1945 St. Louis Cardinals season

1945 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 95–59 (.617)
League place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
Manager(s) Billy Southworth
Local radio WIL
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
WTMV
(France Laux, Johnny O'Hara)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1945 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 64th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 54th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95–59 during the season and finished 2nd in the National League. The Cardinals set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest double plays grounded into during a season, with only 75.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 56 0.636 — 49–26 49–30
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 0.617 3 48–29 47–30
Brooklyn Dodgers 87 67 0.565 11 48–30 39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 82 72 0.532 16 45–34 37–38
New York Giants 78 74 0.513 19 47–30 31–44
Boston Braves 67 85 0.441 30 36–38 31–47
Cincinnati Reds 61 93 0.396 37 36–41 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 46 108 0.299 52 22–55 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1945 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13–1 7–15 10–12 10–10–2 14–8 7–15 10–12
Brooklyn 13–9–1 — 8–14–1 11–11 15–7 19–3 12–10 9–13
Chicago 15–7 14–8–1 — 21–1 11–11 17–5 14–8 6–16
Cincinnati 12–10 11–11 1–21 — 6–16 12–10 10–12 9–13
New York 10–10–2 7–15 11–11 16–6 — 17–5 11–11 6–16
Philadelphia 8–14 3–19 5–17 10–12 5–17 — 6–16 9–13
Pittsburgh 15–7 10–12 8–14 12–10 11–11 16–6 — 10–12–1
St. Louis 12–10 13–9 16–6 13–9 16–6 13–9 12–10–1 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1945 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
OF Adams, BusterBuster Adams 140 578 169 .292 20 101

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
Fallon, GeorgeGeorge Fallon 24 55 13 .236 0 7
Mallory, JimJim Mallory 13 43 10 .233 0 5
Crawford, GlennGlenn Crawford 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Antonelli, JohnJohn Antonelli 2 3 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
Barrett, RedRed Barrett 36 246.2 21 9 2.74 63
Brecheen, HarryHarry Brecheen 24 157.1 15 4 2.52 63

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

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Charlie Root
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Burleigh Grimes
B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Ollie Vanek
B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League George Ferrell and Zip Payne
C Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League George Smith and George Ferrell
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Fred Hawn and Runt Marr
D Marion Cardinals Ohio State League Grover Hartley and Wally Schang

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External links

Notes

  1. ↑ "Single Season Grounding Into Double Play Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Steve Bilko page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Glenn Crawford page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References


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