1945 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1945 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1945

World Series Champions

Detroit Tigers

Runner Up

Chicago Cubs

Most Valuable Players

AL: Hal Newhouser NL: Phil Cavarretta

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

545

Attendance

10,841,123

Payroll

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1945 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	153	88	65	.575	--	633	565	68	Won World Series (Cubs)	1,280,341	1	---	Steve O'Neill	Briggs Stadium
2	2	4	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	1.5	622	562	60	dnq	652,660	7	---	Ossie Bluege	Griffith Stadium
3	3	6	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	151	81	70	.536	6.0	597	548	49	dnq	482,986	12	---	Luke Sewell	Sportsman's Park
4	4	7	New York Yankees	T - S - R	152	81	71	.533	6.5	676	606	70	dnq	881,845	5	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
5	5	10	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	145	73	72	.503	11.0	557	548	9	dnq	558,182	11	---	Lou Boudreau	League Park
6	6	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	149	71	78	.477	15.0	596	633	-37	dnq	657,981	6	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
7	7	12	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	71	83	.461	17.5	599	674	-75	dnq	603,794	9	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	150	52	98	.347	34.5	494	638	-144	dnq	462,631	13	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	98	56	.636	--	735	533	202	Lost World Series (Tigers)	1,036,386	3	---	Charlie Grimm	Wrigley Field
2	2	2	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	95	59	.617	3.0	756	582	174	dnq	594,630	10	---	Billy Southworth	Sportsman's Park
3	3	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	11.0	795	720	75	dnq	1,059,220	2	---	Leo Durocher	Ebbets Field
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	16.0	753	681	72	dnq	604,694	8	---	Frankie Frisch	Forbes Field
5	5	9	New York Giants	T - S - R	152	78	74	.513	19.0	668	700	-32	dnq	1,016,468	4	---	Mel Ott	Polo Grounds
6	6	13	Boston Braves	T - S - R	152	67	85	.441	30.0	721	727	-6	dnq	374,178	14	---	Bob Coleman, Del Bissonette	Braves Field
7	7	14	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	61	93	.396	37.0	536	694	-158	dnq	290,070	15	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	46	108	.299	52.0	548	864	-316	dnq	285,057	16	---	Ben Chapman, Freddie Fitzsimmons	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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