# 1925 Washington Senators season

The 1925 Washington Senators won 96 games, lost 55, and finished in first place in the American League. Fueled by the excitement of winning their second AL pennant, the Senators led 3 games to 1 in the World Series before succumbing to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On September 28, the Senators were guests of President Calvin Coolidge at the White House, becoming the first reigning World Series champions to visit the White House.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Muddy Ruel | 127 | 393 | 122 | .310 | 0 | 54 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 112 | 376 | 118 | .314 | 8 | 66 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 144 | 551 | 158 | .287 | 1 | 66 |
| SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 126 | 422 | 124 | .294 | 4 | 64 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 145 | 522 | 150 | .287 | 4 | 79 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 150 | 601 | 201 | .334 | 18 | 113 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 152 | 649 | 227 | .350 | 1 | 87 |
| OF | Earl McNeely | 122 | 385 | 110 | .286 | 3 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Harris | 100 | 300 | 97 | .323 | 12 | 59 |
| Hank Severeid | 50 | 110 | 39 | .355 | 0 | 14 |
| Everett Scott | 33 | 103 | 28 | .272 | 0 | 18 |
| Nemo Leibold | 56 | 84 | 23 | .274 | 0 | 7 |
| Spencer Adams | 39 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Veach | 18 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 8 |
| Bennie Tate | 16 | 27 | 13 | .481 | 0 | 7 |
| Mule Shirley | 14 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike McNally | 12 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Jeanes | 15 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 1 | 4 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 7 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 3 |
| Wid Matthews | 10 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 1 |
| Buddy Myer | 4 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 5 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank McGee | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Carlyle | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Stan Coveleski | 32 | 241.0 | 20 | 5 | 2.84 | 58 |
| Walter Johnson | 30 | 229.0 | 20 | 7 | 3.07 | 108 |
| Dutch Ruether | 30 | 223.1 | 18 | 7 | 3.87 | 68 |
| Tom Zachary | 38 | 217.2 | 12 | 15 | 3.85 | 58 |
| Alex Ferguson | 7 | 55.1 | 5 | 1 | 3.25 | 24 |
| George Mogridge | 10 | 53.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.08 | 12 |
| Lefty Thomas | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.08 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Vean Gregg | 26 | 74.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.12 | 18 |
| Curly Ogden | 17 | 42.0 | 3 | 1 | 4.50 | 6 |
| Harry Kelley | 6 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 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 |
| Firpo Marberry | 55 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 3.47 | 53 |
| Allen Russell | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5.77 | 25 |
| Win Ballou | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.55 | 13 |
| Spencer Pumpelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Jim Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |