1945 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1945 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 67–85 (.441) 6th Louis R. Perini Bob Coleman, Del Bissonette WNAC(George Hatrick, Tom Hussey) The 1945 Boston Braves season was the 75th season of the franchise. 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.https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1945.shtml 1945 Boston Braves statistics at baseball-reference.com baseball-reference.com October 10, 2022 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.https://baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmeto01.shtml Tommy Holmes career statistics at baseball-reference.com baseball-reference.com October 10, 2022 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.https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/h/PX_holmt101.htm Tommy Holmes top performances at retrosheet.com retrosheet.com October 11, 2022 His hitting-streak record held for 33 years until 1978, when Pete Rose put together a 44-game hitting streak. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BSN Roster 1945 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers 25 Nate Andrews 19 Red Barrett 20,25 Ben Cardoni 13 Mort Cooper 21 Charlie Cozart 24 Tom Earley 23 Lou Fette 24 Don Hendrickson 12 Joe Heving 17 Johnny Hutchings 11,19 Ira Hutchinson 18 Al Javery 26 Bill Lee 20 Bob Logan 15 Ewald Pyle 26 Hal Schacker -- Elmer Singleton 22 Jim Tobin 9,15 Lefty Wallace 15 Bob Whitcher 14 Ed Wright Catchers 9,21 Stew Hofferth 11 Clyde Kluttz 10 Phil Masi 29 Mike Ulicny Infielders  6 Dick Culler  2 Frank Drews 9,27 Eddie Joost  3 Joe Mack 5,11 Tommy Nelson 28 Steve Shemo  5 Vince Shupe 12 Norm Wallen  7 Whitey Wietelmann  6 Chuck Workman Outfielders 28 Morrie Aderholt  4 Carden Gillenwater  1 Tommy Holmes 3,5 Joe Medwick 16 Butch Nieman 14,29 Bill Ramsey  4 Stan Wentzel Manager 33 Del Bissonette 31 Bob Coleman Coaches 32 Benny Bengough 33 Del Bissonette 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 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 Chuck Workman (baseball) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Farm system Minor league baseball A Hartford Bees Eastern League Merle Settlemire D Mooresville Braves North Carolina State League Jack QuinlanJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 30em References 1945 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1940s in Boston