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.

1925 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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Offseason

• February 4, 1925: Bernie Neis was traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Cotton Tierney.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	58	0.621	—	52–25	43–33
New York Giants	86	66	0.566	8½	47–29	39–37
Cincinnati Reds	80	73	0.523	15	44–32	36–41
St. Louis Cardinals	77	76	0.503	18	48–28	29–48
Boston Braves	70	83	0.458	25	37–39	33–44
Brooklyn Robins	68	85	0.444	27	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	68	85	0.444	27	40–37	28–48
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	27½	37–40	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1925 National League Records 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.[2]
• May 10, 1925: Tommy Griffith was traded by the Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Barrett.[3]

Roster

1925 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Lloyd Brown Guy Cantrell Art Decatur Rube Ehrhardt Jumbo Elliott Nelson Greene Burleigh Grimes Bill Hubbell Bob McGraw Joe Oeschger Tiny Osborne Jesse Petty Jim Roberts Andy Rush Hank Thormahlen Dazzy Vance		Catchers Hank DeBerry Charlie Hargreaves Zack Taylor Infielders Chuck Corgan Hod Ford Jack Fournier Andy High Jimmy Johnston Johnny Mitchell Milt Stock Cotton Tierney		Outfielders Bob Barrett Eddie Brown Dick Cox Tommy Griffith Roy Hutson Dick Loftus Zack Wheat Other batters Jerry Standaert		Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Ben Egan

Player stats

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

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	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	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	1	2	6.08	6
Guy Cantrell	14	36	1	0	3.00	13
Hank Thormahlen	5	16	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

References

1. Bernie Neis page at Baseball Reference
2. Art Decatur page at Baseball Reference
3. Tommy Griffith page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1925 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet