# 1925 New York Yankees season

The 1925 New York Yankees season was the team's 23rd season. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in seventh place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season. It was the club's lowest finish, in both percentage and place in the standings, since their seventh-place finish in 1913. It was also the first time they had finished below .500 since 1918. The Yankees would regroup and it would be 40 years before they would finish below .500 again.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 1925: Oscar Roettger and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the St. Paul Saints for Mark Koenig. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Fred Hofmann to the Saints on May 15 and Ernie Johnson to the Saints on October 28.

### 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 | Benny Bengough | 95 | 283 | 73 | .258 | 0 | 23 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 126 | 437 | 129 | .295 | 20 | 68 |
| 2B | Aaron Ward | 125 | 439 | 108 | .246 | 4 | 38 |
| SS | Pee-Wee Wanninger | 117 | 403 | 95 | .236 | 1 | 23 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 102 | 404 | 118 | .292 | 0 | 33 |
| OF | Bob Meusel | 156 | 624 | 181 | .290 | 33 | 134 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 98 | 359 | 104 | .290 | 25 | 67 |
| OF | Earle Combs | 150 | 593 | 203 | .342 | 3 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Ben Paschal | 89 | 247 | 89 | .360 | 12 | 55 |
| Wally Pipp | 62 | 178 | 41 | .230 | 3 | 24 |
| Ernie Johnson | 76 | 170 | 48 | .282 | 5 | 17 |
| Wally Schang | 73 | 167 | 40 | .240 | 2 | 24 |
| Howie Shanks | 66 | 155 | 40 | .258 | 1 | 18 |
| Bobby Veach | 56 | 116 | 41 | .353 | 0 | 16 |
| Mark Koenig | 28 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve O'Neill | 35 | 91 | 26 | .286 | 1 | 10 |
| Everett Scott | 22 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Whitey Witt | 31 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Luebbe | 8 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Merkle | 7 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred Hofmann | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Durocher | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Odom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Herb Pennock | 47 | 277.0 | 16 | 17 | 2.96 | 88 |
| Sam Jones | 43 | 246.2 | 15 | 21 | 4.63 | 92 |
| Urban Shocker | 41 | 244.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.65 | 74 |
| Waite Hoyt | 46 | 243.0 | 11 | 14 | 4.00 | 86 |
| Bob Shawkey | 33 | 186.0 | 6 | 14 | 4.11 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Hank Johnson | 24 | 67.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.85 | 25 |
| Alex Ferguson | 21 | 54.1 | 4 | 2 | 7.79 | 20 |
| Ben Shields | 4 | 24.0 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 | 5 |
| Garland Braxton | 3 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.52 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Walter Beall | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.71 | 8 |
| Ray Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |
| Charlie Caldwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 1 |
| Jim Marquis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 0 |