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.

1945 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record71–83 (.461)
League place7th (17+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWNAC
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8865 0.575 — 50–26 38–39
Washington Senators 8767 0.565 1½ 46–31 41–36
St. Louis Browns 8170 0.536 6 47–27 34–43
New York Yankees 8171 0.533 6½ 48–28 33–43
Cleveland Indians 7372 0.503 11 44–33 29–39
Chicago White Sox 7178 0.477 15 44–29 27–49
Boston Red Sox 7183 0.461 17½ 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 5298 0.347 34½ 39–35 13–63

Record vs. opponents
1945 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —9–1311–1112–10–16–1614–88–14–111–11–1
Chicago 13–9—11–8–110–129–1212–108–138–14
Cleveland 11–118–11–1—11–1112–912–6–111–108–14
Detroit 10–12–112–1011–11—15–715–7–115–610–12
New York 16–612–99–127–15—16–67–1514–8
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–12–17–15–16–16—10–12–15–17
St. Louis 14–8–113–810–116–1515–712–10–1—11–11–1
Washington 11–11–114–814–812–108–1417–511–11–1—

Opening Day lineup
16Ben Steiner2B
 2Catfish Metkovich1B
15Pete FoxRF
 8Bob Johnson    LF
  4Joe Cronin3B
11Leon CulbersonCF
 6Skeeter Newsome    SS
26Fred WaltersC
31Rex CecilP

Roster
1945 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 17 Frank Barrett
  • 28 Joe Bowman
  • 31 Rex Cecil
  • 19 Otey Clark
  • 29 Clem Dreisewerd
  • 33 Dave Ferriss
  • 21 Clem Hausmann
  • 37 Randy Heflin
  • 34 Vic Johnson
  • 29 Oscar Judd
  • 15 Emmett O'Neill
  • 20 Mike Ryba
  • 18 Yank Terry
  • 16 Jim Wilson
  • 10 Pinky Woods
 Catchers
  • 27 Bob Garbark
  • 23 Billy Holm
  •  2 Frankie Pytlak
  • 16 Red Steiner
  • 26 Fred Walters

Infielders

  •  5 Jim Bucher
  • 28 Dolph Camilli
  •  4 Joe Cronin
  •  1 Ty LaForest
  •  7 Eddie Lake
  •  2 Catfish Metkovich
  •  6 Skeeter Newsome
  • 19 Nick Polly
  • 16 Ben Steiner
  •  3 Johnny Tobin
 Outfielders
  • 35 Loyd Christopher
  • 11 Leon Culberson
  • 12 Pete Fox
  •  8 Bob Johnson
  • 14 Johnny Lazor
  • 25 Tom McBride

Other batters

  •  8 Lou Finney
 Manager

Coaches

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

Player stats

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
CBob Garbark6819952.261017
1BGeorge Metkovich138539140.260562
2BSkeeter Newsome125438127.290148
SSEddie Lake133473132.2791151
3BJackie Tobin8427870.252021
OFLeon Culberson9733191.275645
OFJohnny Lazor101335104.310545
OFBob Johnson143529148.2801274

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 McBride100344105.305147
Ben Steiner7830478.257320
Pete Fox6620851.245020
Ty LaForest5220451.250216
Dolph Camilli6319842.212219
Jim Bucher5215134.225011
Billy Holm5813525.18509
Fred Walters409316.17205
Red Steiner265912.20304
Frankie Pytlak9172.11800
Loyd Christopher8144.28604
Joe Cronin383.37501
Nick Polly471.14301
Lou Finney220.00000

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 Ferriss35264.221102.9694
Jim Wilson23144.1683.3050
Emmett O'Neill24141.28115.1555
Randy Heflin20102.04104.0639
Otey Clark1282.0443.0720
Rex Cecil745.0255.2030
Joe Bowman311.2029.260
Clem Dreisewerd29.2014.663

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 Hausmann31125.0575.0430
Mike Ryba34123.0762.4944
Pinky Woods24107.1474.1936
Vic Johnson2685.1644.0121
Yank Terry1256.2044.1328
Oscar Judd26.1018.535

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 Barrett374332.6235

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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