1945 Cleveland Indians season
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Ballpark | League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley | |
Managers | Lou Boudreau | |
Radio | none | |
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Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 88 | 65 | .575 | — | 50–26 | 38–39 |
Washington Senators | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1½ | 46–31 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 81 | 70 | .536 | 6 | 47–27 | 34–43 |
New York Yankees | 81 | 71 | .533 | 6½ | 48–28 | 33–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 73 | 72 | .503 | 11 | 44–33 | 29–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 71 | 78 | .477 | 15 | 44–29 | 27–49 |
Boston Red Sox | 71 | 83 | .461 | 17½ | 42–35 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 98 | .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 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 29, 1945: Buddy Rosar was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | Frankie Hayes | 119 | 385 | 91 | .236 | 6 | 43 |
1B | Mickey Rocco | 143 | 565 | 149 | .264 | 10 | 56 |
2B | Dutch Meyer | 130 | 524 | 153 | .292 | 7 | 48 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 97 | 345 | 106 | .307 | 3 | 48 |
3B | Don Ross | 106 | 363 | 95 | .262 | 2 | 43 |
OF | Pat Seerey | 126 | 414 | 98 | .237 | 14 | 56 |
OF | Jeff Heath | 102 | 370 | 113 | .305 | 15 | 61 |
OF | Felix Mackiewicz | 120 | 359 | 98 | .273 | 2 | 37 |
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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Al Cihocki | 92 | 283 | 60 | .212 | 0 | 24 |
Paul O'Dea | 87 | 221 | 52 | .235 | 1 | 21 |
Les Fleming | 42 | 140 | 46 | .329 | 3 | 22 |
Myril Hoag | 40 | 128 | 27 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
Ed Wheeler | 46 | 72 | 14 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Carnett | 30 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 7 |
Jim McDonnell | 28 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 8 |
Hank Ruszkowski | 14 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 5 |
Elmer Weingartner | 20 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Roy Cullenbine | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Red Steiner | 12 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Stan Benjamin | 14 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
Papa Williams | 16 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Rothel | 4 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Desautels | 10 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 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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Steve Gromek | 33 | 251.0 | 19 | 9 | 2.55 | 101 |
Allie Reynolds | 44 | 247.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.20 | 112 |
Jim Bagby | 25 | 159.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.73 | 38 |
Al Smith | 21 | 133.2 | 5 | 12 | 3.84 | 34 |
Mel Harder | 11 | 76.0 | 3 | 7 | 3.67 | 16 |
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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Bob Feller | 9 | 72.0 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 | 59 |
Red Embree | 8 | 70.0 | 4 | 4 | 1.93 | 42 |
Hal Kleine | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 |
Myril Hoag | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Paul O'Dea | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Eddie Carnett | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Paul Calvert | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
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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Ed Klieman | 38 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3.85 | 33 |
Pete Center | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3.99 | 34 |
Jack Salveson | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 11 |
Earl Henry | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 | 10 |
Awards and honors
All-Star Game (note: rosters were named by Associated Press writers, but game was not played due to travel restrictions during World War II)[2]
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop
Steve Gromek, Pitcher
Frankie Hayes, Catcher
Jeff Heath, Outfielder
Allie Reynolds, Pitcher
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | Eastern League | Dick Porter and Mike McNally |
D | Batavia Clippers | PONY League | Jack Tighe |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia[3]
Notes
- ^ Frankie Hayes at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1945 All-Star Game - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1945 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1945 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac