# 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in the National League with a record of 95–58. They defeated the Washington Senators four games to three to win their second World Series championship.
The Pirates had three future Hall of Famers in their starting lineup: Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, and Pie Traynor.
Pittsburgh defeated the Brooklyn Robins, 21–5, on June 20 and two days later won 24–6 against the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first team since 1901 to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games. This feat was later matched by the 1950 Boston Red Sox.

## Regular season

* May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright of the Pirates executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner going back to first base.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

1925 Game Log: 95–58 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–33) :
April: 5–8 (Home: 1–3; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cubs2–8AlexanderYde (0–1)—38,0000–1
2April 15@ Cubs8–4Meadows (1–0)CooperMorrison (1)6,5001–1
3April 16@ Cubs3–8BlakeKremer (0–1)—7,0001–2
4April 17@ Cubs6–9KaufmannMorrison (0–1)——1–3
5April 18@ Reds2–12DonohueAdams (0–1)—8,5001–4
6April 19@ Reds2–6LuqueYde (0–2)—25,0001–5
7April 20@ Reds4–2Meadows (2–0)Rixey——2–5
8April 22Cubs6–1Morrison (1–1)Kaufmann—31,0003–5
9April 23Cubs9–10JacobsSonger (0–1)Blake7,0003–6
10April 24Cubs2–7AlexanderYde (0–3)—6,0003–7
11April 25Cubs3–4BlakeMeadows (2–1)—20,0003–8
12April 26@ Cardinals6–1Adams (1–1)Haines—10,0004–8
13April 28@ Cardinals7–3Morrison (2–1)Rhem—2,0005–8 :
May: 16–9 (Home: 8–1; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
14May 2Reds18–3Meadows (3–1)Donohue—19,0006–8
15May 3@ Reds4–5LuqueMorrison (2–2)Donohue—6–9
16May 7Cardinals9–10HallahanAdams (1–2)Rhem2,0006–10
17May 8@ Phillies7–15CarlsonMeadows (3–2)——6–11
18May 9@ Phillies6–5Morrison (3–2)MitchellMeadows (1)—7–11
19May 12@ Phillies5–8RingAldridge (0–1)——7–12
20May 12@ Phillies13–8Meadows (4–2)CouchAdams (1)—8–12
21May 13@ Braves5–4Kremer (1–1)Genewich—5,5009–12
22May 14@ Braves7–1Morrison (4–2)Barnes—4,00010–12
23May 16@ Braves7–5 (10)Yde (1–3)Ryan——11–12
24May 17@ Robins8–5Meadows (5–2)Vance—27,00012–12
25May 18@ Robins7–12GrimesAldridge (0–2)—5,00012–13
26May 19@ Robins5–9EhrhardtMorrison (4–3)—12,00012–14
27May 20@ Robins12–3Kremer (2–1)Petty—5,00013–14
28May 21@ Giants4–5ScottMorrison (4–4)—6,00013–15
29May 22@ Giants6–5 (10)Aldridge (1–2)Dean—4,00014–15
30May 23@ Giants1–10GreenfieldYde (1–4)—30,00014–16
31May 25Cubs5–3Morrison (5–4)Bush—2,00015–16
32May 26Cubs7–2Kremer (3–1)Jones—6,00016–16
33May 27Cubs13–3Aldridge (2–2)Blake——17–16
34May 28Cardinals7–4Meadows (6–2)Haines—3,00018–16
35May 29Cardinals6–5Kremer (4–1)Dickerman—5,00019–16
36May 30Cardinals4–1Yde (2–4)Sothoron—18,00020–16
37May 30Cardinals15–5Morrison (6–4)Day—28,00021–16
38May 31@ Cubs2–11BlakeKremer (4–2)—18,00021–17 :
June: 18–8 (Home: 13–5; Away: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1@ Cubs5–6BushAldridge (2–3)Kaufmann5,00021–18
40June 4Phillies16–3Meadows (7–2)Knight——22–18
41June 5Phillies5–6 (11)MitchellKremer (4–3)——22–19
42June 6Phillies9–3Yde (3–4)Carlson——23–19
43June 8Braves8–4Aldridge (3–3)Marquard—3,00024–19
44June 9Braves4–7 (11)BarnesMeadows (7–3)——24–20
45June 10Braves4–6GrahamMorrison (6–5)——24–21
46June 11Braves11–3Yde (4–4)Ryan——25–21
47June 12Giants6–2Aldridge (4–3)Barnes—16,00026–21
48June 13Giants6–4Meadows (8–3)McQuillan—28,00027–21
49June 15Giants7–6Adams (2–2)Scott—18,00028–21
50June 16Giants13–11 (10)Meadows (9–3)Nehf—21,00029–21
51June 17Robins8–3Yde (5–4)Grimes——30–21
52June 18Robins2–6VanceKremer (4–4)——30–22
53June 19Robins9–6Meadows (10–3)Ehrhardt—6,00031–22
54June 20Robins21–5Adams (3–2)Petty—20,00032–22
55June 22@ Cardinals24–6Kremer (5–4)Rhem—4,50033–22
56June 24@ Cardinals3–11HainesYde (5–5)—8,00033–23
57June 24@ Cardinals7–6Morrison (7–5)SherdelAdams (2)12,00034–23
58June 25@ Cardinals4–3Meadows (11–3)Dickerman—3,50035–23
59June 26Reds5–3Kremer (6–4)May——36–23
60June 27Reds3–2Adams (4–2)Luque—36,00037–23
61June 27Reds2–6DonohueAldridge (4–4)—35,35337–24
62June 28@ Reds5–2Yde (6–5)Benton—35,35338–24
63June 29@ Reds8–1Morrison (8–5)Rixey—1,80039–24
64June 30@ Cubs0–1KaufmannMeadows (11–4)—5,00039–25 :
July: 17–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
65July 1@ Cubs8–6Kremer (7–4)Alexander—3,00040–25
66July 2Reds2–1Sheehan (1–0)Luque——41–25
67July 3Reds0–8DonohueAdams (4–3)——41–26
68July 4Reds7–5Yde (7–5)Biemiller—22,00042–26
69July 4Reds7–1Meadows (12–4)Rixey—25,00043–26
70July 5@ Cubs3–2Kremer (8–4)BushMorrison (2)25,00044–26
71July 7@ Giants6–7GreenfieldSheehan (1–1)Nehf8,00044–27
72July 9@ Giants12–3Yde (8–5)Scott——45–27
73July 9@ Giants5–7DeanMorrison (8–6)—40,00045–28
74July 11@ Robins7–6Meadows (13–4)Grimes—15,00046–28
75July 12@ Robins3–4OsborneKremer (8–5)—15,00046–29
76July 13@ Robins4–2Aldridge (5–4)Hubbell——47–29
77July 14@ Robins8–5Yde (9–5)Vance——48–29
78July 15@ Braves3–4BentonMorrison (8–7)—4,00048–30
79July 16@ Braves8–9 (10)GenewichKremer (8–6)—3,50048–31
80July 17@ Braves7–3 (10)Adams (5–3)Graham—3,50049–31
81July 18@ Braves9–8Yde (10–5)CooneyKremer (1)—50–31
82July 18@ Braves1–2 (11)SmithMorrison (8–8)——50–32
83July 20@ Phillies3–6RingMeadows (13–5)——50–33
84July 21@ Phillies2–4MitchellKremer (8–7)—1,00050–34
85July 23Cardinals3–2Yde (11–5)Haines—7,00051–34
86July 24Cardinals5–3Morrison (9–8)Rhem—8,00052–34
87July 25Cardinals2–7MailsAdams (5–4)—11,00052–35
88July 26@ Cubs6–4Aldridge (6–4)Kaufmann—22,00053–35
89July 27Braves6–5 (10)Morrison (10–8)Barnes—5,00054–35
90July 28Braves5–1Meadows (14–5)Benton——55–35
91July 29Braves8–6Yde (12–5)CooneyMorrison (3)—56–35
92July 30Braves1–5GenewichAldridge (6–5)——56–36 :
August: 21–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 12–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
93August 1Phillies2–3DecaturMorrison (10–9)——56–37
94August 1Phillies2–4RingMeadows (14–6)—25,00056–38
95August 3Phillies3–2Yde (13–5)CarlsonAdams (3)—57–38
96August 3Phillies3–2 (11)Aldridge (7–5)Couch——58–38
97August 4Phillies4–8MitchellMorrison (10–10)——58–39
98August 6Robins5–1Kremer (9–7)Vance—11,00059–39
99August 7Robins10–9Morrison (11–10)Ehrhardt—7,00060–39
100August 8Robins12–8Morrison (12–10)Oeschger——61–39
101August 8Robins5–4Adams (6–4)Ehrhardt—35,00062–39
102August 10Giants1–2ScottMeadows (14–7)—20,00062–40
103August 11Giants7–4Morrison (13–10)Dean—22,00063–40
104August 12Giants5–3Yde (14–5)Barnes—22,00064–40
105August 13Giants1–4GreenfieldAldridge (7–6)—24,00064–41
106August 14Reds14–6Meadows (15–7)Luque—6,50065–41
107August 15Reds1–8DonohueKremer (9–8)—20,00065–42
108August 16@ Reds1–6RixeyMorrison (13–11)—15,00065–43
109August 18@ Robins11–4Aldridge (8–6)Osborne——66–43
110August 19@ Robins7–8VanceMeadows (15–8)—5,00066–44
111August 20@ Robins2–1Kremer (10–8)Grimes—5,00067–44
112August 22@ Giants8–1Meadows (16–8)Barnes—51,20068–44
113August 22@ Giants2–1Aldridge (9–6)Scott—55,00069–44
114August 23@ Giants4–7GreenfieldAdams (6–5)Scott—69–45
115August 23@ Giants3–2Morrison (14–11)FitzsimmonsOldham (1)53,00070–45
116August 24@ Giants9–2Kremer (11–8)Dean—25,00071–45
117August 25@ Braves1–2BarnesYde (14–6)—10,00071–46
118August 26@ Braves2–0Meadows (17–8)Smith——72–46
119August 27@ Braves1–0Aldridge (10–6)Benton——73–46
120August 28@ Phillies10–9Oldham (1–0)RingKremer (2)5,00074–46
121August 29@ Phillies11–2Yde (15–6)Decatur——75–46
122August 29@ Phillies13–1Kremer (12–8)Couch—18,00076–46
123August 31@ Phillies10–3Meadows (18–8)Knight—5,00077–46 :
September: 17–11 (Home: 13–7; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
124September 1@ Phillies10–3Aldridge (11–6)Carlson—2,00078–46
125September 2Reds8–2Morrison (15–11)Donohue—8,00079–46
126September 3Cardinals5–2Kremer (13–8)Sherdel——80–46
127September 4Cardinals3–9ReinhartYde (15–7)——80–47
128September 5Cardinals6–5Morrison (16–11)Dyer——81–47
129September 6@ Cubs9–2Aldridge (12–6)Blake—18,00082–47
130September 7Cubs8–5Oldham (2–0)Cooper—17,00083–47
131September 7Cubs8–9 (10)BushMeadows (18–9)Kaufmann27,00083–48
132September 8Cubs2–3AlexanderYde (15–8)——83–49
133September 9Cubs7–9 (11)KaufmannMorrison (16–12)——83–50
134September 10@ Cardinals9–5Aldridge (13–6)SothoronSheehan (1)—84–50
135September 11@ Cardinals3–5HainesOldham (2–1)——84–51
136September 12@ Cardinals0–4SherdelMeadows (18–10)——84–52
137September 13@ Cardinals4–8MailsYde (15–9)——84–53
138September 13@ Cardinals2–6 (5)ReinhartMorrison (16–13)——84–54
139September 14Robins9–4Aldridge (14–6)Ehrhardt—4,50085–54
140September 16Robins5–3Meadows (19–10)Elliott——86–54
141September 16Robins6–2Oldham (3–1)Osborne—10,00087–54
142September 17Braves11–2Kremer (14–8)Smith——88–54
143September 18Braves9–7Yde (16–9)Graham——89–54
144September 19Braves2–1Aldridge (15–6)Barnes—11,00090–54
145September 21Phillies9–7Morrison (17–13)Decatur——91–54
146September 22Phillies14–4Kremer (15–8)Ring——92–54
147September 23Phillies2–1Yde (17–9)WilloughbySheehan (2)2,00093–54
148September 24Giants0–4ScottOldham (3–2)—12,00093–55
149September 26Giants3–4BarnesAldridge (15–7)——93–56
150September 26Giants0–3FitzsimmonsMorrison (17–14)—18,00093–57
151September 27@ Reds4–3 (5)Kremer (16–8)Luque——94–57 :
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 4@ Reds4–2Kremer (17–8)GoodwinMorrison (4)—95–57
153October 4@ Reds1–4DonohueCulloton (0–1)——95–58 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

### 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 | Earl Smith | 109 | 329 | 103 | .313 | 8 | 64 |
| 1B | George Grantham | 114 | 359 | 117 | .326 | 8 | 52 |
| 2B | Eddie Moore | 142 | 547 | 163 | .298 | 6 | 77 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 150 | 591 | 189 | .320 | 6 | 106 |
| SS | Glenn Wright | 153 | 614 | 189 | .308 | 18 | 121 |
| OF | Max Carey | 133 | 542 | 186 | .343 | 5 | 44 |
| OF | Kiki Cuyler | 153 | 617 | 220 | .357 | 18 | 102 |
| OF | Clyde Barnhart | 142 | 539 | 175 | .325 | 4 | 114 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Gooch | 79 | 215 | 64 | .298 | 0 | 30 |
| Stuffy McInnis | 59 | 155 | 57 | .368 | 0 | 24 |
| Carson Bigbee | 66 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 0 | 8 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 36 | 110 | 31 | .282 | 2 | 13 |
| Al Niehaus | 17 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 0 | 7 |
| Fresco Thompson | 14 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 8 |
| Roy Spencer | 14 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Jewel Ens | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Mule Haas | 4 | 3 | 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 |
| Lee Meadows | 35 | 255.1 | 19 | 10 | 3.67 | 87 |
| Ray Kremer | 40 | 214.2 | 17 | 8 | 3.63 | 62 |
| Vic Aldridge | 30 | 213.1 | 15 | 7 | 3.63 | 88 |
| Johnny Morrison | 44 | 211.0 | 17 | 14 | 3.88 | 60 |
| Emil Yde | 33 | 207.0 | 17 | 9 | 4.13 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Babe Adams | 33 | 101.1 | 6 | 5 | 5.42 | 18 |
| Red Oldham | 11 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.91 | 10 |
| Bud Culloton | 9 | 21.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Sheehan | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 | 13 |
| Don Songer | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 4 |
| Lou Koupal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## 1925 World Series
### Game 1

October 7, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Walter Johnson (1–0) L: Lee Meadows (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Joe Harris (1), PIT – Pie Traynor (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 8, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Vic Aldridge (1–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Joe Judge (1), PIT – Glenn Wright (1), Kiki Cuyler (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 10, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Alex Ferguson (1–0) L: Ray Kremer (0–1) S: Firpo Marberry (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 11, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Walter Johnson (2–0) L: Emil Yde (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2), Joe Harris (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 12, 1925, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| W: Vic Aldridge (2–0) L: Stan Coveleski (0–2) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Joe Harris (3) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 13, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| W: Ray Kremer (1–1) L: Alex Ferguson (1–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), PIT – Eddie Moore (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 7

October 15, 1925, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | x | 9 | 15 | 3 |
| W: Ray Kremer (2–1) L: Walter Johnson (2–1), S: Red Oldham (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Roger Peckinpaugh (1) |||||||||||||

## Awards and records
### League leaders

* Kiki Cuyler, National League leader, triples (26)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| C | Johnstown Johnnies | Middle Atlantic League | Norm McNeill |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnstown