The 1945 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.
Regular season Coming off their first pennant in 1944, St. Louis didn't regress very far but still finished six games off the pace.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions August 8, 1945: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Browns by the Detroit Tigers.George Caster page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1945 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player C Frank Mancuso 119 365 98 .268 1 38 1B George McQuinn 139 483 134 .277 7 61 2B Don Gutteridge 143 543 129 .238 2 49 SS 149 571 165 .289 24 89 3B Mark Christman 78 289 80 .277 4 34 OF Mike Kreevich 84 295 70 .237 2 21 OF 133 442 110 .249 8 59 OF Gene Moore 110 354 92 .260 5 50
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player Len Schulte 119 430 106 .247 0 36 77 234 51 .218 0 13 Lou Finney 57 213 59 .277 2 22 Babe Martin 54 185 37 .200 2 16 Red Hayworth 56 160 31 .194 0 17 Chet Laabs 35 109 26 .239 1 8 Joe Schultz 41 44 13 .295 0 8 Ellis Clary 26 38 8 .211 1 2
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player IP W L ERA SO 32 255.1 15 11 2.47 129 Jack Kramer 29 193.0 10 15 3.36 99 Sig Jakucki 30 192.1 12 10 3.51 55 Tex Shirley 32 183.2 8 12 3.63 77 Al Hollingsworth 26 173.1 12 9 2.70 64 Ox Miller 4 28.1 2 1 1.59 4 Bob Muncrief 27 145.2 13 4 2.72 54 Lefty West 24 74.1 3 4 3.63 38
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player W L SV ERA SO Sam Zoldak 26 3 2 0 3.36 19 Earl Jones 10 0 0 1 2.54 13 10 1 2 1 6.89 9 Cliff Fannin 5 0 0 0 2.61 5 Al LaMacchia 5 2 0 0 2.00 2 Pete Appleton 2 0 0 0 15.43 1 Dee Sanders 2 0 0 0 40.50 1
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Awards and honors
League top five finishers Nels Potter #2 in AL in strikeouts (129)
Vern Stephens Led AL in home runs (24) #2 in AL in runs scored (90) #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.473) #3 in AL in RBI (89)
References
External links 1945 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1945 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com