# 1925 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1925 season was one of tragedy for the Brooklyn Robins. Majority owner and team president Charles Ebbets fell ill after returning home from spring training and died on the morning of April 18. Ed McKeever took over as president, but he caught a cold at Ebbets' funeral and died within a week of pneumonia. Stephen McKeever became the principal owner and team manager Wilbert Robinson was additionally given the position of president. Through it all, the woeful Robins finished in sixth place.

## Offseason

* February 4, 1925: Bernie Neis was traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Cotton Tierney.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 1, 1925: Art Decatur was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hubbell.
* May 10, 1925: Tommy Griffith was traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Barrett.

### 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 | Zack Taylor | 109 | 352 | 109 | .310 | 3 | 44 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 145 | 545 | 191 | .350 | 22 | 130 |
| 2B | Milt Stock | 146 | 615 | 202 | .328 | 1 | 62 |
| 3B | Jimmy Johnston | 123 | 431 | 128 | .297 | 2 | 43 |
| SS | Johnny Mitchell | 97 | 336 | 84 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
| OF | Eddie Brown | 153 | 618 | 189 | .306 | 5 | 99 |
| OF | Zack Wheat | 150 | 616 | 221 | .359 | 14 | 103 |
| OF | Dick Cox | 122 | 434 | 143 | .329 | 7 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Cotton Tierney | 93 | 265 | 68 | .257 | 2 | 39 |
| Hod Ford | 66 | 216 | 59 | .273 | 1 | 15 |
| Hank DeBerry | 67 | 193 | 50 | .259 | 2 | 24 |
| Dick Loftus | 51 | 131 | 31 | .237 | 0 | 13 |
| Andy High | 44 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Hargreaves | 45 | 83 | 23 | .277 | 0 | 13 |
| Chuck Corgan | 14 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Hutson | 7 | 8 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Griffith | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Standaert | 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 |
| Dazzy Vance | 31 | 265.1 | 22 | 9 | 3.53 | 221 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 33 | 246.2 | 12 | 19 | 5.04 | 73 |
| Rube Ehrhardt | 36 | 207.2 | 10 | 14 | 5.03 | 47 |
| Jesse Petty | 28 | 153.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.88 | 39 |
| Bob McGraw | 2 | 19.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.20 | 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 |
| Tiny Osborne | 41 | 175.0 | 8 | 15 | 4.94 | 59 |
| Bill Hubbell | 33 | 86.2 | 3 | 6 | 5.30 | 16 |
| Lloyd Brown | 17 | 63.1 | 0 | 3 | 4.12 | 23 |
| Joe Oeschger | 21 | 37.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.08 | 6 |
| Guy Cantrell | 14 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 13 |
| Hank Thormahlen | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.94 | 7 |
| Jumbo Elliott | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.44 | 3 |
| Andy Rush | 4 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.31 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Nelson Greene | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10.64 | 4 |
| Art Decatur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Jim Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* TSN Major League All-Star Team
** Dazzy Vance