1945_Cincinnati_Reds_season Knowpia

The 1945 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 61–93, 37 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason edit

Prior to 1945 season: Eddie Erautt was obtained by the Reds from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.^[1]

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	56	0.636	—	49–26	49–30
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	0.617	3	48–29	47–30
Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	0.565	11	48–30	39–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	0.532	16	45–34	37–38
New York Giants	78	74	0.513	19	47–30	31–44
Boston Braves	67	85	0.441	30	36–38	31–47
Cincinnati Reds	61	93	0.396	37	36–41	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	0.299	52	22–55	24–53

1945 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13–1	7–15	10–12	10–10–2	14–8	7–15	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9–1	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	19–3	12–10	9–13
Chicago	15–7	14–8–1	—	21–1	11–11	17–5	14–8	6–16
Cincinnati	12–10	11–11	1–21	—	6–16	12–10	10–12	9–13
New York	10–10–2	7–15	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	8–14	3–19	5–17	10–12	5–17	—	6–16	9–13
Pittsburgh	15–7	10–12	8–14	12–10	11–11	16–6	—	10–12–1
St. Louis	12–10	13–9	16–6	13–9	16–6	13–9	12–10–1	—

1945 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Al Lakeman	76	258	66	.256	8	31
1B	Frank McCormick	152	580	160	.276	10	81
2B	Woody Williams	133	482	114	.237	0	27
SS	Eddie Miller	115	421	100	.238	13	49
3B	Steve Mesner	150	540	137	.254	1	52
OF	Al Libke	130	449	127	.283	4	53
OF	Eric Tipton	108	331	80	.242	5	34
OF	Dain Clay	153	656	184	.280	1	50

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
Gee Walker	106	316	80	.253	2	21
Al Unser	67	204	54	.265	3	21
Kermit Wahl	71	194	39	.201	0	10
Dick Sipek	82	156	38	.244	0	13
Hank Sauer	31	116	34	.293	5	20
Wally Flager	21	52	11	.212	0	6
Johnny Riddle	23	45	8	.178	0	2
Joe Just	14	34	5	.147	0	2
Eddie Lukon	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Ray Medeiros	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Heusser	31	223.0	11	16	3.71	56
Joe Bowman	25	185.2	11	13	3.59	71
Bucky Walters	22	168.0	10	10	2.68	45
Vern Kennedy	24	157.2	5	12	4.00	38
Frank Dasso	16	95.2	4	5	3.67	39
Herm Wehmeier	2	5.0	0	1	12.60	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Howie Fox	45	164.1	8	13	4.93	54
Earl Harrist	14	62.1	2	4	3.61	15
Boom-Boom Beck	11	47.2	2	4	3.40	9
Arnold Carter	13	46.2	2	4	3.09	4
Johnny Hetki	5	32.2	1	2	3.58	9
Elmer Riddle	12	29.2	1	4	8.19	5
Mel Bosser	7	16.0	2	0	3.38	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hod Lisenbee	31	1	3	1	5.49	14
Mike Modak	20	1	2	1	5.74	7
Guy Bush	4	0	0	1	8.31	1
Al Libke	4	0	0	0	0.00	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A1	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Frank Snyder
C	Raleigh Capitals	Carolina League	Charles Carroll
D	Lima Reds	Ohio State League	Cap Crossley

^ Eddie Erautt page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007