Show 1925 BASEBALL LL SEASON sE SO MARKED M BY BY HEAVY HEAVY HITTING A IN IN- IN t. t AMERICAN AMERICAN- LEAGUE i uth Surrenders Batting Scoring 9 Slugging Honors free ree Clubs Hit Over Athletics Take Team T earn Batting Honors AMERICAN LEAGUE Club Batting Batting 1925 0 AR An R n It H TB l 2 2 nu In fl B. 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ind d the tho champion Senators topping h liP TI ers The Athletics lake take the 1125 honors with a team percentage The Athletics also made opt hit hit but tied lied with the New cw fork ork Yankees for tor homers and were he hlL he leaders In two-base two hits Deo De- De hits i fO o t made most moat three base LEAD WHITE SOX Washington shaded Chicago in to number of ot bases stolen u the White Sox were not beaten hat because they were not try- try a as they tied the Senators in of ot men caught attempting teal teal Cl- Cl Chicago led In sacrifice t ta Detroit olt again had most runners run run- ners W 0 left on bases baBes fn Cn number on only I owe however for tor the Cleveland team ra only on only one less in one less game a ed he e batting baiting percentage of ot the Boston JOlton Red Hed Sox a n. poor last in ot- ot lve work was eleven points less the ame came team registered re the thear fr ar bero e when It also brought p rear reir In m batting With Aith all the heavy hitting of ot the theun i senn un in the American league seasons season's batting champion could coull los o attain the mark That Harry Hellmann right eider of or 1 the he Detroit team fin fin- shed heel up with a n. terrific batting to achieve e an average of or Thereby he the veteran vetran vet vet- ran eran r t Speaker who had taken he bench In the latter part of ot he season except to appear now and ind then as All a n pinch hitter Speaker Speak- Speak r er had retired front from regular play lh lih an average of That fin fin- shing mark for him topped Al Sims Sim- Sim ons ens s the slugging center fielder of or hl he by tutee points stood between Speaker d 4 that other veteran Ty 1 Cobb v o batted 38 thus thull making It consecutive e seasons that he head hes ad s batted better than As an of ot the In Increased batting down the line Cobbs Cobb's 1925 Inures which put lUt him In fourth lace J ce among the regulars were ex- ex those with which Ruth led the eague gue in hitting in 1924 EUSEL EUSEL HOLDS HONOR Ruth uth not only surrendered batna bat- bat ng na honors but also home run honra hon- hon r ra rs were taken for the 1925 eason by bv his teammate Bob Dob Meu- Meu jl el l who registered 33 round trip Its It In percentage of homers per ame ame pIa played however howe Ruth still ill es supreme luth s honors as nil a n. run-getter run ue e e taken the tho past pant season by Johny John- John y t II center fielder of the Chlo Chi Chi- alto 4 o Sox Sax who also led fed In dealing tealing bases balles Total honors went TAI rAI Simmons by a 0 considerable argin Most three-base three hits Were in do de by bv Leon Goslin Washing Washing- on on ri Marty McManus of ot St St. Louis eil ed d In to two two base hits by one over o Immons and Earl Sheely who tied l o se second ond place In this respect tonley Harris led In sacrifice hits Immons also made most hits hU taUni taU fall ni ng but a 11 few short holt of ot the tho record for Its made b by George Sister In m 1920 That was waa always trying hen on bases is Indicated by the cords of caught stealing The speed merchant was brown out twenty-one twenty times In n at- at to steal JOHNSON OVER There hero were four tour men in tn not nough games ame to tn be classed as ne reg- reg lar players who were cre above o Al AI Immons m to percentage This et WU was war led by heater Chester Folk of ot St. St uIs who failed n as a 11 pitcher but developed de surprising batting powers powers powers pow pow- ers n oa aS his hie mark of ot Indicates lie He wont went to tn bat but eight times though taking part In seventeen games and made mado five hit huts hits II all singlee sin sin- glee Benny Denn Tate Tale and Walter Johnson Johnson John John- son of ot Wn Washington and Tony Rego Ot of St. St Louis were the tho other nominal nominal nomi nal nat leader lender each with figures above A feature of or the American league I batting averages Is le the liberal liberalI I I sprinkling of ot younger players among the veterans who nave years ears after otter year shown the WA way tray Among these new men who did notable hitting hitt hitting hit hit- t ting Ing were Simmons Simmon Ringo French and Harry Rice I Among the batters who stood tood hi hlf high eh h In 1924 but suffered slumps In 1925 lUG were Jamieson ol ot Cleveland I Bossier lel of ot De Detroit 11 and ant M lanu of St St. Louis Loul white while Combs C of ot et e York who was WB the nominal let d din In 1924 dropped well down the tho list JIlt st st. |