The 1945 Boston Braves season was the 75th season of the franchise.

Tommy Holmes had a career year, with 28 home runs, 117 RBI, and a .352 batting average. He led his team in every offensive category except walks. Holmes led the National League in hits (224), doubles (47), home runs (28), total bases (367), slugging percentage (.577) and on-base plus slugging (.997). He finished second in the NL in RBI and batting average. Holmes also put up a 37-game hitting streak this season, lasting from June 6 to July 8, recording a .423 batting average (66-for-156) with 9 home runs and 41 RBI. His hitting-streak record held for 33 years until 1978, when Pete Rose put together a 44-game hitting streak.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1945 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Phil Masi 114 371 101 .272 7 46 1B Vince Shupe 78 283 76 .269 0 15 2B Whitey Wietelmann 123 428 116 .271 4 33 SS Dick Culler 136 527 138 .262 2 30 3B 139 514 141 .274 25 87 OF Carden Gillenwater 144 517 149 .288 7 72 OF Tommy Holmes 154 636 224 .352 28 117 OF Butch Nieman 97 247 61 .247 14 56

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 Joe Mack 66 260 60 .231 3 44 Joe Medwick 66 218 62 .284 0 26 Stew Hofferth 50 170 40 .235 3 15 Frank Drews 49 147 30 .204 0 19 Eddie Joost 35 141 35 .248 0 9 Bill Ramsey 78 137 40 .292 1 12 Tommy Nelson 40 121 20 .165 0 6 Morrie Aderholt 31 102 34 .333 2 11 Clyde Kluttz 25 81 24 .296 0 10 17 46 11 .239 0 7 Stan Wentzel 4 19 4 .211 0 6 Mike Ulicny 11 18 7 .389 1 4 Norm Wallen 4 15 2 .133 0 1

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 Jim Tobin 27 196.2 9 14 3.84 38 Bob Logan 34 187.0 7 11 3.18 53 21 137.2 7 12 4.58 26 Ed Wright 15 111.1 8 3 2.51 24 Bill Lee 16 106.1 6 3 2.79 12 Al Javery 17 77.1 2 7 6.28 18 Elmer Singleton 7 37.1 1 4 4.82 14

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 Johnny Hutchings 57 185.0 7 6 3.75 99 Mort Cooper 20 78.0 7 4 3.35 45 Tom Earley 11 41.0 2 1 4.61 4 9 38.0 2 3 4.74 13 Lefty Wallace 5 20.0 1 0 4.50 4 Bob Whitcher 6 15.2 0 2 2.87 6 Ewald Pyle 4 13.2 0 1 7.24 10 Lou Fette 5 11.0 0 2 5.73 4

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 Don Hendrickson 37 4 8 5 4.91 14 Ira Hutchinson 11 2 3 1 5.02 4 Hal Schacker 6 0 1 0 5.28 6 Charlie Cozart 5 1 0 0 10.13 4 Joe Heving 3 1 0 0 3.38 1 Ben Cardoni 3 0 0 0 9.00 5 Whitey Wietelmann 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1945 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference