# 1925 Boston Red Sox season

The 1925 Boston Red Sox season was the 25th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 47 wins and 105 losses, 49+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 96 | 55 | .636 | — | 53‍–‍22 | 43‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 64 | .579 | 8½ | 51‍–‍26 | 37‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15 | 45‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16½ | 43‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 75 | .513 | 18½ | 44‍–‍33 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Indians | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27½ | 37‍–‍39 | 33‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28½ | 42‍–‍36 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Boston Red Sox | 47 | 105 | .309 | 49½ | 28‍–‍47 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1925 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 5–16 | 7–14 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 9–13 |
| Cleveland | 15–7 | 8–14 | — | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 4–18 |
| Detroit | 17–5 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| New York | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 7–15 |
| Philadelphia | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 7–13–1 |
| St. Louis | 16–5 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 14–7 | 13–9 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–7–1 | 11–11 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Ira Flagstead | CF |
| Doc Prothro | 3B |
| Ike Boone | RF |
| Bobby Veach | LF |
| Joe Harris | 1B |
| Turkey Gross | SS |
| Billy Rogell | 2B |
| Val Picinich | C |
| Alex Ferguson | P |
Source:

### Roster
## 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 | Val Picinich | 90 | 251 | 64 | .255 | 1 | 25 |
| 1B | Phil Todt | 141 | 544 | 151 | .278 | 11 | 75 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 111 | 360 | 83 | .231 | 1 | 41 |
| SS | Dud Lee | 84 | 255 | 57 | .224 | 0 | 19 |
| 3B | Doc Prothro | 119 | 415 | 130 | .313 | 0 | 51 |
| OF | Ike Boone | 133 | 476 | 157 | .330 | 9 | 68 |
| OF | Roy Carlyle | 93 | 276 | 90 | .326 | 7 | 49 |
| OF | Ira Flagstead | 148 | 572 | 160 | .280 | 6 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Tex Vache | 110 | 252 | 79 | .313 | 3 | 48 |
| Denny Williams | 69 | 218 | 50 | .229 | 0 | 13 |
| Homer Ezzell | 58 | 186 | 53 | .285 | 0 | 15 |
| Billy Rogell | 58 | 169 | 33 | .195 | 0 | 17 |
| John Bischoff | 41 | 133 | 37 | .278 | 1 | 16 |
| Johnnie Heving | 45 | 119 | 20 | .168 | 0 | 6 |
| Bud Connolly | 43 | 107 | 28 | .262 | 0 | 21 |
| Sy Rosenthal | 19 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 0 | 8 |
| Tom Jenkins | 15 | 64 | 19 | .297 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Rothrock | 22 | 55 | 19 | .345 | 0 | 7 |
| Al Stokes | 17 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Herrera | 10 | 39 | 15 | .385 | 0 | 8 |
| Herb Welch | 13 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey Gross | 9 | 32 | 3 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Harris | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Lucey | 10 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Chappie Geygan | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Veach | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Shano Collins | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Howard Ehmke | 34 | 260.2 | 9 | 20 | 3.73 | 95 |
| Ted Wingfield | 41 | 254.1 | 12 | 19 | 3.96 | 30 |
| Red Ruffing | 37 | 217.1 | 9 | 18 | 5.01 | 64 |
| Jack Quinn | 19 | 105.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.37 | 24 |
| Alex Ferguson | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.91 | 5 |
| Joe Kiefer | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Zahniser | 37 | 176.2 | 5 | 12 | 5.15 | 30 |
| Buster Ross | 33 | 94.1 | 3 | 8 | 6.20 | 15 |
| Oscar Fuhr | 39 | 91.1 | 0 | 6 | 6.60 | 27 |
| Ray Francis | 6 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 4 |
| Curt Fullerton | 4 | 22.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.18 | 3 |
| Rudy Kallio | 7 | 18.2 | 1 | 4 | 7.71 | 2 |
| Joe Lucey | 7 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Hal Neubauer | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.19 | 4 |
| Bob Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 1 |