1925 Chicago Cubs season

1925 Chicago Cubs
Ballpark	Cubs Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	William Wrigley Jr.
Managers	Bill Killefer, Rabbit Maranville, George Gibson
Television	none
Radio	WGN (Quin Ryan) WMAQ (Hal Totten)
Seasons

The 1925 Chicago Cubs season was the 54th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 50th in the National League and the 10th at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 68–86.

Regular season

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	—

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	Gabby Hartnett	117	398	115	.289	24	67
1B	Charlie Grimm	141	519	159	.306	10	76
2B	Sparky Adams	149	627	180	.287	2	48
SS	Rabbit Maranville	75	266	62	.233	0	23
3B	Howard Freigau	117	476	146	.307	8	71
OF	Cliff Heathcote	109	380	100	.263	5	39
OF	Tommy Griffith	76	235	67	.285	7	27
OF	Mandy Brooks	90	349	98	.281	14	72

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
Art Jahn	58	226	68	.301	0	37
Mike González	70	197	52	.264	3	18
Butch Weis	67	180	48	.267	2	25
Pinky Pittenger	59	173	54	.312	0	15
Bernie Friberg	44	152	39	.257	1	16
Jigger Statz	38	148	38	.257	2	14
Denver Grigsby	51	137	35	.255	0	20
Ike McAuley	37	125	35	.280	0	11
Hack Miller	24	86	24	.279	2	9
Ralph Michaels	22	50	14	.280	0	6
Alex Metzler	9	38	7	.184	0	2
Joe Munson	9	35	13	.371	0	3
Bob Barrett	14	32	10	.313	0	7
Gale Staley	7	26	11	.423	0	3
Bob O'Farrell	17	22	4	.182	0	3
John Churry	3	6	3	.500	0	1
Chink Taylor	8	6	0	.000	0	0
Teddy Kearns	3	2	1	.500	0	0
Mel Kerr	1	0	0	----	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
Pete Alexander	32	236.0	15	11	3.39	63
Sheriff Blake	36	231.1	10	18	4.86	93
Wilbur Cooper	32	212.1	12	14	4.28	41
Tony Kaufmann	31	196.0	13	13	4.50	49

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
Guy Bush	42	182.0	6	13	4.30	76
Percy Jones	28	124.0	6	6	4.65	60
Vic Keen	30	83.1	2	6	6.26	19
Elmer Jacobs	18	55.2	2	3	5.17	19
George Milstead	5	21.0	1	1	3.00	7

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Duke Brett	10	1	1	0	3.63	6
Jumbo Brown	2	0	0	0	3.00	0
George Stueland	2	0	0	0	3.00	2
Bob Osborn	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Marty Krug

External links

• 1925 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference