1945 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Major League Baseball team season
1945 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersLarry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managersLarry MacPhail
ManagersJoe McCarthy
RadioWINS (AM)
(Al Helfer, Bill Slater)
← 1944 Seasons 1946 →

The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season. The team finished in fourth place in the American League with a record of 81–71, finishing 6.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1945 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 —


Roster

1945 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • -- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
C Mike Garbark 60 176 38 .216 1 26
1B Nick Etten 152 565 161 .285 18 111
2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 152 632 195 .309 10 64
SS Frankie Crosetti 130 441 105 .238 4 48
3B Oscar Grimes 142 480 127 .265 4 45
OF Bud Metheny 133 509 126 .248 8 53
OF Tuck Stainback 95 327 84 .257 5 32
OF Hersh Martin 117 408 109 .267 7 53

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
Russ Derry 78 253 57 .225 13 45
Charlie Keller 44 163 49 .301 10 34
Aaron Robinson 50 160 45 .281 8 24
Johnny Lindell 41 159 45 .283 1 20
Bill Drescher 48 126 34 .270 0 15
Herb Crompton 36 99 19 .192 0 12
Mike Milosevich 30 69 15 .217 0 7
Joe Buzas 30 65 17 .262 0 6
Don Savage 34 58 13 .224 0 3
Paul Waner 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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
Bill Bevens 29 184.0 13 9 3.67 76
Tiny Bonham 23 180.2 8 11 3.29 42
Monk Dubiel 26 151.1 10 9 4.64 45
Hank Borowy 18 132.1 10 5 3.13 35
Red Ruffing 11 87.1 7 3 2.89 24
Atley Donald 9 63.2 5 4 2.97 19
Spud Chandler 4 31.0 2 1 4.65 12

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
Al Gettel 27 154.2 9 8 3.90 67
Bill Zuber 21 127.0 5 11 3.19 50
Joe Page 20 102.0 6 3 2.82 50

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
Jim Turner 30 3 4 10 3.64 22
Ken Holcombe 23 3 3 0 1.79 20
Steve Roser 11 0 0 0 3.67 11
Paul Schreiber 2 0 0 0 4.15 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Casey Stengel
AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Bill Cronin
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Garland Braxton
D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Bob Crow and Solly Mishkin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark[1]

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

  • 1945 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
  • 1945 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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