1945 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1945 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 98 losses.

1945 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8865 0.575 — 50–26 38–39
Washington Senators 8767 0.565 1½ 46–31 41–36
St. Louis Browns 8170 0.536 6 47–27 34–43
New York Yankees 8171 0.533 6½ 48–28 33–43
Cleveland Indians 7372 0.503 11 44–33 29–39
Chicago White Sox 7178 0.477 15 44–29 27–49
Boston Red Sox 7183 0.461 17½ 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 5298 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 —9–1311–1112–10–16–1614–88–14–111–11–1
Chicago 13–9—11–8–110–129–1212–108–138–14
Cleveland 11–118–11–1—11–1112–912–6–111–108–14
Detroit 10–12–112–1011–11—15–715–7–115–610–12
New York 16–612–99–127–15—16–67–1514–8
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–12–17–15–16–16—10–12–15–17
St. Louis 14–8–113–810–116–1515–712–10–1—11–11–1
Washington 11–11–114–814–812–108–1417–511–11–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1945 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 26 Earle Brucker

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
CBuddy Rosar9230063.210125
1BDick Siebert147573153.267751
2BIrv Hall151616161.261050
SSEd Busch126416104.250035
3BGeorge Kell147567154.272456
OFHal Peck112449124.276539
OFBobby Estalella126451135.299852
OFMayo Smith7320343.212011

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
Frankie Hayes3211025.227314
Joe Burns319023.25603

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
Bobo Newsom36257.18203.29127
Russ Christopher33227.113133.17100
Jesse Flores29191.17103.4352
Lou Knerr27130.05114.2241
Don Black26125.15115.1747
Steve Gerkin21102.00123.6225

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
Joe Berry528752.3551

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Harry Davis
B Lancaster Red Roses Interstate League Lena Blackburne
C Martinsville Athletics Carolina League Heinie Manush
D Lexington A's North Carolina State League Jimmy Maus

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster[3]

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


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