# 1925 Detroit Tigers season

The 1925 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 81–73-2, 16½ games behind the Washington Senators.

## Regular season
### Events

* May 5, 1925: Ty Cobb hit three home runs in one game in a 14-8 victory over the St. Louis Browns.

### 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 | Johnny Bassler | 121 | 344 | 96 | .279 | 0 | 52 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 150 | 532 | 163 | .306 | 3 | 94 |
| 2B | Frank O'Rourke | 124 | 482 | 141 | .293 | 5 | 57 |
| SS | Jackie Tavener | 134 | 453 | 111 | .245 | 0 | 47 |
| 3B | Fred Haney | 114 | 398 | 111 | .279 | 0 | 40 |
| OF | Harry Heilmann | 150 | 573 | 225 | .393 | 13 | 134 |
| OF | Al Wingo | 130 | 440 | 163 | .370 | 5 | 68 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 121 | 415 | 157 | .378 | 12 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Heinie Manush | 99 | 278 | 84 | .302 | 5 | 47 |
| Bob Fothergill | 71 | 204 | 72 | .353 | 2 | 28 |
| Les Burke | 77 | 180 | 52 | .289 | 0 | 24 |
| Larry Woodall | 75 | 171 | 35 | .205 | 0 | 13 |
| Bob Jones | 50 | 148 | 35 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
| Topper Rigney | 62 | 146 | 36 | .247 | 2 | 18 |
| Johnny Neun | 60 | 75 | 20 | .267 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Warner | 10 | 39 | 13 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 8 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Stanage | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Harrington | 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 |
| Earl Whitehill | 35 | 239.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.66 | 83 |
| Hooks Dauss | 35 | 228.0 | 16 | 11 | 3.16 | 58 |
| Rip Collins | 26 | 139.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.60 | 33 |
| Dutch Leonard | 18 | 125.2 | 11 | 4 | 4.51 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Holloway | 38 | 157.2 | 13 | 4 | 4.62 | 29 |
| Lil Stoner | 34 | 152.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.26 | 51 |
| Ed Wells | 36 | 135.1 | 6 | 9 | 6.18 | 45 |
| Ownie Carroll | 10 | 40.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.76 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Jess Doyle | 45 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5.93 | 31 |
| Bert Cole | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.88 | 7 |
| Ty Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bill Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
| C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Arthur Rooney and Frank Eastley |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth