1945 Cleveland Indians season

1945 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau
Local radio	none
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	--
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.357	34.5

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1945 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 22 Jim Bagby 33 Paul Calvert 40 Pete Center 30 Red Embree 19 Bob Feller 25 Steve Gromek 18 Mel Harder 34 Earl Henry 15,35 Hal Kleine 39 Ed Klieman 21 Allie Reynolds 35 Jack Salveson 32 Al Smith		Catchers 42 Gene Desautels 11 Frankie Hayes 14 Jim McDonnell 16 Hank Ruszkowski 12 Red Steiner Infielders  5 Lou Boudreau  2 Al Cihocki 24 Dutch Meyer 10 Mickey Rocco  1 Don Ross  3 Bob Rothel 34 Elmer Weingartner  7 Ed Wheeler  8 Papa Williams		Outfielders 33 Stan Benjamin 42 Eddie Carnett  1 Roy Cullenbine  8 Les Fleming 12,4 Jeff Heath 17 Myril Hoag 41 Felix Mackiewicz  6 Paul O'Dea 23 Pat Seerey		Manager  5 Lou Boudreau Coaches 27 Ski Melillo 26 Burt Shotton 28 George Susce

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	Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes	119	385	91	.236	6	43
SS	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau	97	345	106	.307	3	48

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

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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby	25	159.1	8	11	3.73	38

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

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

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^[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

References

• 1945 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1945 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac