# 1945 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1945 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 98 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 65 | .575 | — | 50‍–‍26 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Washington Senators | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1½ | 46‍–‍31 | 41‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 81 | 70 | .536 | 6 | 47‍–‍27 | 34‍–‍43 |
| New York Yankees | 81 | 71 | .533 | 6½ | 48‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 73 | 72 | .503 | 11 | 44‍–‍33 | 29‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 71 | 78 | .477 | 15 | 44‍–‍29 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Boston Red Sox | 71 | 83 | .461 | 17½ | 42‍–‍35 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 98 | .347 | 34½ | 39‍–‍35 | 13‍–‍63 |

### Record vs. opponents

1945 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 29, 1945: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Buddy Rosar.
* June 15, 1945: Al Simmons was released by the Athletics.

### Roster
## 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 | Buddy Rosar | 92 | 300 | 63 | .210 | 1 | 25 |
| 1B | Dick Siebert | 147 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 7 | 51 |
| 2B | Irv Hall | 151 | 616 | 161 | .261 | 0 | 50 |
| SS | Ed Busch | 126 | 416 | 104 | .250 | 0 | 35 |
| 3B | George Kell | 147 | 567 | 154 | .272 | 4 | 56 |
| OF | Hal Peck | 112 | 449 | 124 | .276 | 5 | 39 |
| OF | Bobby Estalella | 126 | 451 | 135 | .299 | 8 | 52 |
| OF | Mayo Smith | 73 | 203 | 43 | .212 | 0 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Bill McGhee | 93 | 250 | 63 | .252 | 0 | 19 |
| Charlie Metro | 65 | 200 | 42 | .210 | 3 | 15 |
| Bobby Wilkins | 62 | 154 | 40 | .260 | 0 | 4 |
| Greek George | 51 | 138 | 24 | .174 | 0 | 11 |
| Frankie Hayes | 32 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 3 | 14 |
| Ernie Kish | 43 | 110 | 27 | .245 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Burns | 31 | 90 | 23 | .256 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 28 | 75 | 15 | .200 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Brancato | 10 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 9 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Ford Garrison | 6 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 6 |
| Joe Cicero | 12 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Astroth | 10 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Pruett | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Drake | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Bobo Newsom | 36 | 257.1 | 8 | 20 | 3.29 | 127 |
| Russ Christopher | 33 | 227.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.17 | 100 |
| Jesse Flores | 29 | 191.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.43 | 52 |
| Don Black | 26 | 125.1 | 5 | 11 | 5.17 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Lou Knerr | 27 | 130.0 | 5 | 11 | 4.22 | 41 |
| Charlie Gassaway | 24 | 118.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.74 | 50 |
| Steve Gerkin | 21 | 102.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.62 | 25 |
| Dick Fowler | 7 | 37.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.82 | 21 |
| Charlie Bowles | 8 | 33.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.13 | 11 |
| Phil Marchildon | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 2 |
| Bill Connelly | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Berry | 52 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2.35 | 51 |
| Carl Scheib | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 2 |
| Woody Crowson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Harry Davis |
| B | Lancaster Red Roses | Interstate League | Lena Blackburne |
| C | Martinsville Athletics | Carolina League | Heinie Manush |
| D | Lexington A's | North Carolina State League | Jimmy Maus |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster