1945 Replay
Sunday, September 30,
1945
1945 FINAL Replay Standings as of October 1, 1945
| AMERICAN LEAGUE | NATIONAL LEAGUE | |||||||||
| W | L | GB | Pct | W | L | GB | Pct | |||
| Washington Nationals | 106 | 48 | - | .688 | Chicago Cubs | 100 | 54 | - | .649 | |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 60 | 13.0 | .605 | St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 5.0 | .617 | |
| St. Louis Browns | 83 | 68 | 21.5 | .550 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 66 | 12.0 | .571 | |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | 80 | 32.5 | .477 | Boston Braves | 82 | 71 | 17.5 | .536 | |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 80 | 34.0 | .467 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 78 | 76 | 22.0 | .506 | |
| Cleveland Indians | 64 | 83 | 38.5 | .435 | New York Giants | 75 | 78 | 24.5 | .490 | |
| Boston Red Sox | 64 | 90 | 42.0 | .416 | Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | 38.0 | .403 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | 50.5 | .358 | Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | 119 | 65.0 | .227 | |
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
3+ Homers
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Chuck
Workman
Boston
3 homers, Boston vs Philadelphia, September 19
The Cycle
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Nick Etten New York
New York vs Boston
September 23
5+ Hits
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Ford
Garrison
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Boston
April 20
Hal Peck Philadelphia
5 hits
Boston vs
Philadelphia
April 29
Eddie Stanky Brooklyn
5 hits
Brooklyn vs Philadelphia
May 6
Indian Bob Johnson Boston
5 hits
Boston vs Chicago
May 19
Debs Garms St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
May 20
Stan Hack Chicago
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Chicago
May 23
Wally Moses Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs New York
May 25
Don Johnson Chicago
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Chicago
May 25
Bob Elliott Pittsburgh
5 hits
New York vs Pittsburgh
May 27
Jimmy
Wasdell
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
May 27
Eddie Basinski Brooklyn
5 hits
Brooklyn vs Cincinnati
June 3
Jimmie Foxx Philadelphia
6 hits
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh
June 3
Nap Reyes New York
5 hits
Brooklyn vs New York
June 5
Carden Gillenwater Boston
5 hits
Boston vs Philadelphia
June 7
Jimmy Outlaw Detroit
5 hits
Chicago vs Detroit
June 10
Buddy Kerr New York
5 hits
New York vs Brooklyn
June 12
Augie Bergamo St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs New York
July 3
Tom McBride Boston
5 hits
Detroit vs Boston
July 13
Bill Nicholson Chicago
5 hits
Boston vs Chicago
July 14
Skeeter Newsome Boston
5 hits
Chicago vs Boston
July 20
Bill Salkeld Pittsburgh
5 hits
Boston vs Pittsburgh
July 21
Bud Metheny New York
5 hits
Philadelphia vs New York
July 29
Snuffy Stirnweiss New York
5 hits
Philadelphia vs New York
July 29
Doc Cramer Detroit
5 hits
St. Louis vs Detroit
August 2
Dick Siebert Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
August 9
Clyde Kluttz New York
5 hits
St. Louis vs New York
August 11
Dutch Meyer Cleveland
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Cleveland
August 17
Hillis Layne Washington
5 hits
Washington vs Philadelphia
August 28
Don Johnson Chicago
5 hits
Chicago vs Pittsburgh
August 30
Milt Byrnes St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
September 9
Lou Finney St. Louis
6 hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
September 10
Red Schoendienst St. Louis
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
September 16
Johnny Dickshot Chicago
5 hits
Chicago vs Boston
September 17
Tommy Holmes Boston
5 hits
Boston vs Cincinnati
September 18
Augie Galan Brooklyn
5 hits
Brooklyn vs Philadelphia
