1945 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1945 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 81 71 y 4th Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb Larry MacPhail Joe McCarthy WINS (AM)(Al Helfer, Bill Slater) The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season. The team finished in fourth place in the American League with a record of 81–71, finishing 6.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Regular season Season standings New York Yankees This was the only season between 1925 and 1965 where the Yankees did not finish in the Top 3 of the American League standings. Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1945 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 21 Bill Bevens 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 28 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 14 Monk Dubiel 25 Al Gettel 19 Ken Holcombe 16 Joe Page 24 Steve Roser 22 Red Ruffing 35 Paul Schreiber 30 Jim Turner 17 Bill Zuber Catchers 16 Herb Crompton 29,36 Bill Drescher 10 Mike Garbark  8 Aaron Robinson Infielders 12 Joe Buzas  2 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  7 Oscar Grimes 26 Mike Milosevich  6 Don Savage  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders 27 Russ Derry 12 Charlie Keller  8 Johnny Lindell  9 Hersh Martin  3 Bud Metheny 18 Tuck Stainback Other batters 22 Paul Waner Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Johnny Neun 35 Paul Schreiber 33 Johnny Schulte 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 Garbark 60 176 38 .216 1 26 1B Nick Etten 152 565 161 .285 18 111 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 152 632 195 .309 10 64 SS Frankie Crosetti 130 441 105 .238 4 48 3B Oscar Grimes 142 480 127 .265 4 45 OF Bud Metheny 133 509 126 .248 8 53 OF Tuck Stainback 95 327 84 .257 5 32 OF Hersh Martin 117 408 109 .267 7 53 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 Russ Derry 78 253 57 .225 13 45 Charlie Keller 44 163 49 .301 10 34 Aaron Robinson 50 160 45 .281 8 24 Johnny Lindell 41 159 45 .283 1 20 Bill Drescher 48 126 34 .270 0 15 Herb Crompton 36 99 19 .192 0 12 Mike Milosevich 30 69 15 .217 0 7 Joe Buzas 30 65 17 .262 0 6 Don Savage 34 58 13 .224 0 3 Paul Waner 1 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 Bill Bevens 29 184.0 13 9 3.67 76 Tiny Bonham 23 180.2 8 11 3.29 42 Monk Dubiel 26 151.1 10 9 4.64 45 Hank Borowy 18 132.1 10 5 3.13 35 Red Ruffing 11 87.1 7 3 2.89 24 Atley Donald 9 63.2 5 4 2.97 19 Spud Chandler 4 31.0 2 1 4.65 12 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 Al Gettel 27 154.2 9 8 3.90 67 Bill Zuber 21 127.0 5 11 3.19 50 Joe Page 20 102.0 6 3 2.82 50 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 Jim Turner Jim Turner (baseball) 30 3 4 10 3.64 22 Ken Holcombe 23 3 3 0 1.79 20 Steve Roser 11 0 0 0 3.67 11 Paul Schreiber 2 0 0 0 4.15 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Kansas City Blues American Association Casey Stengel AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Bill Cronin B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Garland Braxton D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Bob Crow and Solly MishkinLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: NewarkJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1945 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1945 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx