1945 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 61-93
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 290,070, Avg. 5,360
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Bill McKechnie (61-93)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1945 Cincinnati Reds RosterTeam Record: 61-93
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 290,070, Avg. 5,360
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Bill McKechnie (61-93)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1945 Cincinnati Reds Results
The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1945 season with a record of 61 wins and 93 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Reds plated 536 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 694 runs. Eddie Miller paced Cincinnati with 13 home runs Frank McCormick accounted for 81 RBI. Al Libke topped all regular hitters by hitting .283. Joe Bowman and Ed Heusser led the squad with 11 wins each, while Bucky Walters recorded a 2.68 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill McKechnie coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bowman | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.59 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 185.7 | 198 | 89 | 74 | 8 | 68 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 827 |
| Ed Heusser | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.71 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 223.0 | 248 | 105 | 92 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 965 |
| Bucky Walters | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.68 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 168.0 | 166 | 62 | 50 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 706 |
| Howie Fox | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.93 | 45 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 164.3 | 169 | 102 | 90 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 730 |
| Vern Kennedy | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.00 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 157.7 | 170 | 74 | 70 | 10 | 69 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 693 |
| Frank Dasso | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.67 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 89 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 418 |
| Mel Bosser | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Arnold Carter | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.09 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.7 | 54 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.40 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.7 | 42 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Earl Harrist | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.61 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 274 |
| Johnny Hetki | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.58 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Mike Modak | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.74 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42.3 | 52 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 195 |
| Horace Lisenbee | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.49 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.3 | 97 | 56 | 49 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 350 |
| Elmer Riddle | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 39 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 146 |
| Al Libke | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Guy Bush | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Herm Wehmeier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Totals | 61 | 93 | .396 | 4.00 | 286 | 154 | 77 | 77 | 11 | 6 | 1365.7 | 1439 | 694 | 607 | 70 | 534 | 0 | 372 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 5984 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dain Clay | 153 | 700 | 656 | 81 | 184 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 58 | .280 | .321 | .335 | .656 | 220 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank McCormick | 152 | 644 | 580 | 68 | 160 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 22 | .276 | .345 | .384 | .729 | 223 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mesner | 150 | 611 | 540 | 52 | 137 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 18 | .254 | .322 | .298 | .620 | 161 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Libke | 130 | 489 | 449 | 41 | 127 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 62 | .283 | .336 | .383 | .719 | 172 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Williams | 133 | 534 | 482 | 46 | 114 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 24 | .237 | .296 | .266 | .562 | 128 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Miller | 115 | 451 | 421 | 46 | 100 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .238 | .275 | .404 | .679 | 170 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Gee Walker | 106 | 334 | 316 | 28 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 38 | .253 | .289 | .320 | .609 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Tipton | 108 | 382 | 331 | 32 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 37 | .242 | .327 | .344 | .671 | 114 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lakeman | 76 | 277 | 258 | 22 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 45 | .256 | .304 | .415 | .719 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Unser | 67 | 221 | 204 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .265 | .318 | .387 | .705 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kermit Wahl | 71 | 223 | 194 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 22 | .201 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Sipek | 82 | 170 | 156 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .244 | .302 | .308 | .609 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Sauer | 31 | 122 | 116 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .293 | .328 | .431 | .759 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Heusser | 31 | 85 | 77 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .247 | .275 | .338 | .613 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucky Walters | 24 | 67 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .230 | .266 | .426 | .692 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Fox | 45 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .283 | .313 | .304 | .617 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Kennedy | 24 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .226 | .241 | .302 | .543 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Flager | 21 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .212 | .317 | .231 | .547 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Riddle | 23 | 49 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .178 | .245 | .178 | .423 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Dasso | 16 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .161 | .212 | .161 | .373 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Just | 14 | 40 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .147 | .237 | .147 | .384 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Bowman | 29 | 75 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .070 | .096 | .127 | .223 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Riddle | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Carter | 19 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lukon | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Modak | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Hetki | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horace Lisenbee | 31 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Bosser | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Harrist | 14 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Medeiros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guy Bush | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1730 | 5796 | 5283 | 536 | 1317 | 221 | 26 | 56 | 498 | 71 | 0 | 392 | 532 | .249 | .304 | .333 | .637 | 1758 | 112 | 26 | 95 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Sauer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank McCormick | 1B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 1469 | 118 | 9 | 104 | .994 | 1.510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Libke | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Williams | 2B | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 295 | 393 | 22 | 61 | .969 | 5.173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | 2B | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 87 | 9 | 13 | .948 | 5.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mesner | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gee Walker | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mesner | 3B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 326 | 15 | 35 | .971 | 3.351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Unser | C | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 207 | 30 | 11 | 5 | .956 | 3.885 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Riddle | C | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Lakeman | C | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 226 | 31 | 10 | 4 | .963 | 3.473 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Just | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gee Walker | OF | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .962 | 1.896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Tipton | OF | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .970 | 2.337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sipek | OF | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 2.258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Sauer | OF | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 2.464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Lukon | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Libke | OF | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 223 | 13 | 9 | 6 | .963 | 2.185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dain Clay | OF | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 446 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .989 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Wehmeier | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Walters | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Riddle | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Modak | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace Lisenbee | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Libke | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kennedy | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Heusser | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hetki | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Harrist | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Fox | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Dasso | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Carter | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Bush | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Bowman | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Bosser | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boom-Boom Beck | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | SS | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 83 | 6 | 9 | .959 | 4.581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Miller | SS | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | 382 | 16 | 61 | .975 | 5.452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Flager | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .933 | 3.733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1572 | 0 | 0.0 | 4102 | 1828 | 146 | 328 | .976 | 3.772 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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