# 1925 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1925 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 44th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 34th season in the National League. The Cardinals went from 77–76 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

## Regular season

Early in the 1925 season, second baseman Rogers Hornsby was named player-manager of the Cardinals, replacing Branch Rickey, whose professorial style of managing had gone over the heads of most of his players. Immediately after taking over, Hornsby told his fellow players, "Let's cut this baloney and just play ball." They went 64–51 the rest of the way.
The 1925 season also brought Hornsby's second triple crown. He posted a .403 batting average with 39 home runs and 143 RBI. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player, having barely missed the award in 1924. His .756 slugging percentage that year is the highest in the National League during the 20th century.

### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Bob O'Farrell | 94 | 317 | 88 | .278 | 3 | 32 |
| 1B | Jim Bottomley | 153 | 619 | 227 | .367 | 21 | 128 |
| 2B | Rogers Hornsby | 138 | 504 | 203 | .403 | 39 | 143 |
| SS | Specs Toporcer | 83 | 268 | 76 | .284 | 2 | 26 |
| 3B | Les Bell | 153 | 586 | 167 | .285 | 11 | 88 |
| OF | Ray Blades | 122 | 462 | 158 | .342 | 12 | 57 |
| OF | Chick Hafey | 93 | 358 | 108 | .302 | 5 | 57 |
| OF | Heinie Mueller | 78 | 243 | 76 | .313 | 1 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Ralph Shinners | 74 | 251 | 74 | .295 | 7 | 36 |
| Jack Smith | 80 | 243 | 61 | .251 | 4 | 31 |
| Max Flack | 79 | 241 | 60 | .249 | 0 | 28 |
| Jimmy Cooney | 54 | 187 | 51 | .273 | 0 | 18 |
| Tommy Thevenow | 50 | 175 | 47 | .269 | 0 | 17 |
| Walter Schmidt | 37 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 9 |
| Taylor Douthit | 30 | 73 | 20 | .274 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike González | 22 | 71 | 22 | .310 | 0 | 4 |
| Wattie Holm | 13 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Warwick | 13 | 41 | 12 | .293 | 1 | 6 |
| Ernie Vick | 14 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
| Howard Freigau | 9 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Hy Myers | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Jesse Haines | 29 | 207.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.57 | 63 |
| Bill Sherdel | 32 | 200.0 | 15 | 6 | 3.11 | 53 |
| Flint Rhem | 30 | 170.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.92 | 66 |
| Allan Sothoron | 29 | 155.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.05 | 67 |
| Art Reinhart | 20 | 144.2 | 11 | 5 | 3.05 | 26 |
| Duster Mails | 21 | 131.0 | 7 | 7 | 4.60 | 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 |
| Leo Dickerman | 29 | 130.2 | 4 | 11 | 5.58 | 40 |
| Eddie Dyer | 27 | 81.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.20 | 25 |
| Pea Ridge Day | 17 | 40.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.30 | 13 |
| Ed Clough | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Stuart | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.13 | 14 |
| Bill Hallahan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 8 |
| Gil Paulsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Rogers Hornsby, Most Valuable Player award

### League leaders

* Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

### Records

* Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Best slugging average by a second baseman, (.756).
* Rogers Hornsby, Major league record, Highest batting average in a five-season span (.402 average from 1921 to 1925)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Syracuse Stars | International League | Frank Shaughnessy and Harry Myers |
| A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Marv Goodwin and Pete Compton |
| C | Fort Smith Twins | Western Association | Carl Mitze |