1945 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 92-70
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 823
Runs Allowed: 719
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 2,372,036
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the NL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
A: 70-67, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-0 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Cincinnati Reds
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF #Augie Galan 33 153 576 90 167 40 5 11 85 0 0 86 20 .290 .383 .434 .817 90.1 19.5 2.7
3B  Whitey Kurowski 27 155 541 85 174 22 4 19 111 0 0 71 40 .322 .401 .482 .884 102.3 23.3 6.3
RF  Hank Sauer 28 151 554 98 162 27 3 35 121 0 2 62 40 .292 .362 .542 .904 99.1 21.9 2.0
3B  Lee Handley 31 156 538 85 158 18 6 5 52 23 13 42 27 .294 .344 .377 .722 67.9 12.2 7.4
1B *Nick Etten 31 140 445 91 128 19 4 22 80 0 0 79 32 .288 .391 .497 .888 87.7 20.1 3.0
RF  Bobby Estalella 34 139 376 65 101 25 4 6 55 0 0 71 48 .269 .384 .404 .788 58.8 12.1 2.5
CF *Dom Dallessandro 31 134 384 60 112 25 3 1 42 1 0 46 46 .292 .364 .380 .744 53.0 10.5 2.3
2B *Stu Martin 31 117 352 42 90 18 2 4 38 0 0 37 11 .256 .325 .352 .677 38.6 5.8 4.1
C  Bennie Warren 33 96 300 28 45 9 1 9 35 0 1 48 63 .150 .264 .277 .541 23.8 0.0 2.9
CF  Buster Adams 30 106 255 37 67 9 0 9 37 0 0 31 38 .263 .346 .404 .750 36.1 6.8 1.9
C *Joe Schultz 26 48 187 26 34 3 1 1 9 0 0 28 7 .182 .287 .225 .512 12.7 0.0 1.4
C  Birdie Tebbetts 32 51 151 29 43 5 1 1 20 0 0 11 12 .285 .335 .351 .686 16.9 2.7 1.3
2B  Marty Marion 27 73 150 10 34 7 0 0 14 0 0 12 11 .227 .284 .273 .557 10.2 0.3 2.0
P *Cliff Melton 33 41 124 2 26 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 26 .210 .222 .218 .440 4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie White 28 41 115 14 29 4 1 0 10 0 0 5 9 .252 .289 .304 .594 10.8 1.0 0.0
3B *Hillis Layne 27 65 112 21 39 3 3 1 17 0 0 9 6 .348 .402 .455 .857 18.0 4.3 1.4
3B  Jimmy Pofahl 28 65 105 13 23 2 1 0 7 0 0 13 6 .219 .305 .257 .562 8.3 0.6 1.1
RF *Bud Stewart 29 78 92 12 18 4 1 0 15 0 0 11 4 .196 .276 .261 .537 5.0 0.0 0.3
P  Les McCrabb 30 35 67 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .075 .101 .090 .191 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Bruner 28 44 57 2 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 13 .123 .133 .123 .256 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Eddie Smith 31 34 56 6 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 9 .179 .217 .196 .413 2.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Emil Verban 29 14 31 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .323 .313 .419 .732 3.4 0.6 0.5
P  Bob Logan 35 25 26 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.5 0.0 0.0
C *Jake Early 30 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Frank Lamanna 25 43 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Wolff 34 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Al Brazle 31 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2096 5609 823 1486 246 40 124 780 24 16 672 495 .265 .343 .389 .732 745.2 141.6 43.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 6 4 3 1 3 2 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Cliff Melton 33 22 14 .611 41 41 0 333.0 318 131 34 68 191 3.54 23.6
*Ernie White 28 21 12 .636 41 41 0 325.0 327 140 21 108 173 3.88 22.3
 Les McCrabb 30 15 6 .714 35 25 0 208.3 209 75 14 61 56 3.24 15.6
 Roy Bruner 28 8 17 .320 44 27 2 200.7 180 94 15 115 147 4.22 7.5
*Eddie Smith 31 11 8 .579 34 20 1 174.7 200 99 11 73 68 5.10 5.8
*Bob Logan 35 4 3 .571 25 8 5 80.0 84 43 9 34 25 4.84 3.1
 Roger Wolff 34 5 5 .500 54 0 4 61.3 69 38 8 20 16 5.58 2.2
 Frank Lamanna 25 2 3 .400 43 0 13 51.7 29 14 1 44 16 2.44 9.0
*Al Brazle 31 4 2 .667 33 0 0 36.7 37 19 2 12 11 4.66 2.1
Team Totals 30.6 92 70 .568 350 162 25 1471.3 1453 653 115 535 703 3.99 91.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 2 1 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 27.3
B.Warren 720.7 80 83 361 26 2 2 .995 25.0
J.Schultz 411.6 42 46 191 17 3 0 .986 16.7
B.Tebbetts 339.0 37 42 171 12 1 1 .995 16.7
J.Early 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1473.3 159 172 725 55 6 3 .992 20.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
N.Etten 995.0 108 126 1279 90 8 117 .994 12.38
B.Estalella 456.3 54 57 597 44 4 54 .994 12.64
J.Early 20.0 0 4 25 3 0 6 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1471.3 162 187 1901 137 12 177 .994 12.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
S.Martin 827.7 99 105 206 370 19 81 .968 6.26
M.Marion 337.7 35 61 75 151 7 37 .970 6.02
J.Pofahl 181.7 19 36 42 74 2 9 .983 5.75
E.Verban 79.7 9 13 21 39 1 9 .984 6.78
H.Layne 41.7 0 15 17 20 3 7 .925 7.99
L.Handley 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.3 162 232 361 654 33 143 .969 6.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
W.Kurowski 1250.3 138 148 85 358 22 37 .953 3.19
H.Layne 191.0 24 25 12 51 0 3 1.000 2.97
B.Estalella 19.0 0 5 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.26
J.Pofahl 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Marion 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
J.Schultz 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.4 162 182 100 419 22 41 .959 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
L.Handley 1274.0 150 154 185 588 18 105 .977 5.46
J.Pofahl 72.7 4 21 5 25 2 2 .938 3.72
M.Marion 62.0 7 10 8 23 0 4 1.000 4.50
S.Martin 27.7 1 7 7 7 0 3 1.000 4.56
H.Layne 24.7 0 15 4 7 1 2 .917 4.01
B.Adams 7.3 0 3 3 3 0 3 1.000 7.37
B.Stewart 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00
Team Total 1471.3 162 211 212 654 22 119 .975 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
H.Sauer 1240.3 137 145 231 1 10 0 .959 1.68
B.Estalella 168.0 21 22 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.36
B.Stewart 22.0 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
A.Galan 22.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
N.Etten 10.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Adams 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.3 162 180 280 2 10 1 .966 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
D.Dallessandro 836.0 102 109 214 9 8 2 .965 2.40
B.Adams 530.3 60 70 168 6 6 3 .967 2.95
B.Estalella 94.0 0 44 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
A.Galan 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Stewart 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1471.3 162 230 410 15 14 5 .968 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
A.Galan 1262.3 141 145 268 3 4 0 .985 1.93
B.Estalella 103.0 11 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
B.Stewart 95.0 10 13 25 0 1 0 .962 2.37
H.Sauer 11.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.3 162 176 314 3 5 0 .984 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
C.Melton 333.0 41 41 23 63 3 1 .966 2.32
E.White 325.0 41 41 17 58 2 5 .974 2.08
L.McCrabb 208.3 25 35 14 50 0 5 1.000 2.76
R.Bruner 200.7 27 44 5 33 1 1 .974 1.70
E.Smith 174.7 20 34 13 33 2 8 .958 2.37
B.Logan 80.0 8 25 4 22 0 1 1.000 2.93
R.Wolff 61.3 0 54 2 15 0 1 1.000 2.49
F.Lamanna 51.7 0 43 10 13 1 5 .958 4.01
A.Brazle 36.7 0 33 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.72
Team Total 1471.3 162 350 89 293 9 27 .977 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kurowski .322
On-Base Pct Kurowski .401
Slugging Pct Sauer .542
OPS Sauer .904
XR Kurowski 102.3
Games Handley 156
At-Bats Galan 576
Runs Sauer 98
Hits Kurowski 174
Total Bases Sauer 300
Singles Kurowski, Handley 129
Doubles Galan 40
Triples Handley 6
Homeruns Sauer 35
RBIs Sauer 121
Stolen Bases Handley 23
Caught Stealing Handley 13
Walks Galan 86
Strikeouts Warren 63
ERA McCrabb 3.24
Wins Melton 22
Losses Bruner 17
Winning Pct McCrabb .714
Saves Lamanna 13
Games Pitched Wolff 54
Games Started Melton, White 41
Complete Games Melton, White 17
Shutouts Melton, White 3
Innings Pitched Melton 333.0
Hits Allowed White 327
Homeruns Allowed Melton 34
Strikeouts Melton 191
Walks Allowed Bruner 115
Walks per 9IP Melton 1.8
Hits per 9IP Bruner 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Bruner 6.6
WHiP Melton 1.16
OAVG Bruner .237
OOBP Melton .290
OSLG McCrabb .354
OOPS McCrabb .669
Team All-Stars
Nick Etten
Augie Galan
Whitey Kurowski
Frank Lamanna
Cliff Melton
Hank Sauer
Eddie Smith
Player Salaries
Cliff Melton $ 7,480,000
Eddie Smith $ 6,500,000
Augie Galan $ 5,750,000
Ernie White $ 5,235,714
Dom Dallessandro $ 4,690,000
Stu Martin $ 3,600,000
Lee Handley $ 3,590,000
Bobby Estalella $ 3,500,000
Hank Sauer $ 3,300,000
Whitey Kurowski $ 3,057,143
Bob Logan $ 3,000,000
Nick Etten $ 2,692,857
Joe Schultz $ 2,442,857
Roger Wolff $ 2,411,429
Birdie Tebbetts $ 1,500,000
Bennie Warren $ 1,071,429
Jake Early $ 580,000
Tom Earley $ 350,000
Marty Marion $ 350,000
Frank Lamanna $ 300,000
Buster Adams $ 300,000
Les McCrabb $ 300,000
Jimmy Pofahl $ 300,000
Bud Stewart $ 300,000
Emil Verban $ 300,000
Roy Bruner $ 300,000
Al Brazle $ 300,000
Hillis Layne $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Jake Early
2/6 Signed     Birdie Tebbetts
7/1 Released Bill Lee    
7/1 Released Cotton Pippen    
7/31 Traded Hal Kleine
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Montreal Joe Schultz