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1925 in baseball .
Sports season
The 1925 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1925. The regular season ended on October 4, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 22nd World Series on October 7 and ended with Game 7 on October 15. The Pirates defeated the Senators, four games to three.
This was the fourth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.
The 1925 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919 ) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the previous season . The final day of the regular season was on October 4. The World Series took place between October 7 and October 15.
The 1925 season saw the stipulation that the minimum home run distance was 250 feet.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Philadelphia Athletics [ 4] 88 23.9% 869,703 63.5% 11,295 Chicago White Sox [ 5] 79 19.7% 832,231 37.2% 10,808 Detroit Tigers [ 6] 81 -5.8% 820,766 -19.1% 10,659 Washington Senators [ 7] 96 4.3% 817,199 39.9% 10,753 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 8] 95 5.6% 804,354 9.2% 10,446 New York Giants [ 9] 86 -7.5% 778,993 -7.7% 10,250 New York Yankees [ 10] 69 -22.5% 697,267 -33.8% 8,826 Brooklyn Robins [ 11] 68 -26.1% 659,435 -19.5% 8,564 Chicago Cubs [ 12] 68 -16.0% 622,610 -13.2% 8,086 Cincinnati Reds [ 13] 80 -3.6% 464,920 -1.9% 6,117 St. Louis Browns [ 14] 82 10.8% 462,898 -13.2% 5,935 Cleveland Indians [ 15] 70 4.5% 419,005 -13.1% 5,442 St. Louis Cardinals [ 16] 77 18.5% 404,959 48.4% 5,328 Boston Braves [ 17] 70 32.1% 313,528 76.7% 4,125 Philadelphia Phillies [ 18] 68 23.6% 304,905 1.7% 3,960 Boston Red Sox [ 19] 47 -29.9% 267,782 -40.3% 3,570
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