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1945 Cleveland Indians Season
Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * May 29, 1945: Buddy Rosar was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes. 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Other pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Awards and honors All-Star Game (note: rosters were named by Associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Park
League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Dunham Street (now known as East 66th Street) and Lexington Avenue in the Hough neighborhood. It was built in 1891 as a wood structure and rebuilt using concrete and steel in 1910. The park was home to a number of professional sports teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. League Park was first home to the Cleveland Spiders of the National League from 1891 to 1899 and of the Cleveland Lake Shores of the Western League, the minor league predecessor to the Indians, in 1900. From 1914 to 1915, League Park also hosted the Cleveland Spiders of the minor league American Association. In the late 1940s, the park was also the home field of the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro American League. In addition to baseball, League Park was also used for American football, serving as the home field for several successive teams in the Ohio League and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Kleine
Harold John Kleine (June 8, 1923 – December 10, 1957) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons for the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central division. Since , they have ..., appearing in 11 games during the 1944 season and three games in the 1945 season. External links , oBaseball-Reference (Minors) o 1923 births 1957 deaths Appleton Papermakers players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Baseball players from St. Louis Cleveland Indians players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Macon Peaches players Major League Baseball pitchers Nashville Vols players Pueblo Dodgers players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Wausau Timberjacks players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Weingartner
Elmer William Weingartner (August 13, 1918 – March 15, 2009) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians during the season. Listed at , , Weingartner batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In his one-season career, Weingartner was a .231 hitter (9-for-39) in 20 games, including one RBI, five runs, one double and a .302 on-base percentage without home runs or stolen bases. Weingartner died in Elyria, Ohio Elyria ( ) is a city in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area and the county seat of Lorain County, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located at the forks of the Black River (Ohio), Black River in Northeast Ohio 23 miles sou ..., at age 90. External links oRetrosheet Cleveland Indians players Major League Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Cleveland 1918 births 2009 deaths Nashville Vols players {{US-baseball-shortstop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rothel
Robert Burton Rothel (September 17, 1923 – March 21, 1984) was a professional baseball player. He appeared in four games for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball during the 1945 season as a third baseman. Ken Keltner, the Indians' regular third baseman, had entered the Navy in March 1945. Regular right fielder Roy Cullenbine started the first three games of the season at third, a position he hadn't played in three years, but was moved back to right field when the team called up the 21-year-old Rothel from the Wilkes-Barre Barons. Rothel, in just his second season as a professional, started four games, but got just two hits in ten at bats, although he did walk three times. On the day of Rothel's last start, Cullenbine was traded to the Detroit Tigers in return for second baseman Dutch Meyer and, more pertinently, third baseman Don Ross. Rothel was returned to Wilkes-Barre. He played just one more season in the minor leagues before his career ended. Rothel died of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Ross (baseball)
Donald Raymond Ross (July 16, 1914 – March 28, 1996) was an American professional baseball third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Cleveland Indians. Early years Ross was born in 1914 in Pasadena, California, and attended Pasadena City College. Professional baseball Ross began playing professional baseball in 1933 with Shreveport in the Dixie League. He advanced to Beaumont in the Texas League in 1934 and 1935. He split the 1936 season between Beaumont, Buffalo, and Toronto. He remained with Toronto in 1937. He made his major league debut with the Tigers on April 19, 1938. He replaced Marv Owen as the Tigers' third baseman. He was the team's starting third baseman for 73 games in 1938. In 632 innings played, he compiled a .946 fielding percentage with 90 putouts, 157 assists, 14 errors, and 15 double plays in 261 chances. On September 14, 1938, the Brooklyn Dodgers purchased Ross and Ray Haywor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Rocco
Michael Dominick Rocco (March 2, 1916 – June 1, 1997) was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Rocco played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. In 440 career games, Rocco recorded a batting average of .258 and accumulated 30 home runs and 186 runs batted in (RBI). A native of Minnesota, Rocco began playing professional baseball in 1935, and played in the minor leagues for the next eight years. In June 1943, he was promoted to the Cleveland Indians, and served as the team's everyday first baseman during the war years. After the war ended, Rocco played one more season with the Indians in 1946, then returned to the minor leagues. There, he played primarily in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) until 1952, retiring after attempting to play amateur baseball in Minnesota and being ruled ineligible. Early life and career Rocco was born on March 2, 1916. His parents emigrated from Italy. He attended Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Cihocki
Albert Joseph Cihocki (May 7, 1924 – March 27, 2014) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Indians from April 17, 1945, to September 22, 1945. Cihocki was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, where he played sandlot ball with Steve Bilko, his cousin who also went on to play in the major leagues, as well as Pete Gray. He originally tried out for the Philadelphia Phillies organization in 1941 and Wilkes-Barre Barons in 1942 but failed to make the cut for either team. Cihocki then joined the Batavia Clippers as a third baseman, where he had a batting average (baseball), batting average of .342 and was named to the New York–Penn League's All-Star team. After finishing the season, he joined the United States Coast Guard, and served for two years at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore. Early in 1945, he received a medical discharge from the Coast Guard, and resumed his professional baseball career with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Steiner
James Harry "Red" Steiner (January 7, 1915 – November 16, 2001) was a professional baseball catcher. He played a total of 38 games in Major League Baseball during 1945 for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Biography Steiner played for various minor league teams from 1934 to 1944, then one final season with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League in 1950; he appeared in a total of 1165 minor league games. Steiner was one of many players who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. During the season, he played 12 games for the Cleveland Indians, had his contract sold for $7500 on August 10, and then played 26 games for the Boston Red Sox. Overall, he was 15-for-79 at the plate for a .190 batting average, with no home runs and six RBIs. In 28 catching appearances, he posted a .989 fielding percentage (one error in 91 chances). Steiner additionally played in the Mexican League duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Ruszkowski
Henry Alexander Ruszkowski (November 10, 1925 – May 31, 2000) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he appeared in 40 Major League games over parts of three seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1944–1945; 1947). Listed at , , Ruszkowski batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. During his Major League career, Ruszkowski was a .238 hitter ( 20-for- 84) with three home runs, two doubles and a .310 on-base percentage. He also played seven minor league Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in No ... seasons between 1944 and 1954, appearing in 298 games. Ruszkowski died in his native Cleveland at the age of 74. Sources 1925 births 2000 deaths Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Baseball players from Ohio Burlington Flin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McDonnell (baseball)
James William McDonnell (August 15, 1922 – April 24, 1993) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central division. Since , they have ... from 1943 to 1945, playing in 50 career games. External links 1922 births 1993 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Cleveland Indians players Baseball players from Michigan {{US-baseball-catcher-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Desautels
Eugene Abraham "Red" Desautels (June 13, 1907 – November 5, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. He played most of his Major League Baseball career as a backup catcher with four teams between and . Desautels was a light- hitting player, but was known for his superior defensive ability as a catcher, and for his handling pitching staffs. After his playing career, he served as a manager in minor league baseball. Playing career Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to French Canadian parents, Desautels was a protégé of Crusaders coach Jack Barry during his playing days at the College of the Holy Cross. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, he went directly to the major leagues, making his debut with the Detroit Tigers on June 22, 1930 at the age of 23. He served as a reserve catcher for the Detroit Tigers, playing behind Ray Hayworth and veteran Muddy Ruel. When catcher Mickey Cochrane joined the Tigers as a player-manager in 1934, Desautels w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Smith (left-handed Pitcher)
Alfred John Smith (October 12, 1907 – April 28, 1977) was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher for the New York Giants (1934–37), Philadelphia Phillies (1938–39) and Cleveland Indians (1940–45) of Major League Baseball. Helped halt DiMaggio's hit streak Smith is remembered for being the starting pitcher who halted Joe DiMaggio's 56-consecutive-game hitting streak on July 17, 1941. DiMaggio grounded out twice to third baseman Ken Keltner, who made outstanding defensive plays in each case, and also drew a base on balls from Smith in three plate appearances. Then, in his final at bat, against relief pitcher Jim Bagby, Jr., DiMaggio bounced into a double play. His New York Yankees won the game, however, 4–3. Smith also is notable for having served as a nominal coach at age 25 on manager Bill Terry's New York Giants staff in 1933—the year before Smith made his debut as an active player in the Major Leagues. In 1932, Smith had won 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
