1945 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

The 1945 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 98 losses.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 29, 1945: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Buddy Rosar.^[1]
• June 15, 1945: Al Simmons was released by the Athletics.^[2]

Roster

1945 Philadelphia Athletics
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		92	300	63	.210	1	25
1B		147	573	153	.267	7	51
2B		151	616	161	.261	0	50
SS		126	416	104	.250	0	35
3B		147	567	154	.272	4	56
OF		112	449	124	.276	5	39
OF		126	451	135	.299	8	52
OF		73	203	43	.212	0	11

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
	93	250	63	.252	0	19
	65	200	42	.210	3	15
	62	154	40	.260	0	4
	51	138	24	.174	0	11
	32	110	25	.227	3	14
	43	110	27	.245	0	10
	31	90	23	.256	0	3
	28	75	15	.200	0	5
	10	34	4	.118	0	0
	9	30	6	.200	0	1
	6	23	7	.304	1	6
	12	19	3	.158	0	0
	10	17	1	.059	0	1
	6	9	2	.222	0	0
	1	2	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
	36	257.1	8	20	3.29	127
	33	227.1	13	13	3.17	100
	29	191.1	7	10	3.43	52
	26	125.1	5	11	5.17	47

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
	27	130.0	5	11	4.22	41
	24	118.0	4	7	3.74	50
	21	102.0	0	12	3.62	25
	7	37.1	1	2	4.82	21
	8	33.1	0	3	5.13	11
	3	9.0	0	1	4.00	2
	2	8.0	1	1	4.50	0

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
	52	8	7	5	2.35	51
	4	0	0	0	3.12	2
	1	0	0	0	6.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster^[3]

External links

• 1945 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1945 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007