1945 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 102-60
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 797
Runs Allowed: 626
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 2,071,998
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
AA: 69-68, 3rd in the NL
A: 65-72, 7th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Brooklyn Dodgers
 
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
3B  Sid Gordon 27 155 592 96 168 21 4 21 95 0 0 68 29 .284 .353 .439 .792 92.8 17.2 4.8
SS  Vern Stephens 24 152 567 84 172 17 5 24 110 0 0 67 47 .303 .373 .478 .851 91.7 18.1 6.5
2B  Pee Wee Reese 26 147 524 79 125 14 3 8 46 14 9 88 57 .239 .346 .323 .669 66.0 9.0 9.4
LF  Vince Dimaggio 32 153 553 78 143 27 3 28 111 2 2 73 110 .259 .343 .470 .813 86.2 15.6 5.2
CF *Stan Spence 30 138 457 80 135 23 11 7 56 0 0 71 28 .295 .386 .440 .826 77.0 15.9 3.0
RF *Bill Nicholson 30 127 388 76 102 14 2 20 76 0 0 72 58 .263 .387 .464 .851 71.2 14.6 3.1
C *Bill Delancey 33 118 387 55 103 14 2 18 67 0 0 59 38 .266 .361 .452 .813 63.8 12.1 6.4
2B  Lou Stringer 28 122 363 52 101 24 2 2 29 0 0 53 48 .278 .368 .372 .740 49.1 8.9 2.2
C *Paul Gillespie 24 73 277 42 86 8 1 12 32 0 0 21 15 .310 .364 .477 .841 46.2 9.6 1.1
C  Clyde McCullough 28 73 236 29 57 12 0 8 31 0 0 22 31 .242 .308 .394 .702 27.6 3.9 4.1
1B  Joe Marty 31 62 167 25 40 12 3 10 32 0 0 15 16 .240 .301 .527 .827 24.2 4.0 1.1
RF  Lou Novikoff 29 61 168 19 45 7 0 2 11 1 1 12 6 .268 .317 .345 .662 17.6 2.5 1.4
3B  Don Lang 30 75 120 14 37 5 0 2 15 0 0 8 22 .308 .357 .400 .757 15.1 2.8 0.9
RF *Taffy Wright 33 85 111 10 26 7 0 0 18 0 0 13 1 .234 .310 .297 .607 10.2 0.7 0.2
P *Earl Johnson 26 34 89 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 27 .124 .143 .146 .289 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Brecheen 30 39 83 9 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 16 .205 .202 .229 .431 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 29 27 78 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .154 .175 .167 .342 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Barrett 31 36 72 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .153 .164 .181 .345 -0.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Thurman Tucker 27 42 55 12 11 3 0 0 8 0 1 11 9 .200 .328 .255 .583 5.5 0.3 0.5
P *Dave Koslo 25 73 42 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .071 .071 .071 .143 -2.0 0.0 0.0
SS *Moon Mullen 28 18 36 3 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .361 .425 .361 .786 5.4 1.2 0.6
P *Cy Buker 26 82 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .103 .133 .103 .237 -0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Cox 25 10 33 8 10 1 0 2 7 0 0 2 1 .303 .343 .515 .858 5.3 1.2 0.6
P  Joe Dobson 28 11 30 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Moe Franklin 31 10 27 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 .148 .324 .148 .472 2.3 0.0 0.4
P  Sid Hudson 30 58 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1 0.0
SS  George Fallon 30 5 8 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .625 .958 1.7 0.4 0.1
C  Hal Spindel 32 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .625 .500 1.125 2.0 0.5 0.1
C *Hal Peck 28 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.1
P *Mickey Haefner 32 62 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.3 0.2 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 34 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2074 5524 797 1451 216 36 165 771 17 13 677 634 .263 .342 .404 .747 764.6 138.9 51.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 3 4 8 5 1 3 7 2 2 6 4 3 3 2 2  
* - 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
*Earl Johnson 26 17 10 .630 34 34 0 243.0 238 95 5 69 106 3.52 15.5
*Harry Brecheen 30 14 12 .538 39 31 1 231.7 212 88 15 89 77 3.42 16.3
*Max Lanier 29 19 3 .864 27 27 0 203.3 148 49 8 85 117 2.17 22.9
 Frank Barrett 31 11 7 .611 36 27 4 190.3 182 75 7 85 101 3.55 12.9
*Dave Koslo 25 13 9 .591 73 15 12 172.3 183 90 21 68 75 4.70 7.8
 Cy Buker 26 11 6 .647 82 13 15 166.0 138 52 11 92 76 2.82 17.6
 Joe Dobson 28 5 4 .556 11 10 0 84.7 84 37 4 23 39 3.93 4.5
 Sid Hudson 30 6 4 .600 58 0 13 82.7 79 28 5 20 26 3.05 11.1
*Mickey Haefner 32 2 1 .667 62 4 2 52.0 40 20 6 33 21 3.46 4.8
 Joe Beggs 34 2 4 .333 18 0 2 24.0 29 14 2 11 0 5.25 0.8
 Hal Spindel 32 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.6
 Lou Novikoff 29 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
 Don Lang 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
 Bill Delancey 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 102 60 .630 444 161 49 1455.0 1336 549 84 579 639 3.40 115.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 2 1  
* - 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.Delancey 891.7 98 103 403 27 4 1 .991 27.9
C.McCullough 545.3 62 66 267 13 0 0 1.000 33.3
H.Spindel 17.0 2 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
P.Gillespie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1455.0 162 172 680 40 4 1 .994 28.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
L.Stringer 749.3 87 91 903 61 4 94 .996 11.58
P.Gillespie 576.3 64 68 698 49 9 78 .988 11.67
D.Lang 95.3 8 26 103 13 1 11 .991 10.95
B.Delancey 30.0 3 6 41 2 0 3 1.000 12.90
J.Marty 4.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 194 1749 125 14 186 .993 11.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
P.Reese 1287.7 146 146 325 584 16 144 .983 6.35
L.Stringer 81.7 7 20 18 46 3 10 .955 7.05
B.Cox 76.3 9 9 18 36 1 8 .982 6.37
M.Franklin 42.8 3 7 8 17 0 3 1.000 5.26
M.Mullen 27.0 3 6 3 15 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Fallon 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1518.4 168 189 373 699 20 166 .982 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
S.Gordon 1319.3 146 150 90 325 23 32 .947 2.83
D.Lang 78.0 10 10 9 25 2 1 .944 3.92
M.Mullen 29.7 4 5 3 10 0 0 1.000 3.94
G.Fallon 17.0 2 4 1 6 1 0 .875 3.71
J.Marty 8.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Cox 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 173 104 367 26 33 .948 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
V.Stephens 1311.0 146 150 240 561 37 129 .956 5.50
M.Franklin 37.4 3 3 5 15 2 3 .909 4.81
M.Mullen 37.0 5 6 7 17 2 3 .923 5.84
J.Marty 6.3 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.69
P.Reese 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Cox 3.8 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.11
Team Total 1401.2 154 167 255 598 41 136 .954 5.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
S.Spence 951.7 103 115 205 9 0 2 1.000 2.02
J.Marty 356.7 45 45 77 2 0 1 1.000 1.99
T.Wright 66.0 7 11 15 1 2 0 .889 2.18
T.Tucker 32.0 4 5 8 0 2 0 .800 2.25
D.Lang 31.7 2 10 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.41
H.Peck 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Gordon 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Novikoff 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Dimaggio 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 192 320 13 4 4 .988 2.06
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
V.Dimaggio 1296.7 145 149 396 9 14 3 .967 2.81
T.Tucker 96.0 12 15 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
S.Spence 49.7 4 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
J.Marty 11.7 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
L.Novikoff 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 180 443 10 14 3 .970 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
B.Nicholson 914.0 103 114 229 5 1 2 .996 2.30
L.Novikoff 426.7 51 52 108 1 0 0 1.000 2.30
T.Wright 58.0 5 13 9 0 1 0 .900 1.40
T.Tucker 20.7 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.31
J.Marty 11.7 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
V.Dimaggio 11.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Peck 11.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.Lang 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 201 353 6 3 2 .992 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
E.Johnson 243.0 34 34 16 37 1 1 .981 1.96
H.Brecheen 231.7 31 39 12 39 3 2 .944 1.98
M.Lanier 203.3 27 27 7 42 1 3 .980 2.17
F.Barrett 190.3 27 36 9 37 1 4 .979 2.18
D.Koslo 172.3 15 73 11 31 0 7 1.000 2.19
C.Buker 166.0 13 82 11 43 2 5 .964 2.93
J.Dobson 84.7 10 11 4 14 1 0 .947 1.91
S.Hudson 82.7 0 58 6 14 0 3 1.000 2.18
M.Haefner 52.0 4 62 5 9 1 1 .933 2.42
J.Beggs 24.0 0 18 0 8 0 1 1.000 3.00
H.Spindel 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Novikoff 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lang 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Delancey 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 161 444 81 276 10 27 .973 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Stephens .303
On-Base Pct Spence .386
Slugging Pct Stephens .478
OPS Stephens .851
XR Gordon 92.8
Games Gordon 155
At-Bats Gordon 592
Runs Gordon 96
Hits Stephens 172
Total Bases Stephens 271
Singles Stephens 126
Doubles Dimaggio 27
Triples Spence 11
Homeruns Dimaggio 28
RBIs Dimaggio 111
Stolen Bases Reese 14
Caught Stealing Reese 9
Walks Reese 88
Strikeouts Dimaggio 110
ERA Lanier 2.17
Wins Lanier 19
Losses Brecheen 12
Winning Pct Lanier .864
Saves Buker 15
Games Pitched Buker 82
Games Started Johnson 34
Complete Games Brecheen 7
Shutouts Koslo 2
Innings Pitched Johnson 243.0
Hits Allowed Johnson 238
Homeruns Allowed Koslo 21
Strikeouts Lanier 117
Walks Allowed Buker 92
Walks per 9IP Johnson 2.6
Hits per 9IP Lanier 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lanier 5.2
WHiP Lanier 1.15
OAVG Lanier .203
OOBP Lanier .286
OSLG Lanier .285
OOPS Lanier .571
Team All-Stars
Cy Buker
Vince Dimaggio
Sid Gordon
Earl Johnson
Vern Stephens
Player Salaries
Earl Johnson $ 6,671,429
Max Lanier $ 6,000,000
Taffy Wright $ 5,109,183
Vince Dimaggio $ 4,750,000
Stan Spence $ 4,635,714
Bill Delancey $ 4,500,000
Harry Brecheen $ 4,028,571
Frank Barrett $ 3,400,000
Sid Gordon $ 3,300,000
Dave Koslo $ 3,005,714
Lou Stringer $ 2,807,143
Pee Wee Reese $ 2,685,714
Sid Hudson $ 2,285,714
Bill Nicholson $ 2,000,000
Clyde McCullough $ 1,260,000
Lou Novikoff $ 1,135,000
Joe Beggs $ 904,000
Don Lang $ 517,143
Paul Derringer $ 384,098
Hal Spindel $ 350,000
Joe Marty $ 350,000
George Fallon $ 350,000
Thurman Tucker $ 300,000
Cy Buker $ 300,000
Vern Stephens $ 300,000
Paul Gillespie $ 300,000
Moon Mullen $ 300,000
Mickey Haefner $ 300,000
Hal Peck $ 300,000
Moe Franklin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Paul Derringer
3/3 Released Ernie Kish    
6/1 Traded Joe Dobson
Billy Cox
Round Draft Pick.
Detroit Max Lanier
Moe Franklin
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Signed     Joe Beggs
7/31 Released Nate Andrews