1945 Chicago Cubs season

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1945 Chicago Cubs 1945 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1871)
1945 Information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General Manager(s)	James Gallagher
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm
Local television	none
Local radio	WIND (Bert Wilson, Wayne Osborne)

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Relief pitchers 3 1945 World Series 3.1 Game 1 3.2 Game 2 3.3 Game 3 3.4 Game 4 3.5 Game 5 3.6 Game 6 3.7 Game 7 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	98	56	--	.636
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	3	.617
Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	11	.565
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	16	.532
New York Giants	78	74	19	.513
Boston Braves	67	85	30	.441
Cincinnati Reds	61	93	37	.396
Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	52	.299

[edit] Roster

1945 Chicago Cubs roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers 26 Hank Borowy 31 Bob Chipman 30 Paul Derringer 37 Paul Erickson 13 Claude Passeau 39 Ray Prim 32 Ray Starr 35 Hy Vandenberg 33 Hank Wyse		Catchers 10 Paul Gillespie 11 Mickey Livingston  9 Clyde McCullough  8 Len Rice 12 Dewey Williams Infielders  7 Heinz Becker 44 Phil Cavarretta  6 Stan Hack 23 Roy Hughes 20 Pep Johnson 21 Lennie Merullo 22 Bill Schuster		Outfielders 47 Peanuts Lowrey 43 Bill Nicholson 48 Andy Pafko 45 Ed Sauer 49 Frank Secory		Manager 40 Charlie Grimm Coaches 42 Roy "Hardrock" Johnson 52 Red Smith 41 Milt Stock

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 1945 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 3, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	13	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

WP: Hank Borowy (1-0)  LP: Hal Newhouser (0-1)  
HRs:  CHI – Phil Cavarretta (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 4, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	7	0

WP: Virgil Trucks (1-0)  LP: Hank Wyse (0-1)  
HRs:  DET – Hank Greenberg (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 5, 1945 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

WP: Claude Passeau (1-0)  LP: Stubby Overmire (0-1)  

[edit] Game 4

October 6, 1945 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1

WP: Dizzy Trout (1-0)  LP: Ray Prim (0-1)  

[edit] Game 5

October 7, 1945 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	8	11	0
Chicago	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	7	2

WP: Hal Newhouser (1-1)  LP: Hank Borowy (1-1)  

[edit] Game 6

October 8, 1945 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Detroit	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	7	13	1
Chicago	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	15	3

WP: Hank Borowy (2-1)  LP: Dizzy Trout (1-1)  
HRs:  DET – Hank Greenberg (2)

[edit] Game 7

October 10, 1945 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	9	9	1
Chicago	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	1

WP: Hal Newhouser (2-1)  LP: Hank Borowy (2-2)  

[edit] References

• 1945 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 1945 MLB season by team American League Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington National League Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis 1945 All-Star Game • 1945 World Series

Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 1944

National League Championship Season 1945

Succeeded by St. Louis Cardinals 1946

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