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1945 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 60-102
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 642
Runs Allowed: 937
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,011,621
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the NL
AA: 59-78, 8th in the NL
A: 75-62, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
CF #Sam Jethroe 27 154 591 89 154 32 5 19 79 49 13 62 82 .261 .330 .428 .758 87.8 15.7 2.8
3B *Johnny Pesky 25 155 615 74 191 28 8 3 57 9 5 35 17 .311 .348 .397 .744 77.7 14.9 6.9
1B  Eddie Yost 18 124 389 43 73 14 7 8 38 2 1 83 42 .188 .331 .321 .652 47.0 5.7 3.0
1B *Eddie Lukon 24 133 416 62 97 15 1 16 63 0 0 52 53 .233 .316 .389 .705 51.7 7.1 1.6
1B *Max West 28 117 371 47 81 19 0 17 54 2 0 48 61 .218 .306 .407 .713 46.3 6.4 1.5
C *Billy Sullivan 34 114 376 34 84 15 1 3 50 0 0 31 38 .223 .280 .293 .573 27.9 0.5 4.3
2B *Stan Sperry 31 108 325 36 94 21 2 4 32 1 0 37 19 .289 .360 .403 .763 46.1 9.0 2.5
DH  Pat Seerey 22 103 307 32 69 14 0 15 48 1 0 35 72 .225 .304 .417 .721 38.8 5.9 0.8
LF  Tommy O'Brien 26 102 286 38 85 16 0 5 35 0 0 28 22 .297 .359 .406 .764 38.6 7.4 1.0
2B  Billy Herman 35 89 250 21 74 12 0 0 26 3 2 18 17 .296 .341 .344 .685 28.6 4.7 1.7
C  Ray Lamanno 25 77 239 18 56 7 0 4 21 0 0 12 35 .234 .269 .314 .583 17.4 0.2 3.2
CF  Bert Haas 31 110 206 25 53 6 3 1 20 14 13 15 15 .257 .306 .330 .636 19.2 1.6 1.0
1B *Tony Lupien 28 60 184 28 50 5 2 0 21 12 4 22 6 .272 .348 .321 .668 23.5 3.7 0.5
LF #Chuck Stevens 26 74 153 16 42 2 1 0 6 2 2 20 14 .275 .362 .301 .663 16.5 2.2 0.5
RF *Vance Dinges 30 79 115 15 25 3 1 1 12 1 2 4 3 .217 .242 .287 .529 6.3 0.0 0.3
RF *Jimmy Wasdell 31 61 101 11 24 4 0 0 17 2 1 4 2 .238 .267 .277 .544 6.7 0.0 0.2
P *Hal Newhouser 24 37 91 8 18 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 18 .198 .215 .242 .457 3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 16 36 83 6 18 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 22 .217 .235 .217 .452 4.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 24 37 87 2 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 35 .057 .079 .103 .182 -3.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Johnson 26 26 89 5 19 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 .213 .242 .236 .478 4.4 0.0 0.8
P  Tommy De La Cruz 33 37 64 7 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 .188 .188 .219 .406 2.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Gil English 35 40 65 6 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 8 .169 .203 .231 .434 2.3 0.0 0.8
P #Fred Sanford 25 43 49 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .163 .180 .204 .384 1.4 0.0 0.0
C  Frank Mancuso 27 12 40 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 .175 .233 .225 .458 1.3 0.0 0.4
SS  Eddie Miller 28 13 30 2 8 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .267 .267 .467 .733 3.6 0.6 0.2
CF *Eddie Collins 28 11 16 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .235 .313 .548 1.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 24 7 12 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 .571 .500 1.071 2.8 0.7 0.0
C *Johnny Peacock 35 20 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.5 0.0 0.1
P  Bill Bevens 28 57 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 1.9 0.5 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 36 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  John Burrows 31 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Gremp 25 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.1
P *Pretzel Pezzullo 34 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Al Epperly 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Woody Rich 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Bobby Mattick 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 2158 5590 642 1375 231 33 98 613 102 43 525 631 .246 .310 .352 .661 604.8 86.9 34.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 7 7 7 7 6 7 1 8 6 5 7 7 7 7 7  
* - 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
*Hal Newhouser 24 11 19 .367 37 36 0 273.7 305 157 30 120 136 5.16 8.8
*Joe Nuxhall 16 10 22 .313 36 36 0 270.0 297 162 27 121 93 5.40 8.6
 Ed Hanyzewski 24 10 16 .385 37 37 0 264.7 310 167 35 120 107 5.68 4.8
 Tommy De La Cruz 33 6 15 .286 37 26 0 210.0 239 125 30 73 72 5.36 4.0
 Fred Sanford 25 6 11 .353 43 22 3 181.0 190 110 16 80 60 5.47 5.8
 Bill Bevens 28 6 5 .545 57 0 6 82.0 83 34 15 26 34 3.73 8.3
*Pretzel Pezzullo 34 5 6 .455 63 0 11 78.0 77 27 6 30 27 3.12 11.4
*John Burrows 31 2 4 .333 35 1 1 55.7 50 23 6 39 29 3.72 4.2
*Lefty Gomez 36 1 2 .333 8 4 0 23.0 22 20 4 20 12 7.83 0.0
 Bill Cox 32 1 2 .333 8 0 0 11.3 12 5 0 9 6 3.97 0.7
 Al Epperly 27 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 10.3 6 2 1 5 4 1.74 2.0
 Woody Rich 29 0 0 .000 5 0 0 9.3 12 6 1 8 5 5.79 0.2
Team Totals 28.3 60 102 .370 372 162 21 1469.0 1603 838 171 651 585 5.13 58.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 7 3 8 8 8 6 5 8  
* - 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.Sullivan 771.3 86 89 334 23 2 0 .994 19.4
R.Lamanno 574.3 65 69 230 22 0 0 1.000 35.3
F.Mancuso 89.0 10 10 34 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Peacock 19.7 0 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Gremp 9.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Wasdell 4.0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0
V.Dinges 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
T.Lupien 0.8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.8 162 180 618 48 3 0 .996 24.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
P.Seerey 702.0 89 90 877 72 19 85 .980 12.17
T.Lupien 341.6 27 31 435 23 3 39 .993 12.07
C.Stevens 189.0 20 26 228 30 1 24 .996 12.29
J.Wasdell 65.7 3 17 76 10 0 9 1.000 11.79
B.Haas 47.7 2 18 56 0 0 5 1.000 10.57
V.Dinges 30.0 1 12 39 2 0 3 1.000 12.30
M.West 25.0 0 8 29 3 0 1 1.000 11.52
R.Lamanno 13.0 1 5 19 2 1 4 .955 14.54
G.English 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Sullivan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1417.9 143 211 1763 143 24 170 .988 12.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
S.Sperry 813.0 91 105 195 366 19 81 .967 6.21
B.Herman 542.0 60 79 128 239 9 60 .976 6.09
E.Yost 77.0 10 10 23 35 4 8 .935 6.78
E.Miller 29.0 1 6 7 8 0 4 1.000 4.66
J.Pesky 6.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.English 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1469.0 162 204 353 652 32 153 .969 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
E.Yost 921.7 113 113 61 226 10 14 .966 2.80
B.Haas 256.7 20 49 11 68 4 6 .952 2.77
B.Johnson 208.2 21 22 13 64 6 4 .928 3.33
G.English 30.0 1 15 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Lupien 24.6 1 8 2 4 2 0 .750 2.20
B.Sullivan 24.0 2 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Pesky 6.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Mattick 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.8 158 218 93 376 22 24 .955 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
J.Pesky 1306.0 147 148 221 596 27 123 .968 5.63
G.English 133.0 12 22 20 57 1 11 .987 5.21
E.Miller 29.0 3 4 1 13 0 0 1.000 4.34
B.Johnson 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Mattick 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1470.5 162 176 243 667 28 134 .970 5.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
E.Lukon 951.0 111 116 211 7 0 4 1.000 2.06
M.West 216.0 22 28 50 1 3 0 .944 2.13
C.Stevens 121.0 14 17 32 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
V.Dinges 67.0 7 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
B.Sullivan 42.0 5 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
J.Wasdell 40.3 1 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
P.O'Dea 15.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Seerey 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.O'Brien 5.7 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
T.Lupien 3.4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
R.Lamanno 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.4 162 206 334 9 3 5 .991 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
S.Jethroe 1305.0 146 150 406 2 15 2 .965 2.81
B.Haas 102.0 12 14 28 0 1 0 .966 2.47
V.Dinges 23.0 2 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.91
E.Lukon 17.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.12
S.Sperry 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
