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	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 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	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
Ed Wheeler	46	72	14	.194	0	2
Eddie Carnett	30	73	16	.219	0	7
Jim McDonnell	28	51	10	.196	0	8
Hank Ruszkowski	14	49	10	.204	0	5
Elmer Weingartner	20	39	9	.231	0	1
Roy Cullenbine	8	13	1	.077	0	0
Red Steiner	12	20	3	.150	0	2
Stan Benjamin	14	21	7	.333	0	3
Papa Williams	16	19	4	.211	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
"1945 All-Star Game - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
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

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[1] Frankie Hayes at Baseball Reference

[2] "1945 All-Star Game - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.

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

1945 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1945 All-Star Game 1945 World Series