1945_Boston_Braves_season

1945 Boston Braves
1945 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	67–85 (.441)
League place	6th
Owners	Louis R. Perini
Managers	Bob Coleman, Del Bissonette
Radio	WNAC; (George Hatrick, Tom Hussey)
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1945 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1945 Boston Braves season was the 75th season of the franchise.

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Tommy Holmes had a career year, with 28 home runs, 117 RBI, and a .352 batting average. He led his team in every offensive category except walks.^[1] Holmes led the National League in hits (224), doubles (47), home runs (28), total bases (367), slugging percentage (.577) and on-base plus slugging (.997). He finished second in the NL in RBI and batting average.^[2] Holmes also put up a 37-game hitting streak this season, lasting from June 6 to July 8, recording a .423 batting average (66-for-156) with 9 home runs and 41 RBI.^[3] His hitting-streak record held for 33 years until 1978, when Pete Rose put together a 44-game hitting streak.

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"1945 Boston Braves statistics at baseball-reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

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Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

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v t e 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

1945 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Phil Masi	114	371	101	.272	7	46
1B	Vince Shupe	78	283	76	.269	0	15
2B	Whitey Wietelmann	123	428	116	.271	4	33
SS	Dick Culler	136	527	138	.262	2	30
3B	Chuck Workman	139	514	141	.274	25	87
OF	Carden Gillenwater	144	517	149	.288	7	72
OF	Tommy Holmes	154	636	224	.352	28	117
OF	Butch Nieman	97	247	61	.247	14	56

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Mack	66	260	60	.231	3	44
Joe Medwick	66	218	62	.284	0	26
Stew Hofferth	50	170	40	.235	3	15
Frank Drews	49	147	30	.204	0	19
Eddie Joost	35	141	35	.248	0	9
Bill Ramsey	78	137	40	.292	1	12
Tommy Nelson	40	121	20	.165	0	6
Morrie Aderholt	31	102	34	.333	2	11
Clyde Kluttz	25	81	24	.296	0	10
Steve Shemo	17	46	11	.239	0	7
Stan Wentzel	4	19	4	.211	0	6
Mike Ulicny	11	18	7	.389	1	4
Norm Wallen	4	15	2	.133	0	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Tobin	27	196.2	9	14	3.84	38
Bob Logan	34	187.0	7	11	3.18	53
Nate Andrews	21	137.2	7	12	4.58	26
Ed Wright	15	111.1	8	3	2.51	24
Bill Lee	16	106.1	6	3	2.79	12
Al Javery	17	77.1	2	7	6.28	18
Elmer Singleton	7	37.1	1	4	4.82	14

1945_Boston_Braves_season

1945 Boston Braves season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Hutchings	57	185.0	7	6	3.75	99
Mort Cooper	20	78.0	7	4	3.35	45
Tom Earley	11	41.0	2	1	4.61	4
Red Barrett	9	38.0	2	3	4.74	13
Lefty Wallace	5	20.0	1	0	4.50	4
Bob Whitcher	6	15.2	0	2	2.87	6
Ewald Pyle	4	13.2	0	1	7.24	10
Lou Fette	5	11.0	0	2	5.73	4

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Don Hendrickson	37	4	8	5	4.91	14
Ira Hutchinson	11	2	3	1	5.02	4
Hal Schacker	6	0	1	0	5.28	6
Charlie Cozart	5	1	0	0	10.13	4
Joe Heving	3	1	0	0	3.38	1
Ben Cardoni	3	0	0	0	9.00	5
Whitey Wietelmann	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hartford Bees	Eastern League	Merle Settlemire
D	Mooresville Braves	North Carolina State League	Jack Quinlan