1945 Washington Senators season
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Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson | |
Managers | Ossie Bluege | |
Radio | WOL (AM)/WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges) | |
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The 1945 Washington Senators won 87 games, lost 67, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season
- August 14, 1945: Handicapped Senators coach Bert Shepard pitched in a game against the Red Sox. Shepard had an artificial leg but managed to give up only one run in 5⅓ innings while striking out two Red Sox batters.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 88 | 65 | 0.575 | — | 50–26 | 38–39 |
Washington Senators | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 1½ | 46–31 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 81 | 70 | 0.536 | 6 | 47–27 | 34–43 |
New York Yankees | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 6½ | 48–28 | 33–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 72 | 0.503 | 11 | 44–33 | 29–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 71 | 78 | 0.477 | 15 | 44–29 | 27–49 |
Boston Red Sox | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 17½ | 42–35 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 98 | 0.347 | 34½ | 39–35 | 13–63 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | — | 11–8–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 12–10 | 8–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 8–11–1 | — | 11–11 | 12–9 | 12–6–1 | 11–10 | 8–14 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 15–6 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 12–9 | 9–12 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 7–15 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–16 | — | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8–1 | 13–8 | 10–11 | 6–15 | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
Washington | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 17–5 | 11–11–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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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Other batters
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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Hillis Layne | 60 | 147 | 44 | .299 | 1 | 14 |
José Zardón | 54 | 131 | 38 | .290 | 0 | 13 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
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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Dutch Leonard | 31 | 216 | 17 | 7 | 2.13 | 96 |
Other pitchers
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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Alex Carrasquel | 35 | 122.2 | 7 | 5 | 2.71 | 38 |
Pete Appleton | 6 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
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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Bert Shepard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 2 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Bert Niehoff |
A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Ray Kolp |
Notes
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 193, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007