1945 Brooklyn Dodgers season
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith |
President | Branch Rickey |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Radio | WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
As World War II was drawing to a close, the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers finished 11 games back in third place in the National League race.
Offseason
- February 24, 1945: Carden Gillenwater was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.[1]
- March 28, 1945: Whit Wyatt was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
Regular season
Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks.[3]
Season standings
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
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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- June 15, 1945: Ben Chapman was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.[4]
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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C | Mike Sandlock | 80 | 195 | 55 | .282 | 2 | 17 |
1B | Augie Galan | 152 | 576 | 177 | .307 | 9 | 92 |
2B | Eddie Stanky | 153 | 555 | 143 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
3B | Frenchy Bordagaray | 113 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 2 | 49 |
SS | Eddie Basinski | 108 | 336 | 88 | .262 | 0 | 33 |
OF | Dixie Walker | 154 | 607 | 182 | .300 | 8 | 124 |
OF | Goody Rosen | 145 | 606 | 197 | .325 | 12 | 75 |
OF | Luis Olmo | 141 | 556 | 174 | .313 | 10 | 110 |
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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Ed Stevens | 55 | 201 | 55 | .274 | 4 | 29 |
Tommy Brown | 57 | 196 | 48 | .245 | 2 | 19 |
Bill Hart | 58 | 161 | 37 | .230 | 3 | 27 |
Howie Schultz | 39 | 142 | 34 | .239 | 1 | 19 |
Fats Dantonio | 47 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 0 | 12 |
Johnny Peacock | 48 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 0 | 14 |
Mickey Owen | 24 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 0 | 11 |
Morrie Aderholt | 39 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
Clyde Sukeforth | 18 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Andrews | 21 | 49 | 8 | .163 | 0 | 2 |
Babe Herman | 37 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 1 | 9 |
Red Durrett | 8 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
John Douglas | 5 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Durocher | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Claude Corbitt | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Don Lund | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Hayworth | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Barney White | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Erv Palica | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Hal Gregg | 42 | 254.1 | 18 | 13 | 3.47 | 139 |
Curt Davis | 24 | 149.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.25 | 39 |
Art Herring | 22 | 124.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.48 | 34 |
Ralph Branca | 16 | 109.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.04 | 69 |
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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Vic Lombardi | 38 | 203.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.31 | 64 |
Tom Seats | 31 | 121.2 | 10 | 7 | 4.36 | 44 |
Les Webber | 17 | 75.1 | 7 | 3 | 3.58 | 30 |
Lee Pfund | 15 | 62.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.20 | 27 |
Ben Chapman | 10 | 53.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.53 | 23 |
Ray Hathaway | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 |
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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Cy Buker | 42 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.30 | 48 |
Clyde King | 42 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.09 | 29 |
Otho Nitcholas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.30 | 4 |
Ernie Rudolph | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 |
Claude Crocker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors
- 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Unofficial rosters, the game was not played due to the war
- Hal Gregg starter
- Goody Rosen reserve
- Dixie Walker reserve
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Zanesville
Notes
- ^ Carden Gillenwater page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Whit Wyatt page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Eddie Stanky". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ^ Ben Chapman page at Baseball Reference
References
External links
- 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet