1945 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 73-72
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 558,182, Avg. 4,164
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (73-72)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1945 Cleveland Indians Roster
1945 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1945 season with a record of 73 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Indians conceded 548 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Cleveland plated 557 runs. Jeff Heath paced the team with 15 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Dutch Meyer led all regular hitters by hitting .292. Steve Gromek topped the squad with 19 wins, while Allie Reynolds added 15 or more wins also Steve Gromek recorded a 2.55 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Steve Gromek	19	9	.679	2.55	33	30	2	21	3	1	251.0	229	80	71	6	66	101	4	1	0	1026
Allie Reynolds	18	12	.600	3.20	44	30	9	16	2	4	247.3	227	102	88	7	130	112	5	1	1	1074
Jim Bagby	8	11	.421	3.73	25	19	5	11	3	1	159.3	171	70	66	3	59	38	2	1	5	688
Pete Center	6	3	.667	3.99	31	8	14	2	0	1	85.7	89	42	38	2	28	34	1	0	2	369
Bob Feller	5	3	.625	2.50	9	9	0	7	1	0	72.0	50	21	20	1	35	59	2	0	1	300
Ed Klieman	5	8	.385	3.85	38	12	18	4	1	4	126.3	123	60	54	3	49	33	4	0	4	539
Al Smith	5	12	.294	3.84	21	19	1	8	3	1	133.7	141	74	57	8	48	34	2	0	3	576
Red Embree	4	4	.500	1.93	8	8	0	5	1	0	70.0	56	17	15	3	26	42	0	0	1	292
Mel Harder	3	7	.300	3.67	11	11	0	2	0	0	76.0	93	37	31	3	23	16	0	0	4	335
Myril Hoag	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Eddie Carnett	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Jack Salveson	0	0		3.68	19	0	10	0	0	0	44.0	52	23	18	3	6	11	1	0	0	186
Hal Kleine	0	0		3.86	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	3	0	7	5	0	2	1	35
Paul O'Dea	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	13
Paul Calvert	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	8
Earl Henry	0	3	.000	5.40	15	1	7	0	0	0	21.7	20	13	13	0	20	10	1	0	1	101
Totals	73	72	.503	3.31	263	147	71	76	14	12	1302.3	1269	548	479	39	501	497	22	5	23	5559

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dutch Meyer	130	567	524	71	153	29	8	7	48	2	4	40	32	.292	.342	.418	.760	219	12	0	3
Mickey Rocco	143	628	565	81	149	28	6	10	56	0	4	52	40	.264	.326	.388	.713	219	12	0	11
Jeff Heath	102	429	370	60	113	16	7	15	61	3	1	56	39	.305	.398	.508	.906	188	6	1	2
Lou Boudreau	97	402	345	50	106	24	1	3	48	0	4	35	20	.307	.374	.409	.783	141	9	2	20
Felix Mackiewicz	120	411	359	42	98	14	7	2	37	5	5	44	41	.273	.356	.368	.723	132	13	2	6
Pat Seerey	126	485	414	56	98	22	2	14	56	1	2	66	97	.237	.342	.401	.743	166	9	0	5
Don Ross	106	417	363	26	95	15	1	2	43	0	4	42	15	.262	.340	.325	.665	118	10	1	11
Frankie Hayes	119	450	385	39	91	15	6	6	43	1	1	53	52	.236	.335	.353	.688	136	8	4	8
Al Cihocki	92	307	283	21	60	9	3	0	24	2	1	11	48	.212	.241	.265	.507	75	5	0	13
Paul O'Dea	87	250	221	21	52	2	2	1	21	3	0	20	26	.235	.299	.276	.575	61	10	0	9
Les Fleming	42	153	140	18	46	10	2	3	22	0	0	11	5	.329	.382	.493	.874	69	3	1	1
Myril Hoag	40	143	128	10	27	5	3	0	3	1	2	11	18	.211	.279	.297	.575	38	1	1	3
Steve Gromek	37	104	91	8	21	2	0	0	10	0	0	10	17	.231	.307	.253	.560	23	2	0	3
Jim Bagby	25	61	58	6	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.293	.317	.310	.627	18	0	0	1
Eddie Carnett	30	76	73	5	16	7	0	0	7	0	1	2	9	.219	.250	.315	.565	23	1	1	0
Ed Wheeler	46	81	72	12	14	2	0	0	1	1	1	8	13	.194	.275	.222	.497	16	0	0	1
Al Smith	22	49	41	2	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	6	.293	.383	.341	.724	14	1	0	2
Hank Ruszkowski	14	53	49	2	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	9	.204	.264	.204	.468	10	2	0	0
Jim McDonnell	28	55	51	3	10	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	4	.196	.226	.235	.462	12	2	0	2
Elmer Weingartner	20	44	39	5	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.231	.302	.256	.559	10	0	0	1
Ed Klieman	38	43	40	1	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	13	.200	.220	.325	.545	13	2	0	2
Allie Reynolds	44	94	85	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.094	.115	.106	.221	9	2	1	7
Stan Benjamin	14	21	21	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.429	.762	9	0	0	0
Jack Salveson	19	11	10	3	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.400	.455	.900	1.355	9	0	0	0
Fred Williams	16	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	0
Bob Feller	9	29	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.160	.250	.160	.410	4	0	0	1
Red Steiner	12	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.150	.190	.150	.340	3	1	0	0
Red Embree	8	27	21	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360	3	1	0	4
Earl Henry	16	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
Bob Rothel	4	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.200	.385	.200	.585	2	1	0	0
Pete Center	31	23	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	0
Mel Harder	11	28	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.080	.080	.120	.200	3	3	0	3
Hal Kleine	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	10	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	8	24	13	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	.077	.500	.154	.654	2	0	0	0
Paul Calvert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1670	5536	4898	557	1249	216	48	65	520	19	31	505	577	.255	.326	.359	.685	1756	116	14	119

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Fred Williams	1B	3	13	2	0	2	1.000	5.000	0
Mickey Rocco	1B	141	1203	115	10	112	.992	9.348	0
Les Fleming	1B	5	32	4	1	2	.973	7.200	0
Ed Wheeler	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Dutch Meyer	2B	130	317	313	14	66	.978	4.846	0
Al Cihocki	2B	23	56	48	3	13	.972	4.522	0
Ed Wheeler	3B	14	18	13	3	0	.912	2.214	0
Bob Rothel	3B	4	2	5	1	0	.875	1.750	0
Don Ross	3B	106	119	175	13	14	.958	2.774	0
Roy Cullenbine	3B	3	3	3	1	0	.857	2.000	0
Al Cihocki	3B	29	33	51	2	4	.977	2.897	0
Red Steiner	C	4	15	3	0	1	1.000	4.500	1
Hank Ruszkowski	C	14	63	14	2	2	.975	5.500	3
Jim McDonnell	C	23	85	12	2	4	.980	4.217	2
Frankie Hayes	C	119	508	63	7	23	.988	4.798	11
Gene Desautels	C	10	8	3	0	1	1.000	1.100	1
Pat Seerey	OF	117	227	7	6	3	.975	2.000	0
Paul O'Dea	OF	53	118	4	1	2	.992	2.302	0
Felix Mackiewicz	OF	112	288	11	4	4	.987	2.670	0
Myril Hoag	OF	33	73	4	1	1	.987	2.333	0
Jeff Heath	OF	101	214	3	6	1	.973	2.149	0
Les Fleming	OF	33	59	2	4	2	.938	1.848	0
Roy Cullenbine	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250	0
Eddie Carnett	OF	16	33	1	1	1	.971	2.125	0
Stan Benjamin	OF	4	9	2	0	0	1.000	2.750	0
Al Smith	P	21	6	37	1	3	.977	2.048	0
Jack Salveson	P	19	4	13	0	0	1.000	.895	0
Allie Reynolds	P	44	11	44	5	3	.917	1.250	0
Paul O'Dea	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ed Klieman	P	38	12	37	2	3	.961	1.289	0
Hal Kleine	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Myril Hoag	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Earl Henry	P	15	3	6	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Mel Harder	P	11	6	19	0	1	1.000	2.273	0
Steve Gromek	P	33	15	31	2	1	.958	1.394	0
Bob Feller	P	9	7	4	0	0	1.000	1.222	0
Red Embree	P	8	5	15	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Pete Center	P	31	4	7	0	1	1.000	.355	0
Eddie Carnett	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Paul Calvert	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jim Bagby	P	25	13	47	4	3	.938	2.400	0
Ed Wheeler	SS	11	10	9	2	1	.905	1.727	0
Elmer Weingartner	SS	20	29	32	9	7	.871	3.050	0
Al Cihocki	SS	41	65	109	10	25	.946	4.244	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	97	217	289	9	73	.983	5.216	0
Totals		1536	3909	1561	126	379	.977	3.561	18

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