1945 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith |
President | Branch Rickey |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Radio |
WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
As World War II was drawing to a close, the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers finished 11 games back in third place in the National League race.
Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks. [3]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 49–26 | 49–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 48–29 | 47–30 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 11 | 48–30 | 39–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
New York Giants | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 19 | 47–30 | 31–44 |
Boston Braves | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 30 | 36–38 | 31–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 37 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 52 | 22–55 | 24–53 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–10–2 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 21–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 1–21 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–10–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — |
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||
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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 | Mike Sandlock | 80 | 195 | 55 | .282 | 2 | 17 |
1B | Augie Galan | 152 | 576 | 177 | .307 | 9 | 92 |
2B | Eddie Stanky | 153 | 555 | 143 | .258 | 1 | 39 |
3B | Frenchy Bordagaray | 113 | 273 | 70 | .256 | 2 | 49 |
SS | Eddie Basinski | 108 | 336 | 88 | .262 | 0 | 33 |
OF | Dixie Walker | 154 | 607 | 182 | .300 | 8 | 124 |
OF | Goody Rosen | 145 | 606 | 197 | .325 | 12 | 75 |
OF | Luis Olmo | 141 | 556 | 174 | .313 | 10 | 110 |
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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Ed Stevens | 55 | 201 | 55 | .274 | 4 | 29 |
Tommy Brown | 57 | 196 | 48 | .245 | 2 | 19 |
Bill Hart | 58 | 161 | 37 | .230 | 3 | 27 |
Howie Schultz | 39 | 142 | 34 | .239 | 1 | 19 |
Fats Dantonio | 47 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 0 | 12 |
Johnny Peacock | 48 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 0 | 14 |
Mickey Owen | 24 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 0 | 11 |
Morrie Aderholt | 39 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 6 |
Clyde Sukeforth | 18 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Andrews | 21 | 49 | 8 | .163 | 0 | 2 |
Babe Herman | 37 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 1 | 9 |
Red Durrett | 8 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
John Douglas | 5 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Durocher | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Claude Corbitt | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Don Lund | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Hayworth | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Barney White | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Erv Palica | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Hal Gregg | 42 | 254.1 | 18 | 13 | 3.47 | 139 |
Curt Davis | 24 | 149.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.25 | 39 |
Art Herring | 22 | 124.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.48 | 34 |
Ralph Branca | 16 | 109.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.04 | 69 |
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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Vic Lombardi | 38 | 203.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.31 | 64 |
Tom Seats | 31 | 121.2 | 10 | 7 | 4.36 | 44 |
Les Webber | 17 | 75.1 | 7 | 3 | 3.58 | 30 |
Lee Pfund | 15 | 62.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.20 | 27 |
Ben Chapman | 10 | 53.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.53 | 23 |
Ray Hathaway | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 |
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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Cy Buker | 42 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.30 | 48 |
Clyde King | 42 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.09 | 29 |
Otho Nitcholas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.30 | 4 |
Ernie Rudolph | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 |
Claude Crocker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
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