1945 New York Yankees season
The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season in New York and its 45th overall. The team finished in fourth place in the American League with a record of 81–71, finishing 6.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
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Owner(s) | Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb |
General manager(s) | Larry MacPhail |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy |
Local radio | WINS (AM) (Al Helfer, Bill Slater) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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Outfielders
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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 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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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 |
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Bill Bevens | 29 | 184 | 13 | 9 | 3.67 | 76 |
Tiny Bonham | 23 | 180.2 | 8 | 11 | 3.29 | 42 |
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 |
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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 |
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Jim Turner | 30 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3.64 | 22 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Casey Stengel |
AA | Newark Bears | International League | Billy Meyer |
A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Bill Cronin |
B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Garland Braxton |
D | Wellsville Yankees | PONY League | Bob Crow and Solly Mishkin |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark[1]
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007