M.West 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Collins 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Seerey 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Lupien 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1469.8 162 183 455 3 16 3 .966 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
T.O'Brien 669.7 78 82 150 2 8 1 .950 2.04
M.West 591.0 67 68 154 2 1 1 .994 2.38
B.Sullivan 68.0 8 9 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.31
J.Wasdell 46.0 3 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
V.Dinges 40.3 2 10 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
T.Lupien 20.1 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
E.Collins 20.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Lukon 14.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
P.Seerey 8.0 0 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
P.O'Dea 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Herman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1484.1 163 196 362 5 10 2 .973 2.23
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
H.Newhouser 273.7 36 37 22 48 2 5 .972 2.30
J.Nuxhall 270.0 36 36 21 49 2 1 .972 2.33
E.Hanyzewski 264.7 37 37 13 38 1 3 .981 1.73
T.De La Cruz 210.0 26 37 23 52 3 2 .962 3.21
F.Sanford 181.0 22 43 8 37 1 5 .978 2.24
B.Bevens 82.0 0 57 2 15 0 3 1.000 1.87
P.Pezzullo 78.0 0 63 9 16 1 4 .962 2.88
J.Burrows 55.7 1 35 1 11 1 2 .923 1.94
L.Gomez 23.0 4 8 2 9 1 1 .917 4.30
B.Cox 11.3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
A.Epperly 10.3 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
W.Rich 9.3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1469.0 162 372 105 278 12 26 .970 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pesky .311
On-Base Pct Pesky .348
Slugging Pct Jethroe .428
OPS Jethroe .758
XR Jethroe 87.8
Games Pesky 155
At-Bats Pesky 615
Runs Jethroe 89
Hits Pesky 191
Total Bases Jethroe 253
Singles Pesky 152
Doubles Jethroe 32
Triples Pesky 8
Homeruns Jethroe 19
RBIs Jethroe 79
Stolen Bases Jethroe 49
Caught Stealing Haas, Jethroe 13
Walks Yost 83
Strikeouts Jethroe 82
ERA Newhouser 5.16
Wins Newhouser 11
Losses Nuxhall 22
Winning Pct Hanyzewski .385
Saves Pezzullo 11
Games Pitched Pezzullo 63
Games Started Hanyzewski 37
Complete Games Nuxhall 15
Shutouts De La Cruz, Nuxhall 1
Innings Pitched Newhouser 273.7
Hits Allowed Hanyzewski 310
Homeruns Allowed Hanyzewski 35
Strikeouts Newhouser 136
Walks Allowed Nuxhall 121
Walks per 9IP De La Cruz 3.1
Hits per 9IP Sanford 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Newhouser 4.5
WHiP De La Cruz 1.49
OAVG Sanford .272
OOBP De La Cruz .338
OSLG Sanford .409
OOPS Sanford .751
Team All-Stars
Sam Jethroe
Player Salaries
Dizzy Dean $ 8,120,000
Billy Sullivan $ 5,250,000
Hal Newhouser $ 3,957,143
Max West $ 2,985,714
Billy Herman $ 1,400,000
Bert Haas $ 1,342,857
Stan Sperry $ 1,071,429
Lefty Gomez $ 1,000,000
Ray Prim $ 1,000,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 950,000
Gil English $ 400,000
Eddie Miller $ 350,000
Johnny Peacock $ 350,000
Pretzel Pezzullo $ 350,000
Bobby Mattick $ 300,000
Vance Dinges $ 300,000
Bill Cox $ 300,000
Eddie Collins $ 300,000
Al Epperly $ 300,000
Paul Campbell $ 300,000
Buddy Gremp $ 300,000
John Burrows $ 300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 300,000
Tommy De La Cruz $ 300,000
Sam Jethroe $ 300,000
Ray Lamanno $ 300,000
Eddie Lukon $ 300,000
Bill Bevens $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
Eddie Yost $ 300,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 300,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 300,000
Paul O'Dea $ 300,000
Johnny Pesky $ 300,000
Woody Rich $ 300,000
Fred Sanford $ 300,000
Pat Seerey $ 300,000
Chuck Stevens $ 300,000
Tony Lupien $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dave Odom Tampa Bay Johnny Pesky
2/1 Traded Bruce Sloan New York (N) Ernie Lombardi
2/1 Traded Don Savage St. Louis Billy Herman
2/2 Signed     Lefty Gomez
2/7 Traded Russ Meers Detroit Tommy De La Cruz
2/7 Traded Ralph Hodgin
Fred Hutchinson
Ernie Lombardi
$3,000,000		 San Diego Ox Miller
3/3 Traded Al Zarilla
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.		 St. Louis Max West
5/1 Traded Billy Johnson New York (N) Buddy Gremp
7/1 Traded Jack Creel New York (A) Dizzy Dean
Tony Lupien
 
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