1945 Boston Braves season
1945 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 67–85 (.441) |
League place | 6th |
Owners | Louis R. Perini |
Managers | Bob Coleman, Del Bissonette |
Radio | WNAC (George Hatrick, Tom Hussey) |
The 1945 Boston Braves season was the 75th season of the franchise.
Tommy Holmes had a career year, with 28 home runs, 117 RBI, and a .352 batting average. He led his team in every offensive category except walks.[1] Holmes led the National League in hits (224), doubles (47), home runs (28), total bases (367), slugging percentage (.577) and on-base plus slugging (.997). He finished second in the NL in RBI and batting average.[2] Holmes also put up a 37-game hitting streak this season, lasting from June 6 to July 8, recording a .423 batting average (66-for-156) with 9 home runs and 41 RBI.[3] His hitting-streak record held for 33 years until 1978, when Pete Rose put together a 44-game hitting streak.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 49–26 | 49–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 | 48–29 | 47–30 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 11 | 48–30 | 39–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
New York Giants | 78 | 74 | .513 | 19 | 47–30 | 31–44 |
Boston Braves | 67 | 85 | .441 | 30 | 36–38 | 31–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 93 | .396 | 37 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 | .299 | 52 | 22–55 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–10–2 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 21–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 1–21 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–10–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Phil Masi | 114 | 371 | 101 | .272 | 7 | 46 |
1B | Vince Shupe | 78 | 283 | 76 | .269 | 0 | 15 |
2B | Whitey Wietelmann | 123 | 428 | 116 | .271 | 4 | 33 |
SS | Dick Culler | 136 | 527 | 138 | .262 | 2 | 30 |
3B | Chuck Workman | 139 | 514 | 141 | .274 | 25 | 87 |
OF | Carden Gillenwater | 144 | 517 | 149 | .288 | 7 | 72 |
OF | Tommy Holmes | 154 | 636 | 224 | .352 | 28 | 117 |
OF | Butch Nieman | 97 | 247 | 61 | .247 | 14 | 56 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Joe Mack | 66 | 260 | 60 | .231 | 3 | 44 |
Joe Medwick | 66 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 0 | 26 |
Stew Hofferth | 50 | 170 | 40 | .235 | 3 | 15 |
Frank Drews | 49 | 147 | 30 | .204 | 0 | 19 |
Eddie Joost | 35 | 141 | 35 | .248 | 0 | 9 |
Bill Ramsey | 78 | 137 | 40 | .292 | 1 | 12 |
Tommy Nelson | 40 | 121 | 20 | .165 | 0 | 6 |
Morrie Aderholt | 31 | 102 | 34 | .333 | 2 | 11 |
Clyde Kluttz | 25 | 81 | 24 | .296 | 0 | 10 |
Steve Shemo | 17 | 46 | 11 | .239 | 0 | 7 |
Stan Wentzel | 4 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 6 |
Mike Ulicny | 11 | 18 | 7 | .389 | 1 | 4 |
Norm Wallen | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Tobin | 27 | 196.2 | 9 | 14 | 3.84 | 38 |
Bob Logan | 34 | 187.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.18 | 53 |
Nate Andrews | 21 | 137.2 | 7 | 12 | 4.58 | 26 |
Ed Wright | 15 | 111.1 | 8 | 3 | 2.51 | 24 |
Bill Lee | 16 | 106.1 | 6 | 3 | 2.79 | 12 |
Al Javery | 17 | 77.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.28 | 18 |
Elmer Singleton | 7 | 37.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.82 | 14 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Hutchings | 57 | 185.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.75 | 99 |
Mort Cooper | 20 | 78.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.35 | 45 |
Tom Earley | 11 | 41.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.61 | 4 |
Red Barrett | 9 | 38.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.74 | 13 |
Lefty Wallace | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
Bob Whitcher | 6 | 15.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.87 | 6 |
Ewald Pyle | 4 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.24 | 10 |
Lou Fette | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.73 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Don Hendrickson | 37 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4.91 | 14 |
Ira Hutchinson | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.02 | 4 |
Hal Schacker | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 6 |
Charlie Cozart | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 4 |
Joe Heving | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |
Ben Cardoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
Whitey Wietelmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Merle Settlemire |
D | Mooresville Braves | North Carolina State League | Jack Quinlan |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "1945 Boston Braves statistics at baseball-reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Tommy Holmes career statistics at baseball-reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Tommy Holmes top performances at retrosheet.com". retrosheet.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
References
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