# 1925 Boston Braves season

The 1925 Boston Braves season was the 55th season of the franchise.

## Offseason

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

## 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

* June 18, 1925: Shanty Hogan was signed by the Braves as an amateur free agent.
* October 6, 1925: Gus Felix, Jesse Barnes and Mickey O'Neil were traded by the Braves to the Brooklyn Robins for Zack Taylor, Jimmy Johnston, and Eddie Brown.

### 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 | Frank Gibson | 104 | 316 | 88 | .278 | 2 | 50 |
| 1B | Dick Burrus | 152 | 588 | 200 | .340 | 5 | 87 |
| 2B | Doc Gautreau | 68 | 279 | 73 | .262 | 0 | 23 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 128 | 479 | 153 | .319 | 2 | 49 |
| 3B | William Marriott | 103 | 390 | 99 | .268 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Jimmy Welsh | 122 | 484 | 151 | .312 | 7 | 63 |
| OF | Gus Felix | 121 | 459 | 141 | .307 | 2 | 66 |
| OF | Dave Harris | 92 | 340 | 90 | .265 | 5 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Bernie Neis | 106 | 355 | 101 | .285 | 5 | 45 |
| Ernie Padgett | 86 | 256 | 78 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
| Mickey O'Neil | 70 | 222 | 57 | .257 | 2 | 30 |
| Andy High | 60 | 219 | 63 | .288 | 4 | 28 |
| Leslie Mann | 60 | 184 | 63 | .342 | 2 | 20 |
| Bob Smith | 58 | 174 | 49 | .282 | 0 | 23 |
| Oscar Siemer | 16 | 46 | 14 | .304 | 1 | 6 |
| Hod Kibbie | 11 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Wilson | 12 | 31 | 13 | .419 | 0 | 0 |
| Shanty Hogan | 9 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 3 |
| Abie Hood | 5 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Lucas | 6 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
| Herb Thomas | 5 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Stengel | 12 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Sperber | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Cousineau | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Johnny Cooney | 31 | 245.2 | 14 | 14 | 3.48 | 65 |
| Jesse Barnes | 32 | 216.1 | 11 | 16 | 4.53 | 55 |
| Larry Benton | 31 | 183.1 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 49 |
| Bob Smith | 13 | 92.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.47 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Genewich | 34 | 169.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.99 | 34 |
| Kyle Graham | 34 | 157.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.41 | 32 |
| Rosy Ryan | 37 | 122.2 | 2 | 8 | 6.31 | 48 |
| Rube Marquard | 26 | 72.0 | 2 | 8 | 5.75 | 19 |
| Ike Kamp | 24 | 58.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.09 | 20 |
| Bill Vargus | 11 | 36.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.96 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Batchelder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 |
| Bill Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
| Foster Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Joe Ogrodowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
| Tim McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 |