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1945 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1945
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	4th
owners	Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
general_managers	Larry MacPhail
managers	Joe McCarthy
radio	WINS (AM)
(Al Helfer, Bill Slater)

(Al Helfer, Bill Slater) |}}

The 1945 New York Yankees season was the team's 43rd season. The team finished in fourth place in the American League with a record of 81–71, finishing 6.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1945 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Garbark	60	176	38	.216	1	26
1B	Nick Etten	152	565	161	.285	18	111
2B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	152	632	195	.309	10	64
SS	Frankie Crosetti	130	441	105	.238	4	48
3B	Oscar Grimes	142	480	127	.265	4	45
OF	Bud Metheny	133	509	126	.248	8	53
OF	Tuck Stainback	95	327	84	.257	5	32
OF	Hersh Martin	117	408	109	.267	7	53

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Russ Derry	78	253	57	.225	13	45
Charlie Keller	44	163	49	.301	10	34
Aaron Robinson	50	160	45	.281	8	24
Johnny Lindell	41	159	45	.283	1	20
Bill Drescher	48	126	34	.270	0	15
Herb Crompton	36	99	19	.192	0	12
Mike Milosevich	30	69	15	.217	0	7
Joe Buzas	30	65	17	.262	0	6
Don Savage	34	58	13	.224	0	3
Paul Waner	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	29	184.0	13	9	3.67	76
	23	180.2	8	11	3.29	42
Monk Dubiel	26	151.1	10	9	4.64	45
Hank Borowy	18	132.1	10	5	3.13	35
Red Ruffing	11	87.1	7	3	2.89	24
Atley Donald	9	63.2	5	4	2.97	19
Spud Chandler	4	31.0	2	1	4.65	12

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Gettel	27	154.2	9	8	3.90	67
Bill Zuber	21	127.0	5	11	3.19	50
Joe Page	20	102.0	6	3	2.82	50

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	30	3	4	10	3.64	22
Ken Holcombe	23	3	3	0	1.79	20
Steve Roser	11	0	0	0	3.67	11
Paul Schreiber	2	0	0	0	4.15	1

Farm system

References

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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