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.
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Owner(s) | Connie Mack |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
Local radio | WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur) |
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 29, 1945: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Buddy Rosar.[1]
- June 15, 1945: Al Simmons was released by the Athletics.[2]
Roster
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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 |
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C | Buddy Rosar | 92 | 300 | 63 | .210 | 1 | 25 |
1B | Dick Siebert | 147 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 7 | 51 |
2B | Irv Hall | 151 | 616 | 161 | .261 | 0 | 50 |
SS | Ed Busch | 126 | 416 | 104 | .250 | 0 | 35 |
3B | George Kell | 147 | 567 | 154 | .272 | 4 | 56 |
OF | Hal Peck | 112 | 449 | 124 | .276 | 5 | 39 |
OF | Bobby Estalella | 126 | 451 | 135 | .299 | 8 | 52 |
OF | Mayo Smith | 73 | 203 | 43 | .212 | 0 | 11 |
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 |
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Frankie Hayes | 32 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 3 | 14 |
Joe Burns | 31 | 90 | 23 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
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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Bobo Newsom | 36 | 257.1 | 8 | 20 | 3.29 | 127 |
Russ Christopher | 33 | 227.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.17 | 100 |
Jesse Flores | 29 | 191.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.43 | 52 |
Lou Knerr | 27 | 130.0 | 5 | 11 | 4.22 | 41 |
Don Black | 26 | 125.1 | 5 | 11 | 5.17 | 47 |
Steve Gerkin | 21 | 102.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.62 | 25 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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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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Joe Berry | 52 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2.35 | 51 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
- Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
- Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1945 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1945 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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