1945 Cleveland Buckeyes season

January 2025 Cleveland Buckeyes 1945 52–20–2 (52 20 2) Negro American League League Park Cleveland 1st Quincy Trouppe The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes baseball team competed in Negro American League (NAL) during the 1945 baseball season. The team compiled a 52–20–2 (52 20 2) record.1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Seamheads.com September 6, 2020 https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1945&teamID=CBE&LGOrd=2&tab=roster The team won the NAL pennant and defeated the Washington Homestead Grays in the 1945 Negro World Series, four games to none.Holway John B. The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History Fern Park, FL Hastings House Publishers 2001 426–427 0803820070Cleveland Scores in First 2 Games of World Series The Afro-American 22 September 22, 1945 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3SUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1549%2C1248747 January 4, 2013Cleveland Captures 1945 World Baseball Crown The Afro-American 23 September 29, 1945 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3iUmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6282%2C1486534 January 4, 2013 Quincy Trouppe was the team's manager. Avelino Cañizares and Sam Jethroe were the leading hitters with batting averages of .365 and .339.1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Batting Seamheads.com September 7, 2020 https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1945&teamID=CBE&LGOrd=2&tab=bat&sort=H_a Gene Bremmer was the leading pitcher with a 6–1 record and 2.07 earned run average.1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Pitching Seamheads.com September 7, 2020 https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1945&teamID=CBE&LGOrd=2&tab=pit References Category:1945 in sports in Ohio Category:Negro league baseball seasons Category:Cleveland Buckeyes