1945 Boston Red Sox season

The 1945 Boston Red Sox season was the 45th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, ​17 1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1945 World Series.

1945 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record71–83 (.461)
League place7th (​17 1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Joe Cronin
Local radioWNAC
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1945 season: Tom Poholsky was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[1]

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—

Opening Day lineup
16Ben Steiner2B
 2Catfish Metkovich1B
15Pete FoxRF
 8Bob Johnson    LF
  4Joe Cronin3B
11Leon CulbersonCF
 6Skeeter Newsome    SS
26Fred WaltersC
31Rex CecilP

Roster
1945 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
OFBob Johnson143529148.2801274

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
Joe Cronin383.37501

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

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
Frank Barrett374332.6235

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Nemo Leibold
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Elmer Yoter
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Eddie Popowski
C Durham Bulls Carolina League Floyd "Pat" Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville[4]

Notes
  1. Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
  2. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 136, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.193, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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