1925 Season Recap: This will be the last update until my DSL comes back online next week. I'll continue the sim offline and write my updates as I get to them, then just post them when I come back.
Final 1925 Standings:
1925 New York Yankees Leaders & Rankings:
1925 Year In Review: Yankee slugger Mule Suttles became the 1st player in Major League history to hit 40 homers in a season. When he got to 37 at the end of August, I thought he had a shot at 50. But he went without a home run for the first 2 weeks of September, which killed any chance he had.
The American League pennant was a 3 team race between the Yankees, Athletics, & Tigers until the Yankees won 10 in a row and 12 of 13 in late August to pull away from the pack. The exciting race was again in the National League. Brooklyn trailed the Braves by 2 games going into the final series of the year, 2 games at home against Boston. The Robbins won both games to force a 1 game playoff in Boston. The Braves won the playoff game 6-2 to win their first National League pennant.
1925 New York Yankees Transactions: A few trades this year as I looked to retool on the fly and get a little younger.
July 18, 1925: Traded P Jumbo Brown, P Larry Benton, P Boom Boom Beck, P Claude Thomas, & LF Dave Harris to the New York Giants for P Bill Foster
As I mentioned in the draft recap, Foster is supposed to be a great pitcher. I didn't think the Giants were using him properly, dumping him in AA ball. So I shipped a bunch of prospects and a veteran (Thomas) across town to get Foster, then put him in the Yankee rotation. Foster went 10-6 with a 3.54 ERA after I acquired him.
July 26, 1925: Signed CFs Pat Duncan & James Hickman to 2 year contract extensions worth $7,000 each.
Just housekeeping as I wait for Cool Papa Bell. As it turns out, Bell may be closer then I thought. Due to an injury late in the year, I brought Bell up in September and he batted .290 and stole 11 bases leading off for the Yankees down the stretch. Since Duncan won't return from his injury till November, Bell will get some World Series at bats.
July 28, 1925: Traded P Dan Woodman & RF Howie Fitzgerald to the Boston Red Sox (GASP!!!) for RF Frank Welch
Not really sure why I did this, other then the fact that Woodman had been AWFUL for me the last 2+ seasons. I had no use for Welch really and probably won't resign him.
July 30, 1925: Traded P Dan Boone & P Dewey Metivier + $1,000 cash to the Washington Senators for P Homer Blankenship
Boone is a very good pitcher who hadn't performed too well for me. Blankenship is about the same quality as Boone, but he's younger. Metivier was really the player Washington wanted. The cash was included to even up the salaries.
World Series Matchup: The Yankees make their 3rd straight WS appearance and 11th in franchise history. Boston will be in their first Fall Classic.
Game 1 @ New York: 3 Boston pitchers held the Yankees to 2 runs on 5 hits as Boston won the game 7-2. Boston leads the series 1 game to none.
Game 2 @ New York: Boston's Ted Blankenship allowed 1 run, scattering 8 hits and 2 walks, picking up a complete game win 7-1. Boston leads the series 2 games to none.
Game 3 @ Boston: Hod Eller's 2nd start of the series was much better. He limited Boston to 1 run on 5 hits to beat the Braves 3-1. Eller outdueled Walter Johnson, who has managed to hang around the majors into his late 30s. The Big Train won 19 games this year for the Braves, and has now won over 200 games in his career, although he does have a losing record. The Braves now lead the series 2 games to 1.
Game 4 @ Boston: The Braves plated 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st to beat the Yankees 6-2. Boston now leads the series 3 games to 1.
Game 5 @ Boston: The Yankees scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th to avoid elimination, winning the game 7-6. Boston is now up 3 games to 2 heading back to New York.
Game 6 @ New York: Al Simmons 3rd homer of the series, a solo shot in the top of the 5th, proved to be the game winner and series clincher for the Braves as they beat the Yankees 4-2.
Boston wins the series 4 games to 2!
World Series Tally:
Real Yankees: 26
My Yankees: 5