1945 Cleveland Indians season
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Owners | Alva Bradley |
General managers | Roger Peckinpaugh |
Managers | Lou Boudreau |
Local radio | none |
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Regular season
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
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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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Player stats
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 |
Eddie Carnett | 30 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 7 |
Ed Wheeler | 46 | 72 | 14 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Jim McDonnell | 28 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 8 |
Hank Ruszkowski | 14 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 5 |
Elmer Weingartner | 20 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Benjamin | 14 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
Red Steiner | 12 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Williams | 16 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Cullenbine | 8 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Rothel | 4 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Desautels | 10 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
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)
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[2]
Notes
- Frankie Hayes at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007