1945 Brooklyn Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg 1945 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 87 67 y 3rd James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith Branch Rickey Leo Durocher WHNRed Barber, Connie Desmond As World War II was drawing to a close, the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers finished 11 games back in third place in the National League race. Offseason February 24, 1945: Carden Gillenwater was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Braves.Carden Gillenwater page at Baseball Reference March 28, 1945: Whit Wyatt was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.Whit Wyatt page at Baseball Reference Regular season Eddie Stanky led the NL in runs scored with 128 in 1945, when he drew a then-record 148 walks.https://baseballbiography.com/eddie-stanky-1916 Eddie Stanky August 12, 2008 mdy-all Season standings Brooklyn Dodgers Record vs. opponents BRO Opening Day lineup +Opening Day lineupName Position Frenchy Bordagaray Left fielderLuis Olmo Center fielderAugie Galan First basemanDixie Walker Right fielderBill Hart Third basemanMickey OwenCatcherMike Sandlock ShortstopLeo Durocher Second basemanCurt Davis Starting pitcher Notable transactions June 15, 1945: Ben Chapman was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Peacock.Ben Chapman page at Baseball Reference Roster 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers 13 Ralph Branca 23 Cy Buker -- Claude Crocker 26 Curt Davis 28 Hal Gregg 22 Ray Hathaway 16 Art Herring 29 Clyde King 18 Vic Lombardi 25 Otho Nitcholas 14 Lee Pfund 10 Ernie Rudolph 17 Tom Seats 31,32 Les Webber Catchers 15 Stan Andrews 3,34 Fats Dantonio 32 Ray Hayworth 10 Mickey Owen  5 Johnny Peacock  1 Mike Sandlock 15 Clyde Sukeforth Infielders 27,31 Eddie Basinski 33 Frenchy Bordagaray  9 Tommy Brown  8 Claude Corbitt 13 John Douglas  2 Leo Durocher 24 Augie Galan  6 Bill Hart  8 Howie Schultz 12 Eddie Stanky  6 Ed Stevens  9 Barney White Outfielders 19 Morrie Aderholt  3 Red Durrett 3,4,32 Babe Herman 25 Don Lund 21 Luis Olmo  9 Erv Palica 35 Goody Rosen 11 Dixie Walker Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches 30 Red Corriden  7 Charlie Dressen 32 Ray Hayworth 15 Clyde Sukeforth 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 Sandlock 80 195 55 .282 2 17 1B Augie Galan 152 576 177 .307 9 92 2B Eddie Stanky 153 555 143 .258 1 39 3B Frenchy Bordagaray 113 273 70 .256 2 49 SS Eddie Basinski 108 336 88 .262 0 33 OF Dixie Walker 154 607 182 .300 8 124 OF Goody Rosen 145 606 197 .325 12 75 OF Luis Olmo 141 556 174 .313 10 110 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 Ed Stevens Ed Stevens (baseball) 55 201 55 .274 4 29 Tommy Brown Tommy Brown (baseball) 57 196 48 .245 2 19 Bill Hart Bill Hart (infielder) 58 161 37 .230 3 27 Howie Schultz 39 142 34 .239 1 19 Fats Dantonio 47 128 32 .250 0 12 Johnny Peacock 48 110 28 .255 0 14 Mickey Owen 24 84 24 .286 0 11 Morrie Aderholt 39 60 13 .217 0 6 Clyde Sukeforth 18 51 15 .294 0 1 Stan Andrews 21 49 8 .163 0 2 Babe Herman 37 34 9 .265 1 9 Red Durrett 8 16 2 .125 0 0 John Douglas John Douglas (baseball) 5 9 0 .000 0 0 Leo Durocher 2 5 1 .200 0 2 Claude Corbitt 2 4 2 .500 0 0 Don Lund 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Ray Hayworth 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Barney White 4 1 0 .000 0 0 Erv Palica 2 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 Hal Gregg 42 254.1 18 13 3.47 139 Curt Davis 24 149.2 10 10 3.25 39 Art Herring 22 124.0 7 4 3.48 34 Ralph Branca 16 109.2 5 6 3.04 69 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 Vic Lombardi 38 203.2 10 11 3.31 64 Tom Seats 31 121.2 10 7 4.36 44 Les Webber 17 75.1 7 3 3.58 30 Lee Pfund 15 62.1 3 2 5.20 27 Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 10 53.2 3 3 5.53 23 Ray Hathaway 4 9.0 0 1 4.00 3 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 Cy Buker 42 7 2 5 3.30 48 Clyde King 42 5 5 3 4.09 29 Otho Nitcholas 7 1 0 0 5.30 4 Ernie Rudolph 7 1 0 0 5.19 3 Claude Crocker 1 0 0 1 0.00 1 Awards and honors 1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Unofficial rosters, the game was not played due to the war Hal Gregg starter Goody Rosen reserve Dixie Walker reserve TSN Major League All-Star Team Goody Rosen Farm system AA Montreal Royals International League Bruno Betzel AA St. Paul Saints American Association Ray Blades A1 Mobile Bears Southern Association Clay Hopper B Newport News Dodgers Piedmont League Jake Pitler B Trenton Packers Interstate League Walter Alston D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League John Fitzpatrick D Zanesville Dodgers Ohio–Indiana League Jack KnightMorris MikesellRay HayworthEric McNairClay Bryant LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Zanesville Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Dodgers season Category:1945 in sports in New York City Category:1940s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn