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 Prior to 1945 season: Eddie Erautt was obtained by the Reds from the Hollywood Stars as part of a minor league working agreement.Eddie Erautt page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1945 Cincinnati Reds 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 76 258 66 .256 8 31 1B Frank McCormick 152 580 160 .276 10 81 2B 133 482 114 .237 0 27 SS 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

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 Gee Walker 106 316 80 .253 2 21 67 204 54 .265 3 21 71 194 39 .201 0 10 82 156 38 .244 0 13 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 2 8 1 .125 0 0 Ray Medeiros 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 Ed Heusser 31 223.0 11 16 3.71 56 25 185.2 11 13 3.59 71 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

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 Howie Fox 45 164.1 8 13 4.93 54 Earl Harrist 14 62.1 2 4 3.61 15 11 47.2 2 4 3.40 9 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 7 16.0 2 0 3.38 3

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 Hod Lisenbee 31 1 3 1 5.49 14 Mike Modak 20 1 2 1 5.74 7 4 0 0 1 8.31 1 Al Libke 4 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1945 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference