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1945 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersJames & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
PresidentBranch Rickey
ManagersLeo Durocher
RadioWHN
Red Barber, Connie Desmond
← 1944
1946 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks.[3]

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 56 .636 49‍–‍26 49‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 .617 3 48‍–‍29 47‍–‍30
Brooklyn Dodgers 87 67 .565 11 48‍–‍30 39‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 72 .532 16 45‍–‍34 37‍–‍38
New York Giants 78 74 .513 19 47‍–‍30 31‍–‍44
Boston Braves 67 85 .441 30 36‍–‍38 31‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds 61 93 .396 37 36‍–‍41 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 46 108 .299 52 22‍–‍55 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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


Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day lineup
Name Position
Frenchy Bordagaray Left fielder
Luis Olmo Center fielder
Augie Galan First baseman
Dixie Walker Right fielder
Bill Hart Third baseman
Mickey Owen Catcher
Mike Sandlock Shortstop
Leo Durocher Second baseman
Curt Davis Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

Other batters

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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
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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AA Montreal Royals International League Bruno Betzel
AA St. Paul Saints American Association Ray Blades
A1 Mobile Bears Southern Association Clay Hopper
B Newport News Dodgers Piedmont League Jake Pitler
B Trenton Packers Interstate League Walter Alston
D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League John Fitzpatrick
D Zanesville Dodgers Ohio–Indiana League Jack Knight
Morris Mikesell
Ray Hayworth
Eric McNair
Clay Bryant

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Zanesville

Notes

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  1. ^ Carden Gillenwater page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Whit Wyatt page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Eddie Stanky". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  4. ^ Ben Chapman page at Baseball Reference

References

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