# 1925 Chicago Cubs season

The 1925 Chicago Cubs season was the 54th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 50th in the National League and the tenth 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

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 | 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

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