1925 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1925 throughout the world.
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Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
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- February 15 - Duke Farrell, 58, catcher for eight teams who batted .300 four times, led American Association in home runs and RBI in 1891; later a scout
- March 4 - Monte Ward, 65, pitcher who posted 164-102 record on the mound, including 47 wins for 1879 champion Providence and 1880 perfect game, then became shortstop, batting over .325 three times; fifth player to reach 2000 hits; organized first players' union in 1888, formed 1890 Players League
- April 18 - Charles Ebbets, 65, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise since 1897
- August 2 - Patrick T. Powers, 63, founder of the minor leagues' governing body who served as its first president from 1901 to 1909
- August 15 - Arthur Soden, 80, owner of the NL's Boston franchise from the 1870s to the 1900s; NL president in 1882
- October 7 - Christy Mathewson, 45, pitcher for the New York Giants whose 373 victories included two no-hitters and thirteen 20-win seasons, reaching 30 four times including modern NL record of 37 in 1908; led NL in ERA and strikeouts five times each, wins and shutouts four times; set NL career records for wins, strikeouts, games and shutouts; had ERA under 2.00 five times with career 2.13 mark; pitched three shutouts in six days as star of 1905 World Series
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1925 in baseball