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1945 Minnesota Twins
Record: 66-96
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 671
Runs Allowed: 780
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,142,721
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 5th in the AL
AA: 84-53, 1st in the AL
A: 61-76, 6th 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
LF  George Case 29 152 623 64 155 22 4 5 54 0 4 32 93 .249 .286 .321 .607 51.3 2.5 2.7
1B  Fred Sington 35 157 539 89 151 42 5 18 89 1 0 99 108 .280 .393 .477 .870 97.5 19.5 2.6
1B *Al Gionfriddo 23 156 538 70 124 30 7 2 46 0 6 92 40 .230 .341 .323 .665 63.8 7.3 4.0
3B  Hank Majeski 28 157 551 57 137 24 3 14 82 1 0 58 50 .249 .320 .379 .699 65.4 8.2 4.4
2B #Johnny Lucadello 26 144 515 72 150 37 4 10 80 0 0 87 67 .291 .392 .437 .829 87.7 17.2 4.2
SS  Creepy Crespi 27 155 504 54 126 22 4 4 54 1 0 52 61 .250 .322 .333 .655 54.1 5.9 6.5
C *Babe Phelps 37 112 420 54 103 12 1 6 48 0 0 38 70 .245 .309 .321 .631 38.7 2.7 3.6
RF  Johnny Rizzo 32 100 389 63 117 28 2 15 53 0 0 32 54 .301 .352 .499 .851 62.9 11.7 2.0
2B  Billy Myers 34 102 181 25 42 8 1 3 23 0 0 29 41 .232 .336 .337 .674 21.2 2.3 1.6
LF *Chet Morgan 35 67 186 18 40 7 0 0 9 0 0 18 7 .215 .283 .253 .536 13.0 0.0 1.2
SS  Odell Hale 36 97 182 20 58 16 2 2 34 1 0 17 25 .319 .373 .462 .835 29.7 5.8 1.0
C  Bob Garbark 35 39 130 12 27 6 0 0 14 0 0 7 22 .208 .248 .254 .502 5.9 0.0 1.1
P  Bob Muncrief 29 42 116 4 22 5 0 0 7 0 0 2 27 .190 .202 .233 .434 5.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Bud Hafey 32 40 118 7 20 7 0 2 10 0 0 3 24 .169 .189 .280 .468 4.3 0.0 0.7
P  Hal Gregg 23 41 98 8 16 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 22 .163 .180 .194 .374 2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Bob Chipman 26 42 90 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 32 .089 .098 .100 .198 -2.8 0.0 0.0
C  Roy Campanella 23 22 83 15 15 3 1 3 11 0 0 9 12 .181 .258 .349 .607 7.3 0.1 0.6
P *Al Milnar 31 33 80 9 14 3 0 0 8 1 0 2 22 .175 .195 .213 .408 2.0 0.0 0.0
2B *Lonny Frey 34 67 49 10 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 9 6 .184 .317 .224 .541 3.8 0.0 0.2
LF #Dave Philley 25 32 50 10 13 2 1 0 5 1 0 2 5 .260 .283 .340 .623 5.0 0.4 0.2
2B #Al Glossop 30 26 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .160 .250 .160 .410 1.2 0.0 0.1
SS  Eddie Joost 29 5 16 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .313 .353 .500 .853 2.8 0.5 0.2
SS  Pete Coscarart 32 13 13 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .385 .467 .462 .928 2.7 0.6 0.1
CF  Bob Seeds 38 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Wilshere 32 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Klieman 27 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Borowy 29 37 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Wyse 27 88 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Jess Dobernic 27 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2007 5524 671 1365 279 35 86 648 7 10 598 800 .247 .320 .357 .677 625.0 85.1 37.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 7 5 6 8 7 7 2 5 8 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
 Bob Muncrief 29 17 21 .447 42 42 0 331.7 388 174 37 100 74 4.72 13.3
*Bob Chipman 26 14 19 .424 42 42 0 293.0 269 110 15 105 124 3.38 20.1
 Hal Gregg 23 14 18 .438 41 41 0 280.3 257 119 15 165 148 3.82 17.5
*Al Milnar 31 9 18 .333 33 33 0 234.0 269 151 14 140 78 5.81 0.5
 Hank Wyse 27 7 7 .500 88 0 16 111.7 95 42 5 35 22 3.39 14.6
 Hank Borowy 29 0 2 .000 37 1 0 48.7 39 17 5 22 22 3.14 3.9
 Ed Klieman 27 0 2 .000 25 0 0 39.0 31 12 1 23 4 2.77 2.5
 Jess Dobernic 27 1 2 .333 37 0 0 39.0 45 27 5 28 20 6.23 0.0
*Whitey Wilshere 32 4 2 .667 8 3 0 27.7 18 12 4 22 14 3.90 2.0
 Al Williams 31 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.3 3 1 0 2 0 2.08 0.5
 Walter Wilson 31 0 0 .000 2 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 28.5 66 91 .420 359 162 17 1412.3 1415 665 101 642 507 4.24 75.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 8 7 8 4 2 4 5 8 5  
* - 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
B.Phelps 937.7 107 110 353 38 6 1 .985 32.4
B.Garbark 299.0 34 38 119 9 1 0 .992 20.0
R.Campanella 192.0 21 22 70 5 2 1 .974 16.7
P.Coscarart 11.0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1439.7 162 171 544 55 9 2 .985 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.89
F.Sington 1301.7 147 150 1571 126 21 160 .988 11.73
O.Hale 130.0 15 16 147 14 1 14 .994 11.15
D.Philley 7.0 0 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 11.57
B.Phelps 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 169 1728 140 22 175 .988 11.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.17
J.Lucadello 1222.7 139 141 315 514 14 115 .983 6.10
B.Myers 139.0 15 19 40 49 2 12 .978 5.76
O.Hale 65.0 7 8 16 27 1 8 .977 5.95
E.Joost 9.0 1 1 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.00
L.Frey 2.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Crespi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 173 373 596 17 136 .983 6.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.89
H.Majeski 1281.3 147 153 91 323 19 24 .956 2.91
O.Hale 127.0 15 18 10 26 2 1 .947 2.55
A.Glossop 23.3 0 6 3 4 1 0 .875 2.70
C.Crespi 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Joost 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Lucadello 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.7 162 182 105 354 22 25 .954 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.53
C.Crespi 1144.3 142 142 201 503 14 107 .981 5.54
B.Myers 223.3 15 54 33 97 2 16 .985 5.24
L.Frey 27.0 2 7 7 12 1 5 .950 6.33
O.Hale 25.0 1 11 9 11 1 3 .952 7.20
E.Joost 17.0 2 2 4 7 0 3 1.000 5.82
A.Glossop 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 217 255 631 18 134 .980 5.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
G.Case 1116.3 127 130 272 6 7 1 .975 2.24
B.Hafey 206.0 24 27 51 2 0 1 1.000 2.32
C.Morgan 55.0 6 9 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
D.Philley 42.0 5 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
F.Sington 12.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Rizzo 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Gionfriddo 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 182 351 9 7 2 .981 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.71
A.Gionfriddo 1264.3 148 153 427 9 22 5 .952 3.10
C.Morgan 91.0 11 15 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.77
C.Crespi 42.3 0 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
D.Philley 24.0 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
B.Hafey 11.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
G.Case 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1439.7 162 197 479 10 22 6 .957 3.06
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.17
J.Rizzo 844.1 95 97 219 6 6 3 .974 2.40
C.Morgan 332.0 41 43 85 3 3 0 .967 2.39
G.Case 150.3 16 18 35 0 1 0 .972 2.10
B.Hafey 60.0 7 10 16 1 1 1 .944 2.55
D.Philley 41.0 2 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
A.Gionfriddo 12.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Seeds 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Sington 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.4 161 186 366 10 11 4 .972 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
B.Muncrief 331.7 42 42 24 51 2 7 .974 2.04
B.Chipman 293.0 42 42 14 43 1 2 .983 1.75
H.Gregg 280.3 41 41 16 47 4 4 .940 2.02
A.Milnar 234.0 33 33 12 39 0 5 1.000 1.96
H.Wyse 111.7 0 88 7 15 2 1 .917 1.77
H.Borowy 48.7 1 37 3 13 2 0 .889 2.96
J.Dobernic 39.0 0 37 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.31
E.Klieman 39.0 0 25 6 10 0 0 1.000 3.69
W.Wilshere 27.7 3 8 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.93
A.Williams 4.3 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.24
W.Wilson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1412.3 162 359 86 236 11 19 .967 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lucadello .291
On-Base Pct Sington .393
Slugging Pct Sington .477
OPS Sington .870
XR Sington 97.5
Games Sington, Majeski 157
At-Bats Case 623
Runs Sington 89
Hits Case 155
Total Bases Sington 257
Singles Case 124
Doubles Sington 42
Triples Gionfriddo 7
Homeruns Sington 18
RBIs Sington 89
Stolen Bases Crespi, Frey, Hale, Majeski, Milnar, Philley, Sington 1
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 6
Walks Sington 99
Strikeouts Sington 108
ERA Chipman 3.38
Wins Muncrief 17
Losses Muncrief 21
Winning Pct Muncrief .447
Saves Wyse 16
Games Pitched Wyse 88
Games Started Chipman, Muncrief 42
Complete Games Muncrief 15
Shutouts Gregg, Milnar 1
Innings Pitched Muncrief 331.7
Hits Allowed Muncrief 388
Homeruns Allowed Muncrief 37
Strikeouts Gregg 148
Walks Allowed Gregg 165
Walks per 9IP Muncrief 2.7
Hits per 9IP Gregg 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Gregg 4.8
WHiP Chipman 1.28
OAVG Chipman .242
OOBP Chipman .306
OSLG Chipman .349
OOPS Chipman .655
Team All-Stars
Hal Gregg
Player Salaries
Al Milnar $ 5,500,000
Bob Seeds $ 3,000,001
Odell Hale $ 3,000,000
Bob Muncrief $ 3,000,000
Billy Myers $ 2,650,000
Fred Sington $ 2,250,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 2,200,000
Hank Majeski $ 1,342,857
Babe Phelps $ 1,250,000
Lonny Frey $ 1,250,000
Chet Laabs $ 1,030,000
Whitey Wilshere $ 1,000,000
George Case $ 571,429
Chet Morgan $ 550,000
Bob Garbark $ 350,000
Bob Chipman $ 300,000
Pete Coscarart $ 300,000
Creepy Crespi $ 300,000
Jess Dobernic $ 300,000
Roy Campanella $ 300,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 300,000
Al Glossop $ 300,000
Hal Gregg $ 300,000
Bud Hafey $ 300,000
Hank Borowy $ 300,000
Ed Klieman $ 300,000
Hank Wyse $ 300,000
Dave Philley $ 300,000
Al Williams $ 300,000
Walter Wilson $ 300,000
Eddie Joost $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Traded Jack Hallett
$3,000,000		 Tampa Bay Frankie Gustine
Bobby Bragan
Jess Dobernic
4/2 Traded Nick Strincevich Tampa Bay Ed Klieman
Whitey Wilshere
Chet Laabs
4/2 Traded Don Padgett Detroit Dave Philley
Irv Hall
Babe Phelps
Bob Seeds
4/2 Traded Clay Bryant New York (N) Bob Muncrief
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Johnny Rizzo San Diego Joe Rullo
8/18 Released Oscar Judd    
 
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