1945 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record71–83 (.461)
League place7th (17+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWNAC
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1945 Boston Red Sox season was the 45th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, 17+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1945 World Series.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

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
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 —


Opening Day lineup

16 Ben Steiner 2B
 2 Catfish Metkovich 1B
15 Pete Fox RF
 8 Bob Johnson     LF
  4 Joe Cronin 3B
11 Leon Culberson CF
 6 Skeeter Newsome     SS
26 Fred Walters C
31 Rex Cecil P

Roster

1945 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Bob Garbark 68 199 52 .261 0 17
1B George Metkovich 138 539 140 .260 5 62
2B Skeeter Newsome 125 438 127 .290 1 48
SS Eddie Lake 133 473 132 .279 11 51
3B Jackie Tobin 84 278 70 .252 0 21
OF Leon Culberson 97 331 91 .275 6 45
OF Johnny Lazor 101 335 104 .310 5 45
OF Bob Johnson 143 529 148 .280 12 74

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
Tom McBride 100 344 105 .305 1 47
Ben Steiner 78 304 78 .257 3 20
Pete Fox 66 208 51 .245 0 20
Ty LaForest 52 204 51 .250 2 16
Dolph Camilli 63 198 42 .212 2 19
Jim Bucher 52 151 34 .225 0 11
Billy Holm 58 135 25 .185 0 9
Fred Walters 40 93 16 .172 0 5
Red Steiner 26 59 12 .203 0 4
Frankie Pytlak 9 17 2 .118 0 0
Loyd Christopher 8 14 4 .286 0 4
Joe Cronin 3 8 3 .375 0 1
Nick Polly 4 7 1 .143 0 1
Lou Finney 2 2 0 .000 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
Dave Ferriss 35 264.2 21 10 2.96 94
Jim Wilson 23 144.1 6 8 3.30 50
Emmett O'Neill 24 141.2 8 11 5.15 55
Randy Heflin 20 102.0 4 10 4.06 39
Otey Clark 12 82.0 4 4 3.07 20
Rex Cecil 7 45.0 2 5 5.20 30
Joe Bowman 3 11.2 0 2 9.26 0
Clem Dreisewerd 2 9.2 0 1 4.66 3

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
Clem Hausmann 31 125.0 5 7 5.04 30
Mike Ryba 34 123.0 7 6 2.49 44
Pinky Woods 24 107.1 4 7 4.19 36
Vic Johnson 26 85.1 6 4 4.01 21
Yank Terry 12 56.2 0 4 4.13 28
Oscar Judd 2 6.1 0 1 8.53 5

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
Frank Barrett 37 4 3 3 2.62 35

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Nemo Leibold
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Elmer Yoter
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Eddie Popowski
C Durham Bulls Carolina League Floyd "Pat" Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville[4]

References

  1. ^ Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 136, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  3. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.193, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1945 MLB season by team
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