1945 New York Yankees season

1945 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	Larry MacPhail
Managers	Joe McCarthy
Radio	WINS (AM) (Al Helfer, Bill Slater)
Seasons

The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season. The team finished in fourth place in the American League with a record of 81–71, finishing 6.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	—	50‍–‍26	38‍–‍39
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1½	46‍–‍31	41‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6	47‍–‍27	34‍–‍43
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6½	48‍–‍28	33‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11	44‍–‍33	29‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15	44‍–‍29	27‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17½	42‍–‍35	29‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.347	34½	39‍–‍35	13‍–‍63

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1945 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 21 Bill Bevens 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 28 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 14 Monk Dubiel 25 Al Gettel 19 Ken Holcombe 16 Joe Page 24 Steve Roser 22 Red Ruffing 35 Paul Schreiber 30 Jim Turner 17 Bill Zuber		Catchers 16 Herb Crompton 29,36 Bill Drescher 10 Mike Garbark  8 Aaron Robinson Infielders 12 Joe Buzas  2 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  7 Oscar Grimes 26 Mike Milosevich  6 Don Savage  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss		Outfielders 27 Russ Derry 12 Charlie Keller  8 Johnny Lindell  9 Hersh Martin  3 Bud Metheny 18 Tuck Stainback Other batters 22 Paul Waner		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Johnny Neun 35 Paul Schreiber 33 Johnny Schulte

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 Garbark	60	176	38	.216	1	26
1B	Nick Etten	152	565	161	.285	18	111
2B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	152	632	195	.309	10	64
SS	Frankie Crosetti	130	441	105	.238	4	48
3B	Oscar Grimes	142	480	127	.265	4	45
OF	Bud Metheny	133	509	126	.248	8	53
OF	Tuck Stainback	95	327	84	.257	5	32
OF	Hersh Martin	117	408	109	.267	7	53

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
Russ Derry	78	253	57	.225	13	45
Charlie Keller	44	163	49	.301	10	34
Aaron Robinson	50	160	45	.281	8	24
Johnny Lindell	41	159	45	.283	1	20
Bill Drescher	48	126	34	.270	0	15
Herb Crompton	36	99	19	.192	0	12
Mike Milosevich	30	69	15	.217	0	7
Joe Buzas	30	65	17	.262	0	6
Don Savage	34	58	13	.224	0	3
Paul Waner	1	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
Bill Bevens	29	184.0	13	9	3.67	76
Tiny Bonham	23	180.2	8	11	3.29	42
Monk Dubiel	26	151.1	10	9	4.64	45
Hank Borowy	18	132.1	10	5	3.13	35
Red Ruffing	11	87.1	7	3	2.89	24
Atley Donald	9	63.2	5	4	2.97	19
Spud Chandler	4	31.0	2	1	4.65	12

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
Al Gettel	27	154.2	9	8	3.90	67
Bill Zuber	21	127.0	5	11	3.19	50
Joe Page	20	102.0	6	3	2.82	50

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
Jim Turner	30	3	4	10	3.64	22
Ken Holcombe	23	3	3	0	1.79	20
Steve Roser	11	0	0	0	3.67	11
Paul Schreiber	2	0	0	0	4.15	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Casey Stengel
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Billy Meyer
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Bill Cronin
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Garland Braxton
D	Wellsville Yankees	PONY League	Bob Crow and Solly Mishkin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark

External links

• 1945 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1945 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com