# 1925 Cleveland Indians season

The 1925 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 70–84, 27+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators.

## Regular season

* April 14, 1925: The Indians set a record for most runs scored by a team on Opening Day with 21. The Indians beat the St. Louis Browns, 21–14.

### 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 | Glenn Myatt | 106 | 358 | 97 | .271 | 11 | 54 |
| 1B | George Burns | 127 | 488 | 164 | .336 | 6 | 79 |
| 2B | Chick Fewster | 93 | 294 | 73 | .248 | 1 | 38 |
| SS | Joe Sewell | 155 | 608 | 204 | .336 | 1 | 98 |
| 3B | Rube Lutzke | 81 | 238 | 52 | .218 | 1 | 16 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 117 | 429 | 167 | .389 | 12 | 87 |
| OF | Pat McNulty | 118 | 373 | 117 | .314 | 6 | 43 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 138 | 557 | 165 | .296 | 4 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Freddy Spurgeon | 107 | 376 | 108 | .287 | 0 | 32 |
| Cliff Lee | 77 | 230 | 74 | .322 | 4 | 42 |
| Homer Summa | 75 | 224 | 74 | .330 | 0 | 25 |
| Luke Sewell | 74 | 220 | 51 | .232 | 0 | 18 |
| Johnny Hodapp | 37 | 130 | 31 | .238 | 0 | 14 |
| Ray Knode | 45 | 108 | 27 | .250 | 0 | 11 |
| Joe Klugmann | 38 | 85 | 28 | .329 | 0 | 12 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 19 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 1 | 9 |
| Ike Eichrodt | 15 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
| Harvey Hendrick | 25 | 28 | 8 | .286 | 0 | 9 |
| Roxy Walters | 5 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Tolson | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank McCrea | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Bedford | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Ussat | 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 |
| Sherry Smith | 31 | 237.0 | 11 | 14 | 4.86 | 30 |
| George Uhle | 29 | 210.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.10 | 68 |
| Benn Karr | 32 | 197.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.78 | 41 |
| Jake Miller | 32 | 190.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.31 | 51 |
| Garland Buckeye | 30 | 153.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.65 | 49 |
| Joe Shaute | 26 | 131.0 | 4 | 12 | 5.43 | 34 |
| Dutch Levsen | 4 | 24.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.55 | 9 |
| Ray Benge | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.54 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Cole | 13 | 44.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.14 | 9 |
| Carl Yowell | 12 | 36.1 | 2 | 3 | 4.46 | 12 |
| Jim Joe Edwards | 13 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | 8.25 | 12 |
| Luther Roy | 6 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| By Speece | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4.28 | 26 |