1945 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

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.^[1]
• March 28, 1945: Whit Wyatt was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[2]

Regular season

Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks.^[3]

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day lineup

Name	Position
	Left fielder
	Center fielder
	First baseman
	Right fielder
	Third baseman
Mickey Owen	Catcher
	Shortstop
	Second baseman
	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1945: Ben Chapman was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.^[4]

Roster

1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		80	195	55	.282	2	17
1B		152	576	177	.307	9	92
2B		153	555	143	.258	1	39
3B		113	273	70	.256	2	49
SS		108	336	88	.262	0	33
OF		154	607	182	.300	8	124
OF		145	606	197	.325	12	75
OF		141	556	174	.313	10	110

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
	55	201	55	.274	4	29
	57	196	48	.245	2	19
	58	161	37	.230	3	27
	39	142	34	.239	1	19
	47	128	32	.250	0	12
	48	110	28	.255	0	14
	24	84	24	.286	0	11
	39	60	13	.217	0	6
	18	51	15	.294	0	1
	21	49	8	.163	0	2
	37	34	9	.265	1	9
	8	16	2	.125	0	0
	5	9	0	.000	0	0
	2	5	1	.200	0	2
	2	4	2	.500	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	4	1	0	.000	0	0
	2	0	0	----	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
	42	254.1	18	13	3.47	139
	24	149.2	10	10	3.25	39
	22	124.0	7	4	3.48	34
	16	109.2	5	6	3.04	69

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
	38	203.2	10	11	3.31	64
	31	121.2	10	7	4.36	44
	17	75.1	7	3	3.58	30
	15	62.1	3	2	5.20	27
	10	53.2	3	3	5.53	23
	4	9.0	0	1	4.00	3

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
	42	7	2	5	3.30	48
	42	5	5	3	4.09	29
	7	1	0	0	5.30	4
	7	1	0	0	5.19	3
	1	0	0	1	0.00	1

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

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gilleca01.shtml Carden Gillenwater page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wyattwh01.shtml Whit Wyatt page at Baseball Reference
3. Web site: Eddie Stanky . August 12, 2008 . mdy-all .
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chapmbe01.shtml Ben Chapman page at Baseball Reference