1945 New York Yankees season

1945 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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

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

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