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
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
Roster 1945 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 29 184.0 13 9 3.67 76 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 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
LEAGUE 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
External links 1945 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1945 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com