September 28
4+ XB Hits
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Lou Finney St. Louis
5 XB Hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
September 10
Tommy Holmes Boston
4 XB Hits
Boston vs Cincinnati
September 18
Chuck Workman Boston
4 XB Hits
Boston vs Philadelphia
September 19
8+ RBI
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Peanuts Lowrey Chicago
8 RBI
Philadelphia vs Chicago
May 23
Peanuts Lowrey Chicago
8 RBI
Philadelphia vs Chicago
May 25
Mark Christman St. Louis
10 RBI
St. Louis vs Boston
July 21
No-Hit Games
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Hal Gregg Brooklyn
St. Louis vs Brooklyn
August 12
Sig Jakucki St. Louis
Boston vs St. Louis
August 19
1-Hit Games
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Russ Christopher Philadelphia
Washington vs Philadelphia
April 18
Steve Gromek Cleveland
Cleveland vs Detroit
April 20
Dutch Leonard Washington
New York vs Washington
April 22
Al Benton Detroit
Detroit vs Cleveland
April 28
Boo Ferriss Boston
Chicago vs Boston
May 27
Preacher Roe Pittsburgh
Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh
June 6
Nels Potter St. Louis
St. Louis vs Detroit
June 13
Bob Logan Boston
Philadelphia vs Boston
June 13
Bill Dietrich Chicago
Detroit vs Chicago
June 18
Mort Cooper Boston
Cincinnati vs Boston
June 27
Dutch Leonard Washington
Washington vs Cleveland
July 1
Claude Passeau Chicago
Chicago vs Philadelphia
July 7
Boo Ferriss Boston
St. Louis vs Boston
July 22
Hal Newhouser Detroit
Chicago vs Detroit
July 27
Bill Bevens New York
New York vs Philadelphia
August 5
Roger Wolff Washington
Boston vs Washington
August 5
Russ Christopher Philadelphia
Philadelphia vs Detroit
August 19
Boom-Boom Beck Pittsburgh
Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh
August 23
Preacher Roe Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh vs St. Louis
September 3
Thornton Lee Chicago
Chicago vs Washington
September 11
Al Benton Detroit
Detroit vs Cleveland
September 20
Mort Cooper Boston
New York vs Boston
September 30
14+ whoofs
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Hal Newhouser Detroit
14 whiffs
Detroit vs Cleveland
April 29
Mort Cooper Boston
15 whiffs
Boston vs Philadelphia
June 6
Ralph Branca Brooklyn
14 whiffs
Brooklyn vs Philadelphia
September 21
Combined 1-Hitters
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Cleveland
Philadelphia vs Cleveland
May 20
New York
Cleveland vs New York
June 3
New York
New York vs Washington
September 2
Longest Winning Streak
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Red Barrett, 12 games. Starting 5/30.
Longest Losing Streak
Dick Barrett, 15 games (still in progress at season end)
Longest Team Winning Streak
Cards, 17 games, starting 7-8.
Longest Team Losing Streak
Phils, 16 games, starting 4-22.
April 22- Braves beat Phils in opener of doubleheader, 18-16-0/8-16-5.
May 1 – Red Sox win first of season, after going 0-11 in April, as they beat Nats, 3-6-0/1-5-0.
May 6- Browns beat Detroit in 15 innings in opener of doubleheader, 7-10-2/5-13-1.
May 12 – Nats beat Chisox in 17 innings, 5-12-0/1-10-0. Nats’ Dutch Leonard goes the first 15 innings (1ER, 8 hits). Chisox Haynes went first 13.
May 19 – Yanks take 2nd straight from Browns and move into sole possession of 1st place, by ½ game over St. Louis.
May 20 – Tigers’ Dizzy Trout and Nats’ Roger Wolff pitch 12 shutout innings before Tigers win 1-4-1/0-3-2 in 13. Chisox take Boston in nightcap of doubleheader, 5-17-0/4-16-2. Cards beat Phils in opener of twin-bill, 24-24-1/3-7-2. Deb Garms 5-5, 6 runs, double, triple; Johnny Hopp 4-5, 5 RBI, 5 runs, homer; Whitey Kurowksi 4-6, 4 RBI; Emil Verban 3-5, 5 RBI.
May 23 - Cubs beat Phils, 24-27-0/0-4-2. Every Cub starter had at least 2 hits, except Passeau (1 hit).
May 24 - Cubs beat Phils again, this time 19-19-1/3-11-4. Every Cub starter except pitcher has at least 1 hit.
May 25 – Nats beat Tribe in 16, 3-12-2/2-9-1. Cubs complete sweep of Phillies, taking finale, 23-26-1/4-6-5. Every Cub had at least 2 hits, except Hack with 1. "Swish" Nicholson 5-6, 4 runs, 4 RBI, double, homer. Don Johnson 5-7, 5 runs. Lowrey 4-6, 8 RBI.
May 27 – Pirates sweep Giants, taking nightcap, 15-24-1/7-12-0. Every Buc starter except pitcher had at least 1 hit (Elliot 5; Russell and Saltzgiver 4; Dahlgren and Gustine 3). Red Sox’s Boo Ferriss 1-hits (2 walks) Chicago in opener of doubleheader, 3-9-0/0-1-0. Only hit is Lopat single w/2 out in 3rd. Washington sweeps Tigers, taking nightcap in 16 innings, 3-11-3/2-11-0.
June 2 – Yanks Dubiel and Bevans combine on 1 hitter in nightcap against Tribe, 1-3-0/0-1-1. Bums beat Reds in opener of doubleheader, 16-20-1/7-12-2. Eddie basinski 5-6.
June 3 – Last place Phils sweep Pirates, taking nightcap, 20-25-1/5-11-3. Jimmy Foxx 6-6, 5 RBI, double. Every starter including pitcher had at least 1 hit. Phils took opener 12-7-3/11-16-1. Foxx 4 RBI in that game. In opener, every Pirate starter had at least 1 hit. In nightcap, Nats clobber White Sox, 17-15-4/1-7-1. Every starter excet Guerra had at least 1 hit. Binks 4-6, 6 RBI, homer.
June 6 – 1st place Braves beat Phils in 1st of twin-bill, 12-15-1/0-5-2 as Mort Cooper K’s 15 while not walking any.
June 7 – Braves sweep Phils, taking nightcap, 21-24-0/3-9-3. Every Boston starter had at least 1 hit. Butch Nieman 4-5, 5 runs, 6 RBI, 2 doubles. Gillenwater 5-7, 4 RBI, 2 doubles.
June 8 – Yanks (Bonham) shut out Bosox as Nats lose to A’s. NY and Washington now tied for 1st (27-16).
June 12 – Giants beat Bums, 20-21-1-/10-13-1. Every Giant starter including pitcher (Mungo) had at least 1 hit. Buddy Kerr 5-6, 5 RBI, 2 doubles. Starter Vic Lombardi gives up 12 runs (6 earned) in 3 IP.
June 14 – Tigers (Trout) and Browns (Jakucki) pitch 11 shutout innings before Tigers win 1-8-0/0-6-1 in bottom of 13th.
June 16 – Red Sox hit 3 straight homers (Indian Bob Johnson, Lazor, Culberson) in top of 8th against 1st place Nats in 6—5 win.
June 17 – Braves beat Bums, 16-15-1/3-6-3 in 1st of doubleheader. Medwick 3-6, homer, 6 RBI. Bums take nightcap, 15-19-1/13-14-2. Dixie Walker 3-5, 4 RBI. Senators’ Dutch Leonard wins 10th (10-1/0.79), beating Boston in 1st of doubleheader, 3-8-0/0-5-0.
June 23 – Giants beat Phils, 17-17-1/3-5-3. Every Giant starter except Voiselle had at least 1 hit. Kluttz 2-5, 5 RBI, grand slam.
June 24 – Red Sox take 2 from Nats as Chicago sweeps Tribe, dropping Nats into 2nd, 2 games behind Chisox.
June 28 – Cubs and Bums split as Cavaretta goes 6-9. Now batting .448.
June 30 – Reds beat Phils, 14-22-3/7-15-4. Steve Mesner 4-4. 4 RBI, 3 runs.
July 1- Yanks take opener against Chisox, 15-22-1/4-10-0. Stirnweiss and Derry 4-6 (Derry 5 RBI). Every Yank starter except Borowy had at least 1 hit.
July 3 – Cards beat Giants, 16-21-0/1-9-2. Bergamo 5-6, 4 RBI, Adams 3-6 5 RBI, Sanders 4-6, 3 RBI. Pirates beat Phils, 17-19-2/3-3-4. Every starter had at least 1 hit. Dahlgren 3-3, 3 runs, homer, 5 RBI. Al Lopez 4 RBI, 2-6. July 6- Cubs beat Phils in opener, 26-29-0/3-8-5. Every Cub starter had at least 2 hits. Cavaretta now .445. Cubs drop nightcap and now (with Cards) are ½ back of Braves.July 7 – Yanks (Zuber, 4-2/2.70) shut out Tigers (Newhourser, 11-6/1.68), 4-3-2/0-4-3.
July 8 – Cubs beat Phils in opener, 15-18-2/1-3-2. Every starter, including pitcher Erickson, had at least 1 hit. Cubs take nightcap 7-0 (Cavaretta now at .434) and now lead NL by 1 over Cards and 1 ½ over Boston. Phils’ starter Barrett now 1-14, 8.49. Chisox beat A’s in opener, 15-16-0/3-13-2.
July 15 – Giants and Cubs split, with Cubs taking nightcap in 15 innings, 4-12-0/3-15-2. Ccards sweep Braves and move into 1st, ½ ahead of Cubs, 5 ahead of Pirates (.551) and Braves (.550).
July 18 – Giants beat Pittsburgh in opener, 16-11-1/1-6-5. Lockeman 4-5, 5 RBI, double, homer. .356.
July 19 – Braves sweep Reds, taking nightcap, 20-23-0/1-6-1 after taking opener 7-0. Every Brave starter had at least 1 hit. Shupe 4-7, 3 runs, 5 RBI, 2 doubles. Holmes, Nieman, Workman, Hofferth, Joost all had 3 hits.
July 21 – Browns (Potter) beat Boston, 17-12-0/2-8-4. Christman 10 RBI, 4-6, 2 homers, 3 runs. Cards beat Bums 7-6 and have now won 14 straight.
July 24 – Cards beat Bums on Adams’ homer in bottom of 9th. Cards have now won 16 straight and lead Cubs by 2 ½. Bums now 43-47 (6th).
July 26 – Red Ruffing shutsout the A’s 6-0 (8 hits, 4 walks) in his first ’45 appearance. Cards lost to Pirates, 12-10, breaking their 14 game streak.
July 27 – Newhouser (15-6,1.51) 1 hits Chisox, 7-17-2/0-1-0 (2 walks).
July 28 – Yanks beat A’s in opener of doubleheader, 16-22-0/4-9-1. Every Yank except Bonham had at least 1 hit. Stirnweiss 5-6, 5 runs, double, triple. Methany 5-5, 4 runs, 5 RBI, homer. Grimes 3-4, 4 RBI. Cubs take 2 from Reds as Cards split w/Pirates. Borowy debuts for Cubs, beating Reds in nightcap in CG, 5-11-1/1-5-1. Cubs move into 1st, 1 ahead of Cards.
August 1 – Yanks beat Red Sox as A’s (Flores and Newsom) sweep Nats. Yanks (56-34, .622) and Nats (55-33, .625) now tied for 1st.
August 2 – Tigers beat Browns in 20 innings (longest game in 1945 replay), 5-14-1/4-13-4. Doc Cramer 5-8, triple, homer. Cubs lose to Pirates as Cards recalim 1st (now 1 up).
August 3 – Bums take opener of twinbill against Braves, 18-20-0/3-5-2. Every starter except Bordegaray had at least 1 hit. Goody Rosen 4-5, 3 runs, triple, 4 RBI. Dixie Walker 3-5, 5 RBI, 2 doubles.
August 5 – Roger Wolff pitches 1 hitter (3 walks) against Red Sox in nightcap, 7-12-0/0-1-1. Yanks split w/A’s and are now 3 back. Cards drop 2 to Pirates and are now ½ behind Cubs who split w/Reds.
August 9 – A’s beat Browns in 16, 6-17-1/3-4-3. A’s Dick Siebert 5-7.
August 11- Giants beat Cards, 22-20-1/2-12-4. Kluttz 5-5, 7 RBI. Every Giant including pitcher (Zabala) had at least 1 hit. Cards’ Schoendienst 4-4. Cubs lose to Braves but remain 1 up over Cards.
August 12 – Bums’ Hal Gregg (12-13/3.93) no-hits Cards in nightcap, winning 4-5-0/2-0-1 (6 walks).
August 17 – Bums beat Cubs 5-4 with 4 in bottom of 9th, as Cards beat Phils in 14 innings, 4-1, and move back into 1st, ½ up over Cubs.
August 19- Browns’ Sig Jakucki (8-12/3.45) no hits Bosox in opener, winning 2-5-0/0-0-0 (5 walks).
August 24 – Cubs (72-44) beat Cards (73-45) 1-0 in 10 to move into tie. Cubs ahead by 2 percentage points.
August 25 – Giants and Bums split, with NY taking opener 6-5 in 10 and dropping nightcap, 18-18-1/1-7-1. Gordy Rosen 4-5, 3 runs, 4 RBI. Sandlock 4-5, 3 RBI.
August 26 –Cards’ Red Barrett wins his 20th (20-4/2.82), beating Cubs, 5-0. Cards now 2 up over Chicago. Chisox’s Papish and Browns’ Muncrief hook up in 14 inning game, as Chicago wins 1-0. Nats and Yanks split; Wshington now leads NY by 9 ½.
September 1 – Cubs beat Cards, 16-19-0/0-3-3 and move ½ game into 1st. Every Cub had at least 1 hit. Johnson and Pafko (4 RBI) had 4 hits. Tigers’ Newhouser (20-8/1.65) beats Bob Feller (1-2/2.33) in 10 inning 3-2 game.
September 2 – Cubs sweep Cards, taking nightcap, 6-5 in 12, moving 2 ½ up.
September 3 – Yanks’ Derry, Keller and Etten hit back-to-back-to-back homers in top of 1st in opener against A’s. Then, in top of 3rd, Keller, Etten and Robinson do it again. NY hits 7 homers in game. Pirates sweep Cards as Cubs sweep Reds; Cubs now up by 4 ½.
September 6 – Yanks (Ruffing) beat Tigers in opener, 16-20-3/2-8-1. Stirnweiss 4-6; Keller 2 homers, 4 RBI, 3-4. Every Yank starter except Ruffing had at least 1 hit.
September 7 – Nats win as NY loses and falls back 10 ½ games (magic number is now 22). Cubs and Cards win (Cubs’ 13th straight); Cubs magic number drops to 26.
September 8 – Giants (Feldman) beat Cubs, 4-1, breaking their 13 game streak.
September 9 – Cards beat Giants in 19 innings in opener, 5-10-0/4-14-3.
September 10 – Nats’ Dutch Leonard (20-5/1.49) wins his 20th in opener against Chisox, 3-6-1/2-6-1. Nats score winning run in bottom of 9th.
September 12 – Yanks sweep Chisox, taking nightcap, 15-19-2/5-11-3. Every starter except pitcher Bevans had at least 1 hit. Stainback and Aaron Robinson each had 4 RBI.
September 19 – Cards take 2nd straight from Cubs and 7th in a row, to move within 1 ½ of Chicago. Cubs’ Magic Number is still 8.
September 20 – Cards (Brecheen) conclude sweep of Cubs and are now only ½ back, as they win 2-0 on an 8-hitter.
September 23 – Bums sweep Phils, taking opener, 8-7 (scoring 3 in bottom of 9th) and taking nightcap, 17-19-0/3-8-2. Every Bum had at least 1 hit. Sandlock 4-5, 3 RBI.Galan, Walker, Stevens, Olmo each had 3 hits. Phils now 34-118.
September 25 – Cards (Brecheen) beat Cubs, 2-6-0/0-3-2 and move 1 behind Cubs with 4 remaining.
September 26 – Cubs’ Merullo singles in tying and winning runs in bottom of 9th as Cubs come back to beat Cards, 4-9-1/3-7-0. Cubs move 2 up; Magic Number drops to 3.
September 27 – Cubs sweep Reds and clinch tie.
September 29 – Cubs’ Borowy wins his 20th (20-10/1.77), 5-1, in opener against Pittsburgh, as Cubs clinch.
September 30 – Braves’ Mort Cooper (12-7/3.19) pitches 1 hitter in nightcap finale against Giants, winning 4-7-2/0-1-1.