September 17 Braves 11–2 Kremer (14–8) Smith — — 88–54 143 September 18 Braves 9–7 Yde (16–9) Graham — — 89–54 144 September 19 Braves 2–1 Aldridge (15–6) Barnes — 11,000 90–54 145 September 21 Phillies 9–7 Morrison (17–13) Decatur — — 91–54 146 September 22 Phillies 14–4 Kremer (15–8) Ring — — 92–54 147 September 23 Phillies 2–1 Yde (17–9) Willoughby Sheehan (2) 2,000 93–54 148 September 24 Giants 0–4 Scott Oldham (3–2) — 12,000 93–55 149 September 26 Giants 3–4 Barnes Aldridge (15–7) — — 93–56 150 September 26 Giants 0–3 Fitzsimmons Morrison (17–14) — 18,000 93–57 151 September 27 @ Reds 4–3 (5) Kremer (16–8) Luque — — 94–57
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 152 October 4 @ Reds 4–2 Kremer (17–8) Goodwin Morrison (4) — 95–57 153 October 4 @ Reds 1–4 Donohue Culloton (0–1) — — 95–58
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

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	Earl Smith	109	329	103	.313	8	64
1B	George Grantham	114	359	117	.326	8	52
2B	Eddie Moore	142	547	163	.298	6	77
3B	Pie Traynor	150	591	189	.320	6	106
SS	Glenn Wright	153	614	189	.308	18	121
OF	Max Carey	133	542	186	.343	5	44
OF	Kiki Cuyler	153	617	220	.357	18	102
OF	Clyde Barnhart	142	539	175	.325	4	114

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
Johnny Gooch	79	215	64	.298	0	30
Stuffy McInnis	59	155	57	.368	0	24
Carson Bigbee	66	126	30	.238	0	8
Johnny Rawlings	36	110	31	.282	2	13
Al Niehaus	17	64	14	.219	0	7
Fresco Thompson	14	37	9	.243	0	8
Roy Spencer	14	28	6	.214	0	2
Jewel Ens	3	5	1	.200	1	2
Mule Haas	4	3	0	.000	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
Lee Meadows	35	255.1	19	10	3.67	87
Ray Kremer	40	214.2	17	8	3.63	62
Vic Aldridge	30	213.1	15	7	3.63	88
Johnny Morrison	44	211.0	17	14	3.88	60
Emil Yde	33	207.0	17	9	4.13	41

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
Babe Adams	33	101.1	6	5	5.42	18
Red Oldham	11	53.0	3	2	3.91	10
Bud Culloton	9	21.0	0	1	2.57	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Sheehan	23	1	1	2	2.67	13
Don Songer	8	0	1	0	2.31	4
Lou Koupal	6	0	0	0	9.00	0

1925 World Series

Main article: 1925 World Series

Game 1

October 7, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	8	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
W: Walter Johnson (1–0)  L: Lee Meadows (0–1)
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (1), PIT – Pie Traynor (1)

Game 2

October 8, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	x	3	7	0
W: Vic Aldridge (1–0)  L: Stan Coveleski (0–1)
HR: WAS – Joe Judge (1), PIT – Glenn Wright (1), Kiki Cuyler (1)

Game 3

October 10, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	2
Washington	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	x	4	10	1
W: Alex Ferguson (1–0)   L: Ray Kremer (0–1)   S: Firpo Marberry (1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 4

October 11, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Washington	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	12	0
W: Walter Johnson (2–0)   L: Emil Yde (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2), Joe Harris (2)

Game 5

October 12, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	13	0
Washington	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	1
W: Vic Aldridge (2–0)   L: Stan Coveleski (0–2)
HR: WAS – Joe Harris (3)

Game 6

October 13, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	x	3	7	1
W: Ray Kremer (1–1)  L: Alex Ferguson (1–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), PIT – Eddie Moore (1)

Game 7

October 15, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	7	2
Pittsburgh	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	3	x	9	15	3
W: Ray Kremer (2–1)  L: Walter Johnson (2–1),   S: Red Oldham (1)
HR: WAS – Roger Peckinpaugh (1)

Awards and records

League leaders

• Kiki Cuyler, National League leader, triples (26)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Johnstown Johnnies	Middle Atlantic League	Norm McNeill

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnstown

References

• 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.