1945 Cleveland Indians season

1945 Cleveland Indians
1945 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park; Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Roger Peckinpaugh
Managers	Lou Boudreau
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1945 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–72–2.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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
	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

1945 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
	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

1945 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Lou Boudreau

Coaches

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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
^ "Indians Gain Five Places on All-Star Team". The Plain Dealer. July 12, 1945. p. 14.
^ 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

[1] Frankie Hayes at Baseball Reference

[2] "Indians Gain Five Places on All-Star Team". The Plain Dealer. July 12, 1945. p. 14.

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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