1945 Oakland Athletics
Record: 85-77
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 725
Runs Allowed: 715
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,337,663
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 8th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
A: 56-81, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
2B *Stan Hack 35 152 563 79 151 19 7 8 53 12 6 73 25 .268 .352 .369 .722 75.6 12.8 5.3
3B  Ken Keltner 28 154 550 75 142 41 3 14 91 2 0 54 34 .258 .322 .420 .742 67.9 10.4 4.9
C *Hal Wagner 29 139 497 92 128 21 1 11 55 1 1 93 34 .258 .378 .370 .748 72.6 12.7 8.2
LF *Jeff Heath 30 143 529 85 158 38 3 16 100 0 0 57 76 .299 .362 .473 .835 85.9 17.9 3.3
1B *Gene Hasson 29 137 408 52 121 51 1 5 75 0 0 72 57 .297 .401 .463 .864 71.0 16.3 2.1
LF *Roy Weatherly 30 133 442 53 131 31 4 6 64 6 3 34 14 .296 .346 .425 .771 56.6 9.8 3.2
RF  Joe Gallagher 31 135 431 65 123 25 3 13 57 1 0 29 55 .285 .328 .448 .775 60.9 11.2 1.9
LF *Ron Northey 25 109 330 32 77 14 0 5 27 0 0 30 19 .233 .298 .321 .620 27.2 1.0 2.2
RF  Carden Gillenwater 27 105 274 37 64 10 1 4 30 1 0 43 31 .234 .336 .321 .658 32.3 4.3 2.1
SS  Jerry Priddy 25 78 255 31 68 16 0 2 17 0 0 27 28 .267 .337 .353 .690 30.1 4.7 2.9
SS *Debs Garms 37 83 241 28 66 13 3 2 26 0 0 20 20 .274 .328 .378 .706 30.6 5.0 3.1
SS  Steve Mesner 27 74 217 27 54 9 1 2 18 1 0 14 3 .249 .300 .327 .628 19.4 1.7 2.1
2B  Nanny Fernandez 26 95 181 15 47 6 0 1 27 0 0 11 14 .260 .294 .309 .604 17.8 1.2 0.8
C  Harry Danning 33 46 148 15 37 9 1 2 17 0 0 9 22 .250 .291 .365 .656 14.0 1.4 2.2
P  Tommy Hughes 25 42 106 3 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 37 .132 .148 .160 .309 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Eddie Carnett 28 82 94 22 32 3 2 0 16 0 0 13 4 .340 .421 .415 .835 14.6 3.2 0.2
P  Dizzy Trout 30 33 86 5 20 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 16 .233 .250 .256 .506 4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Mort Cooper 32 33 65 1 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 9 .185 .194 .231 .425 3.3 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 30 29 69 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .159 .169 .188 .357 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 32 48 37 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 .189 .189 .270 .459 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Charley Schanz 26 8 18 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 .222 .211 .222 .433 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 27 88 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .556 .889 1.5 0.5 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 30 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 29 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Chico Hernandez 29 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Earl Harrist 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 30 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tiny Bonham 31 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2066 5565 725 1472 316 31 92 702 25 11 585 539 .265 .333 .382 .715 690.1 114.2 44.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 6 6 3 8 7 6 4 3 7 2 6 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Tommy Hughes 25 13 18 .419 42 42 0 305.3 296 148 18 140 106 4.36 12.8
 Mort Cooper 32 15 12 .556 33 32 0 228.7 240 111 30 101 116 4.37 11.3
 Dizzy Trout 30 13 12 .520 31 31 0 222.7 212 93 15 93 100 3.76 16.0
*Johnny Vander Meer 30 12 8 .600 29 29 0 204.7 158 85 10 131 170 3.74 13.7
 Bill Zuber 32 7 12 .368 48 17 2 148.7 124 70 10 106 74 4.24 7.2
 Ed Head 27 11 5 .688 88 1 19 120.3 100 42 5 59 68 3.14 17.6
 Bob Joyce 30 6 2 .750 55 1 10 75.7 75 26 6 22 18 3.09 9.9
 Charley Schanz 26 5 3 .625 8 2 0 60.7 62 30 3 19 34 4.45 3.8
*Harry Eisenstat 29 2 3 .400 23 1 1 39.7 51 23 4 20 14 5.22 1.0
 Tiny Bonham 31 0 0 .000 17 0 1 21.0 21 5 2 5 6 2.14 2.5
 Kirby Higbe 30 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 13.0 19 13 2 4 5 9.00 0.0
 Earl Harrist 25 0 1 .000 7 0 2 10.3 13 6 0 4 6 5.23 0.5
 Jerry Priddy 25 0 1 .000 1 0 0 6.0 9 4 1 5 1 6.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 85 77 .525 394 156 35 1456.6 1380 656 106 709 718 4.05 96.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 2 4 4 1 3 1 7 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 .989 33.9
H.Wagner 1152.7 127 132 582 46 9 2 .986 44.4
H.Danning 303.0 35 36 159 12 1 0 .994 35.7
C.Hernandez 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.7 162 169 743 58 10 2 .988 42.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.89
G.Hasson 918.3 102 112 1133 84 6 103 .995 11.93
J.Gallagher 287.3 34 34 360 24 4 33 .990 12.03
N.Fernandez 196.0 23 24 248 15 2 18 .992 12.08
S.Mesner 26.0 3 5 34 2 0 4 1.000 12.46
R.Northey 11.0 0 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Gillenwater 6.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Carnett 6.0 0 2 9 2 0 0 1.000 16.50
H.Wagner 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
R.Weatherly 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Priddy 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 186 1806 129 12 158 .994 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.17
S.Hack 1291.3 142 149 333 553 10 122 .989 6.18
S.Mesner 79.3 9 12 18 27 0 4 1.000 5.11
D.Garms 33.0 5 5 5 13 2 3 .900 4.91
J.Priddy 32.0 4 5 5 15 1 4 .952 5.63
R.Weatherly 11.0 1 2 3 6 0 3 1.000 7.36
N.Fernandez 10.0 1 2 5 5 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 175 369 619 13 138 .987 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.89
K.Keltner 1295.7 147 150 69 346 20 25 .954 2.88
S.Mesner 104.0 10 15 8 23 4 0 .886 2.68
N.Fernandez 41.0 4 8 2 11 1 1 .929 2.85
D.Garms 9.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Wagner 7.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1456.7 162 178 79 383 25 26 .949 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.53
D.Garms 559.0 69 70 108 254 5 44 .986 5.83
J.Priddy 558.0 64 71 84 258 9 38 .974 5.52
S.Mesner 252.7 27 37 51 116 1 19 .994 5.95
C.Gillenwater 37.0 0 20 7 22 1 3 .967 7.05
N.Fernandez 37.0 2 11 8 13 2 3 .913 5.11
S.Hack 7.0 0 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 6.43
K.Keltner 6.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 214 260 668 18 109 .981 5.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
J.Heath 1178.7 132 138 260 9 9 0 .968 2.05
J.Gallagher 122.0 13 19 18 2 3 0 .870 1.48
R.Weatherly 92.0 11 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
E.Carnett 26.0 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
C.Gillenwater 19.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
N.Fernandez 16.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Northey 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 182 303 11 12 0 .963 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.71
R.Weatherly 875.7 99 106 227 6 8 1 .967 2.39
C.Gillenwater 536.0 62 67 138 4 6 1 .959 2.38
E.Carnett 29.0 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
J.Heath 11.0 0 6 7 2 0 0 1.000 7.36
R.Northey 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mesner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 191 378 12 14 2 .965 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.17
R.Northey 773.0 96 98 185 3 8 2 .959 2.19
J.Gallagher 514.0 53 77 103 4 6 2 .947 1.87
C.Gillenwater 46.3 6 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.72
E.Carnett 40.3 3 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
R.Weatherly 40.0 3 7 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.35
G.Hasson 19.0 0 12 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
N.Fernandez 18.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
S.Mesner 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Garms 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 221 326 8 15 5 .957 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
T.Hughes 305.3 42 42 14 77 2 5 .978 2.68
M.Cooper 228.7 32 33 24 51 5 9 .938 2.95
D.Trout 222.7 31 31 16 47 2 4 .969 2.55
J.Vander Meer 204.7 29 29 7 30 2 2 .949 1.63
B.Zuber 148.7 17 48 9 31 0 1 1.000 2.42
E.Head 120.3 1 88 5 16 1 3 .955 1.57
B.Joyce 75.7 1 55 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.38
C.Schanz 60.7 2 8 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.23
H.Eisenstat 39.7 1 23 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.04
T.Bonham 21.0 0 17 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Higbe 13.0 0 12 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.77
E.Harrist 10.3 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87
J.Priddy 6.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1456.6 156 394 87 298 12 26 .970 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Heath .299
On-Base Pct Hasson .387
Slugging Pct Heath .473
OPS Heath .835
XR Heath 85.9
Games Keltner 154
At-Bats Hack 563
Runs Wagner 92
Hits Heath 158
Total Bases Heath 250
Singles Hack 117
Doubles Hasson 51
Triples Hack 7
Homeruns Heath 16
RBIs Heath 100
Stolen Bases Hack 12
Caught Stealing Hack 6
Walks Wagner 93
Strikeouts Heath 76
ERA Vander Meer 3.74
Wins Cooper 15
Losses Hughes 18
Winning Pct Head .688
Saves Head 19
Games Pitched Head 88
Games Started Hughes 42
Complete Games Trout 9
Shutouts Trout 3
Innings Pitched Hughes 305.3
Hits Allowed Hughes 296
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 30
Strikeouts Vander Meer 170
Walks Allowed Hughes 140
Walks per 9IP Trout 3.8
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 7.5
WHiP Trout 1.37
OAVG Vander Meer .214
OOBP Trout .322
OSLG Vander Meer .320
OOPS Vander Meer .651
Team All-Stars
Mort Cooper
Ed Head
Jeff Heath
Bob Joyce
Hal Wagner
Player Salaries
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Jeff Heath $ 6,500,000
Mort Cooper $ 6,080,000
Stan Hack $ 5,250,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 5,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 5,000,000
Ken Keltner $ 3,770,000
Dizzy Trout $ 3,500,000
Joe Gallagher $ 3,439,286
Roy Weatherly $ 3,000,000
Bob Joyce $ 1,994,286
Clyde Shoun $ 1,750,000
Ed Head $ 1,285,714
Tiny Bonham $ 1,250,000
Bill Zuber $ 1,000,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 1,000,000
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Steve Mesner $ 634,286
Kirby Higbe $ 500,000
Chico Hernandez $ 350,000
Tommy Hughes $ 300,000
Earl Harrist $ 300,000
Debs Garms $ 300,000
Ron Northey $ 300,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 300,000
Jerry Priddy $ 300,000
Charley Schanz $ 300,000
Eddie Carnett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Ace Parker St. Louis Debs Garms
2/13 Traded Jim Hegan
Pinky Higgins
Montreal Joe Gallagher
7/31 Traded Johnny Vander Meer Detroit Jose Zardon
Charley Schanz
Tiny Bonham
Russ Meers
Clyde Shoun