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Contents

   



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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Notable transactions  




1.4  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Starting pitchers  




2.2.2  Other pitchers  




2.2.3  Relief pitchers  








3 Awards and honors  




4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













1945 Cleveland Indians season






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1945 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersRoger Peckinpaugh
ManagersLou Boudreau
← 1944 Seasons 1946 →

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[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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    • American League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    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[edit]

    1945 American League record
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    • 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
    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[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1945 Cleveland Indians
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    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[edit]

    1. ^ Frankie HayesatBaseball 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

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