1945 Season

28 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1945 Bracket
World Series DET def. CHN (4-3)
NWS CBE def. HG (4-0)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1945 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Ed Steele 0.390 2 Jackie Robinson 0.388 3 Frank Austin 0.375 4 Roy Campanella 0.372 5 Wild Bill Wright 0.359

Home Runs

1 Tommy Holmes 28 2 Chuck Workman 25 3 Vern Stephens 24 4 Whitey Kurowski 21 5 Mel Ott 21

RBI

1 Dixie Walker 124 2 Tommy Holmes 117 3 Nick Etten 111 4 Luis Olmo 110 5 Andy Pafko 110

Stolen Bases

1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 33 2 George Case 30 3 George Myatt 30 4 Red Schoendienst 26 5 Johnny Barrett 25

Hits

1 Tommy Holmes 224 2 Goody Rosen 197 3 Snuffy Stirnweiss 195 4 Stan Hack 193 5 Dain Clay 184

Runs

1 Eddie Stanky 128 2 Goody Rosen 126 3 Tommy Holmes 125 4 Augie Galan 114 5 Stan Hack 110
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1945 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Garnett Blair 0.96 2 Johnny Wright 1.44 3 Barney Morris 1.73 4 Ken Holcombe 1.79 5 Hal Newhouser 1.81

Wins

1 Hal Newhouser 25 2 Hank Wyse 22 3 Red Barrett 21 4 Dave Ferriss 21 5 Roger Wolff 20

Strikeouts

1 Hal Newhouser 212 2 Preacher Roe 148 3 Hal Gregg 139 4 Nels Potter 129 5 Bobo Newsom 127

Saves

1 Ace Adams 15 2 Andy Karl 15 3 Jim Turner 10 4 Xavier Rescigno 9 5 Booker McDaniel 6

WHIP

1 Garnett Blair 0.96 2 Barney Morris 0.98 3 Ray Prim 1.00 4 Roger Wolff 1.01 5 Gready McKinnis 1.03
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📋 Standings

NAL

Cleveland Buckeyes ★ 52-15 Kansas City Monarchs 35-27 Birmingham Black Barons 37-27 Chicago American Giants 38-35 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 27-40 Memphis Red Sox 15-60

NN2

Homestead Grays ★ 32-13 Baltimore Elite Giants 25-17 Newark Eagles 21-18 Philadelphia Stars 21-19 New York Cubans 7-20 New York Black Yankees 7-26

American League

Detroit Tigers ★ 88-65 Washington Senators 87-67 St. Louis Browns 81-70 New York Yankees 81-71 Cleveland Indians 73-72 Chicago White Sox 71-78 Boston Red Sox 71-83 Philadelphia Athletics 52-98

National League

Chicago Cubs ★ 98-56 St. Louis Cardinals 95-59 Brooklyn Dodgers 87-67 Pittsburgh Pirates 82-72 New York Giants 78-74 Boston Braves 67-85 Cincinnati Reds 61-93 Philadelphia Phillies 46-108
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