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

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1945 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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)[citation needed]

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Steve Gromek, Pitcher

Frankie Hayes, Catcher

Jeff Heath, Outfielder

Allie Reynolds, Pitcher

Farm system

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[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Frankie Hayes at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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