1945 New York Yankees season

1945 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)	Larry MacPhail
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Al Helfer, Bill Slater)
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The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season in New York and its 45th overall. 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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	--
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.357	34.5

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1945 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 21 Bill Bevens 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 28 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 14 Monk Dubiel 25 Al Gettel 19 Ken Holcombe 16 Joe Page 24 Steve Roser 22 Red Ruffing 35 Paul Schreiber 30 Jim Turner 17 Bill Zuber		Catchers 16 Herb Crompton 29,36 Bill Drescher 10 Mike Garbark  8 Aaron Robinson Infielders 12 Joe Buzas  2 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  7 Oscar Grimes 26 Mike Milosevich  6 Don Savage  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss		Outfielders 27 Russ Derry 12 Charlie Keller  8 Johnny Lindell  9 Hersh Martin  3 Bud Metheny 18 Tuck Stainback Other batters 22 Paul Waner		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Johnny Neun 35 Paul Schreiber 33 Johnny Schulte

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

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

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
Bevens, BillBill Bevens	29	184	13	9	3.67	76
Bonham, TinyTiny Bonham	23	180.2	8	11	3.29	42

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

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
Turner, JimJim Turner	30	3	4	10	3.64	22

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