1945 Cleveland Indians

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W-L Record: 73-72 -- 5th in American League - Manager: Lou Boudreau Location: Baseball Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, League Park Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 558,182 Youngest Player: Hank Ruszkowski (19) Oldest Player: Gene Desautels (38) Longest Tenure: Mel Harder (18)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1945 Cleveland Indians

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
22	Jim Bagby	P	28	R	R	6-2	170	9/8/1916	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1938-1947
33	Stan Benjamin	OF	31	R	R	6-2	194	5/20/1914	Framingham,Massachusetts	MLB	1939-1945
5	Lou Boudreau	SS	27	R	R	5-11	185	7/17/1917	Harvey,Illinois	MLB	1938-1952
33	Paul Calvert	P	27	R	R	6-0	185	10/6/1917	Montreal,Quebec	MLB	1942-1951
42	Eddie Carnett	P	28	L	L	6-0	185	10/21/1916	Springfield,Missouri	MLB	1941-1945
40	Pete Center	P	33	R	R	6-4	190	4/22/1912	Hazel Green,Kentucky	MLB	1942-1946
2	Al Cihocki	SS-3B	21	R	R	5-11	185	5/7/1924	Nanticoke,Pennsylvania	MLB	1945-1945
1	Roy Cullenbine	OF-1B	31	B	R	6-1	190	10/18/1913	Nashville,Tennessee	MLB	1938-1947
42	Gene Desautels	C	38	R	R	5-11	170	6/13/1907	Worcester,Massachusetts	MLB	1930-1946
30	Red Embree	P	27	R	R	6-0	165	8/30/1917	El Monte,California	MLB	1941-1949
19	Bob Feller	P	26	R	R	6-0	185	11/3/1918	Van Meter,Iowa	MLB	1936-1956
8	Les Fleming	1B	29	L	L	5-10	185	8/7/1915	Singleton,Texas	MLB	1939-1949
25	Steve Gromek	P	25	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck,Michigan	MLB	1941-1957
18	Mel Harder	P	35	R	R	6-1	195	10/15/1909	Beemer,Nebraska	MLB	1928-1947
11	Frankie Hayes	C	30	R	R	6-0	185	10/13/1914	Jamesburg,New Jersey	MLB	1933-1947
12,4	Jeff Heath	OF	30	L	R		200	4/1/1915	Fort William,Ontario	MLB	1936-1949
34	Earl Henry	P	28	L	L	5-11	172	6/10/1917	Roseville,Ohio	MLB	1944-1945
17	Myril Hoag	OF	37	R	R	5-11	180	3/9/1908	Davis,California	MLB	1931-1945
15,35	Hal Kleine	P	22	L	L	6-2	193	6/8/1923	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1944-1945
39	Ed Klieman	P	27	R	R	6-1	190	3/21/1918	Norwood,Ohio	MLB	1943-1950
41	Felix Mackiewicz	OF	27	R	R	6-2	195	11/20/1917	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1941-1947
14	Jim McDonnell	C	22	L	R	5-11	165	8/15/1922	Gagetown,Michigan	MLB	1943-1945
24	Dutch Meyer	2B	29	R	R	5-10	181	10/6/1915	Waco,Texas	MLB	1940-1946
6	Paul O'Dea	OF	24	L	L	6-0	200	7/3/1920	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1944-1945
21	Allie Reynolds	P	30	R	R	6-0	195	2/10/1915	Bethany,Oklahoma	MLB	1942-1954
10	Mickey Rocco	1B	29	L	L	5-11	188	3/2/1916	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	1943-1946
1	Don Ross	3B-OF	30	R	R	6-2	200	7/16/1914	Pasadena,California	MLB	1938-1946
3	Bob Rothel	3B	21	R	R	5-10	170	9/17/1923	Columbia Station,Ohio	MLB	1945-1945
16	Hank Ruszkowski	C	19	R	R	6-0	190	11/10/1925	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1944-1947
35	Jack Salveson	P	31	R	R	6-0	180	1/5/1914	Fullerton,California	MLB	1933-1945
23	Pat Seerey	OF	22	R	R	5-10	200	3/17/1923	Wilburton,Oklahoma	MLB	1943-1949
32	Al Smith	P	37	L	L	5-11	180	10/12/1907	Belleville,Illinois	MLB	1934-1945
12	Red Steiner	C	30	L	R	6-0	185	1/7/1915	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1945-1945
34	Elmer Weingartner	SS	26	R	R	5-11	178	8/13/1918	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1945-1945
7	Ed Wheeler	3B-SS	30	R	R	5-9	160	5/24/1915	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1945-1945
8	Papa Williams	1B	31	R	R	6-1	200	7/17/1913	Meridian,Mississippi	MLB	1945-1945

Team Personnel

Lou Boudreau (Manager)
Ski Melillo (Assistant Coach)
Burt Shotton (Assistant Coach)
George Susce (Assistant Coach)

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