1945 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
General manager(s)	Branch Rickey
Manager(s)	Leo Durocher
Local radio	WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond
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As World War II was drawing to a close, the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers finished 11 games back in third place in the National League race.

Offseason

• February 24, 1945: Carden Gillenwater was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.
• March 28, 1945: Whit Wyatt was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Regular season

Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day lineup
Name	Position
Frenchy Bordagaray	Left fielder
Luis Olmo	Center fielder
Augie Galan	First baseman
Dixie Walker	Right fielder
Bill Hart	Third baseman
Mickey Owen	Catcher
Mike Sandlock	Shortstop
Leo Durocher	Second baseman
Curt Davis	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1945: Ben Chapman was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.

Roster

1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 13 Ralph Branca 23 Cy Buker -- Claude Crocker 26 Curt Davis 28 Hal Gregg 22 Ray Hathaway 16 Art Herring 29 Clyde King 18 Vic Lombardi 25 Otho Nitcholas 14 Lee Pfund 10 Ernie Rudolph 17 Tom Seats 31,32 Les Webber		Catchers 15 Stan Andrews 3,34 Fats Dantonio 32 Ray Hayworth 10 Mickey Owen  5 Johnny Peacock  1 Mike Sandlock 15 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders 27,31 Eddie Basinski 33 Frenchy Bordagaray  9 Tommy Brown  8 Claude Corbitt 13 John Douglas  2 Leo Durocher 24 Augie Galan  6 Bill Hart  8 Howie Schultz 12 Eddie Stanky  6 Ed Stevens  9 Barney White		Outfielders 19 Morrie Aderholt  3 Red Durrett 3,4,32 Babe Herman 25 Don Lund 21 Luis Olmo  9 Erv Palica 35 Goody Rosen 11 Dixie Walker		Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches 30 Red Corriden  7 Charlie Dressen 32 Ray Hayworth 15 Clyde Sukeforth

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	Mike Sandlock	80	195	55	.282	2	17
1B	Augie Galan	152	576	177	.307	9	92
2B	Eddie Stanky	153	555	143	.258	1	39
3B	Frenchy Bordagaray
SS	Eddie Basinski
OF	Dixie Walker
OF	Goody Rosen
OF	Luis Olmo

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
Ed Stevens
Tommy Brown
Bill Hart
Howie Schultz
Fats Dantonio
Johnny Peacock
Mickey Owen
Morrie Aderholt
Clyde Sukeforth
Stan Andrews
Babe Herman
Red Durrett
John Douglas
Leo Durocher	2	5	1	.200	0	2
Claude Corbitt
Don Lund
Ray Hayworth
Barney White
Erv Palica

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
Hal Gregg
Curt Davis
Ralph Branca	16	109.2	5	6	3.04	69
Art Herring
Ed Head
Frank Wurm

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
Vic Lombardi
Tom Seats
Les Webber
Lee Pfund
Ben Chapman
Ray Hathaway

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
Cy Buker	42	7	2	5	3.30	48
Clyde King
Otho Nitcholas
Ernie Rudolph
Claude Crocker

Awards and honors

• 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Unofficial Rosters, the Game was not played due to the war
  • Hal Gregg starter
  • Goody Rosen reserve
  • Dixie Walker reserve
• TSN Major League All-Star Team
  • Goody Rosen

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Bruno Betzel
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Ray Blades
A1	Mobile Bears	Southern Association	Clay Hopper
B	Newport News Dodgers	Piedmont League	Jake Pitler
B	Trenton Packers	Interstate League	Walter Alston
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	John Fitzpatrick
D	Zanesville Dodgers	Ohio–Indiana League	Jack Knight Morris Mikesell Ray Hayworth Eric McNair Clay Bryant

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Zanesville

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet