1945 Philadelphia Athletics season

1945  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur)
←  1944 1946  →

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

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	65	0.575	—	50–26	38–39
Washington Senators	87	67	0.565	1½	46–31	41–36
St. Louis Browns	81	70	0.536	6	47–27	34–43
New York Yankees	81	71	0.533	6½	48–28	33–43
Cleveland Indians	73	72	0.503	11	44–33	29–39
Chicago White Sox	71	78	0.477	15	44–29	27–49
Boston Red Sox	71	83	0.461	17½	42–35	29–48
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	0.347	34½	39–35	13–63

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	12–10–1	6–16	14–8	8–14–1	11–11–1
Chicago	13–9	—	11–8–1	10–12	9–12	12–10	8–13	8–14
Cleveland	11–11	8–11–1	—	11–11	12–9	12–6–1	11–10	8–14
Detroit	10–12–1	12–10	11–11	—	15–7	15–7–1	15–6	10–12
New York	16–6	12–9	9–12	7–15	—	16–6	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–12–1	7–15–1	6–16	—	10–12–1	5–17
St. Louis	14–8–1	13–8	10–11	6–15	15–7	12–10–1	—	11–11–1
Washington	11–11–1	14–8	14–8	12–10	8–14	17–5	11–11–1	—

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 20 Joe Berry 21 Don Black 11 Charlie Bowles 17 Russ Christopher -- Bill Connelly 23 Woody Crowson 19 Jesse Flores -- Dick Fowler  3 Charlie Gassaway 18 Steve Gerkin 30 Lou Knerr 23 Phil Marchildon 16 Bobo Newsom 24 Carl Scheib		Catchers -- Joe Astroth  8 Greek George  8 Frankie Hayes  9 Jim Pruett  9 Buddy Rosar Infielders -- Al Brancato  2 Ed Busch  6 Irv Hall  7 George Kell  5 Dick Siebert 22 Bobby Wilkins		Outfielders 13 Joe Burns 10 Sam Chapman 25 Joe Cicero 31 Larry Drake  4 Bobby Estalella  3 Ford Garrison 12 Ernie Kish 14 Bill McGhee 15 Charlie Metro 1,3 Hal Peck 12,33 Larry Rosenthal 10 Mayo Smith		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 26 Earle Brucker 29 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 32 Al Simmons

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	Buddy Rosar	92	300	63	.210	1	25
1B	Dick Siebert	147	573	153	.267	7	51
2B	Irv Hall	151	616	161	.261	0	50
SS	Ed Busch	126	416	104	.250	0	35
3B	George Kell	147	567	154	.272	4	56
OF	Hal Peck	112	449	124	.276	5	39
OF	Bobby Estalella	126	451	135	.299	8	52
OF	Mayo Smith	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
Bill McGhee	93	250	63	.252	0	19
Charlie Metro	65	200	42	.210	3	15
Bobby Wilkins	62	154	40	.260	0	4
Greek George	51	138	24	.174	0	11
Frankie Hayes	32	110	25	.227	3	14
Ernie Kish	43	110	27	.245	0	10
Joe Burns	31	90	23	.256	0	3
Larry Rosenthal	28	75	15	.200	0	5
Al Brancato	10	34	4	.118	0	0
Sam Chapman	9	30	6	.200	0	1
Ford Garrison	6	23	7	.304	1	6
Joe Cicero	12	19	3	.158	0	0
Joe Astroth	10	17	1	.059	0	1
Jim Pruett	6	9	2	.222	0	0
Larry Drake	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
Bobo Newsom	36	257.1	8	20	3.29	127
Russ Christopher	33	227.1	13	13	3.17	100
Jesse Flores	29	191.1	7	10	3.43	52
Don Black	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
Lou Knerr	27	130.0	5	11	4.22	41
Charlie Gassaway	24	118.0	4	7	3.74	50
Steve Gerkin	21	102.0	0	12	3.62	25
Dick Fowler	7	37.1	1	2	4.82	21
Charlie Bowles	8	33.1	0	3	5.13	11
Phil Marchildon	3	9.0	0	1	4.00	2
Bill Connelly	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
Joe Berry	52	8	7	5	2.35	51
Carl Scheib	4	0	0	0	3.12	2
Woody Crowson	1	0	0	0	6.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Harry Davis
B	Lancaster Red Roses	Interstate League	Lena Blackburne
C	Martinsville Athletics	Carolina League	Heinie Manush
D	Lexington A's	North Carolina State League	Jimmy Maus

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster ^[3]

References

1. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
2. 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

External links

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