1945 Boston Red Sox season

The 1945 Boston Red Sox season was the 45th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, 17+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers, who went on to win the 1945 World Series.

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Offseason

Prior to 1945 season: Tom Poholsky was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

April 1945: At the urging of Boston City Councillor Isadore H. Y. Muchnick and with the active involvement of noted African American journalist Wendell Smith, General Manager Eddie Collins allowed three players from the Negro leagues to try out for the Red Sox. The players included Sam Jethroe from the Cleveland Buckeyes, Marvin Williams from the Philadelphia Stars, and Jackie Robinson from the Kansas City Monarchs.^[2]
August 14, 1945: Handicapped Washington Senators coach Bert Shepard pitched in a game against the Red Sox. Shepard, who had an artificial leg, managed to give up only one run in five innings to the Red Sox.^[3]

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e 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	—

Opening Day lineup

16	Ben Steiner	2B
2	Catfish Metkovich	1B
15	Pete Fox	RF
8	Bob Johnson	LF
4	Joe Cronin	3B
11	Leon Culberson	CF
6	Skeeter Newsome	SS
26	Fred Walters	C
31	Rex Cecil	P

Roster

1945 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

8 Lou Finney

Manager

4 Joe Cronin

Coaches

30 Del Baker (Third base)
32 Tom Daly
22 Larry Woodall (First base)

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	Bob Garbark	68	199	52	.261	0	17
1B	George Metkovich	138	539	140	.260	5	62
2B	Skeeter Newsome	125	438	127	.290	1	48
SS	Eddie Lake	133	473	132	.279	11	51
3B	Jackie Tobin	84	278	70	.252	0	21
OF	Leon Culberson	97	331	91	.275	6	45
OF	Johnny Lazor	101	335	104	.310	5	45
OF	Bob Johnson	143	529	148	.280	12	74

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
Tom McBride	100	344	105	.305	1	47
Ben Steiner	78	304	78	.257	3	20
Pete Fox	66	208	51	.245	0	20
Ty LaForest	52	204	51	.250	2	16
Dolph Camilli	63	198	42	.212	2	19
Jim Bucher	52	151	34	.225	0	11
Billy Holm	58	135	25	.185	0	9
Fred Walters	40	93	16	.172	0	5
Red Steiner	26	59	12	.203	0	4
Frankie Pytlak	9	17	2	.118	0	0
Loyd Christopher	8	14	4	.286	0	4
Joe Cronin	3	8	3	.375	0	1
Nick Polly	4	7	1	.143	0	1
Lou Finney	2	2	0	.000	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
Dave Ferriss	35	264.2	21	10	2.96	94
Jim Wilson	23	144.1	6	8	3.30	50
Emmett O'Neill	24	141.2	8	11	5.15	55
Randy Heflin	20	102.0	4	10	4.06	39
Otey Clark	12	82.0	4	4	3.07	20
Rex Cecil	7	45.0	2	5	5.20	30
Joe Bowman	3	11.2	0	2	9.26	0
Clem Dreisewerd	2	9.2	0	1	4.66	3

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
Clem Hausmann	31	125.0	5	7	5.04	30
Mike Ryba	34	123.0	7	6	2.49	44
Pinky Woods	24	107.1	4	7	4.19	36
Vic Johnson	26	85.1	6	4	4.01	21
Yank Terry	12	56.2	0	4	4.13	28
Oscar Judd	2	6.1	0	1	8.53	5

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
Frank Barrett	37	4	3	3	2.62	35

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Nemo Leibold
A	Scranton Red Sox	Eastern League	Elmer Yoter
B	Roanoke Red Sox	Piedmont League	Eddie Popowski
C	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Floyd "Pat" Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville^[4]

References

^ Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 136, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.193, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

v t e 1945 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1945 All-Star Game 1945 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Established in 1901
Formerly the Boston Americans
Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Venues; West End Park; Majestic Park; Plant Field; Whittington Park; League Park; Heinemann Park; Ninth Street Park; Legion Field; Municipal Stadium; Payne Park; Oriole Park; Ansley Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Fenway environs	Green Monster Kenmore Square Citgo Sign Pesky's Pole Yawkey Way
Groups	The Jimmy Fund Red Sox Nation Royal Rooters Surviving Grady The Soxaholix BLOHARDS
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Lore

Rivalries

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Sam Kennedy
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Brian O'Halloran
Chief Baseball Officer: Craig Breslow
General Manager: TBA
Manager: Alex Cora

World Series championships (9)

American League pennants (14)

Division championships (10)

Wild card berths (8)

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

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