1945 Washington Senators season

1945 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Ossie Bluege
Local radio	WOL (AM)/WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Russ Hodges)
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The 1945 Washington Senators won 87 games, lost 67, and finished in second place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

• August 14, 1945: Handicapped Senators coach Bert Shepard pitched in a game against the Red Sox. Shepard had an artificial leg but managed to give up only one run in 5⅓ innings while striking out two Red Sox batters.^[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	--
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.357	34.5

Record vs. opponents

1945 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	12–10–1	6–16	14–8	8–14–1	11–11–1
Chicago	13–9	—	11–8–1	10–12	9–12	12–10	8–13	8–14
Cleveland	11–11	8–11–1	—	11–11	12–9	12–6–1	11–10	8–14
Detroit	10–12–1	12–10	11–11	—	15–7	15–7–1	15–6	10–12
New York	16–6	12–9	9–12	7–15	—	16–6	7–15	14–8
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–12–1	7–15–1	6–16	—	10–12–1	5–17
St. Louis	14–8–1	13–8	10–11	6–15	15–7	12–10–1	—	11–11–1
Washington	11–11–1	14–8	14–8	12–10	8–14	17–5	11–11–1	—

Roster

1945 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers -- Pete Appleton 18 Alex Carrasquel 14 Joe Cleary 10 Mickey Haefner 19 Wally Holborow 16 Dutch Leonard 35 Walt Masterson 12 Johnny Niggeling 15 Marino Pieretti 32 Armando Roche 34 Bert Shepard 21 Dick Stone 28 Sandy Ullrich 17 Roger Wolff		Catchers 11 Al Evans  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Mike Guerra Infielders  3 Harlond Clift  4 Dick Kimble  5 Joe Kuhel 22 Hillis Layne 24 George Myatt 25 Gil Torres 23 Cecil Travis 20 Fred Vaughn		Outfielders  7 George Binks  1 George Case  6 Walt Chipple 32 Mike Kreevich  2 Buddy Lewis  6 Howie McFarland  4 Jake Powell 35 Vince Ventura 27 José Zardón		Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 29 Joe Fitzgerald 38 Joe Judge 31 Clyde Milan 34 Bert Shepard

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

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
Layne, HillisHillis Layne	60	147	44	.299	1	14
Zardón, JoséJosé Zardón	54	131	38	.290	0	13

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
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	31	216	17	7	2.13	96

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
Carrasquel, AlexAlex Carrasquel	35	122.2	7	5	2.71	38
Appleton, PetePete Appleton	6	21.1	1	0	3.38	12

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
Shepard, BertBert Shepard	1	0	0	0	1.69	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Bert Niehoff
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Ray Kolp

^[2]

Notes

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 193, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1945 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1945 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com