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1945 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *1945 Negro World Series, Negro League World Series: Cleveland Buckeyes over Homestead Grays (4–0) *1945 World Series, World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4–3) *Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 9–6 *1945 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Major League Baseball All-Star Game cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break. Other champions *1945 Amateur World Series, Amateur World Series: Venezuela *All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Rockford Peaches Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Roger Bresnahan **Dan Brouthers **Fred Clarke **Jimmy Collins **Ed Delahanty **Hugh Duffy **Hughie Jennings **King Kelly **Jim O'Rourke (baseball), Jim O'Rourke **Wilbert Robinson *MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Most Valuable Player **Hal Newhouser (AL) – P, Detroit Tigers **Phil Cavarretta (NL) – 1B, Chicago Cubs *The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Negro World Series
In the 1945 Negro World Series, the Cleveland Buckeyes, champions of the Negro American League, swept the Homestead Grays, Washington Homestead Grays, champions of the Negro National League (1933–1948), Negro National League, four games to none. Summary Matchups Game 1 The two teams were evenly matched in pitchers (who each allowed six hits on 33 batters), with a little bit of timing and luck proving the difference in Cleveland prevailing in the opening game. Cleveland broke the scoreless drought in the seventh inning. Catcher Quincy Trouppe collected the lone extra base hit for the team on his triple to start the inning, and Johnnie Cowan helped him score on a sacrifice fly. In the eighth, first baseman Archie Ware hit a single to left, and a walk got him to second base, where right fielder Willie Grace lobbed a single into right field to score Ware for what proved to be the go-ahead run. The Grays threatened in the final frame with a one-out single by Dave Hoskins that was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Delahanty
Edward James Delahanty (October 30, 1867 – July 2, 1903), nicknamed "Big Ed", was an American professional baseball player, who spent his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers (NL), Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Infants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators. He was renowned as one of the game's early power hitters, and while primarily a left fielder, also spent time as an infielder. Delahanty won two List of Major League Baseball batting champions, batting titles, batting average (baseball), batted over .400 three times, and has the seventh-highest List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders, career batting average in MLB history. In 1945 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945, Delahanty was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame. Delahanty died as a result of falling into the Niagara River or being swept over Niagara Falls (undetermined), afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting News Pitcher Of The Year Award
''The Sporting News'' established the Pitcher of the Year Award in 1944 to recognize the most outstanding pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). It was given annually (except in 1946 and 1947) to one pitcher each in the American League and National League. In 2013, the Pitcher of the Year Award was split into the Starting Pitcher of the Year Award and Relief Pitcher of the Year Award, which are given annually to a starting pitcher and relief pitchers in each league, as judged by ''The Sporting News'' baseball experts. History By the Second World War, ''The Sporting News'', had been giving Player of the Year and Manager of the Year awards since 1936, and an annual Most Valuable Player Award since 1929. In 1944, ''The Sporting News'' inaugurated its Pitcher of the Year Award, which has been given each year since to the most outstanding pitcher in each league, with a brief hiatus from 1946 to 1947. Beginning in 2013, ''Sporting News'' issues two awards per league—one to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Holmes
Thomas Francis Holmes (March 29, 1917 – April 14, 2008) was an American right and center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Boston Braves. He hit over .300 lifetime (.302) and every year from 1944 through 1948, peaking with a .352 mark in when he finished second in the National League batting race and was runner-up for the NL's Most Valuable Player Award. Career Holmes was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a youth, he trained to be a boxer but his father forbade him to pursue the sport professionally. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School where he had batting averages of .613 and .585 in various seasons, attracting the attention of major league scouts. As a high schooler, Holmes also played semiprofessional games on Sundays for $5 per game (). Holmes, who batted and threw left-handed, signed his first professional contract with the New York Yankees, but could not break into their outfield of Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Mayo
Edward Joseph Mayo (born Edward Joseph Mayoski; April 15, 1910 – November 27, 2006), nicknamed "Hotshot" and "Steady Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. He played as an infielder in the Major League Baseball from to , most notably as a member of the Detroit Tigers team that finished either in first or second place in the American League pennant races between 1944 and 1947 and won the 1945 World Series. Mayo was selected to his only All-Star team in 1945 and, was the runner-up in voting for the 1945 American League Most Valuable Player Award. He also played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Athletics. Career overview Mayo played in 834 games in the major leagues, initially as a third baseman (229 games) and for most of his career as a second baseman (544 games). In a nine-season career, the left-handed hitting Mayo posted a .252 batting average and .313 on-base percentage with 287 RBIs, 759 hits, 350 runs scored, 257 walks, 161 ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
''The Sporting News'' established ''The Sporting News'' Most Valuable Player Award in 1929. The award was given annually to the player, who TSN baseball experts judged as the most valuable player in each league. The awards were discontinued in 1946. Key Awardees Multiple Wins Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx have won the award three times. Every player who won the award more than once are member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection and gathering space for the history of baseball in the United St ... See also * ''Sporting News'' Player of the Year Award * ''TSN'' Pitcher of the Year * ''TSN'' Rookie of the Year * ''SN'' Reliever of the Year * ''TSN'' Comeback Player of the Year * ''TSN'' Manager of the Year * ''TSN'' Executive of the Year * External links and referencesBaseball-Alma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting News MLB Player Of The Year Award
''The Sporting News'' Player of the Year Award is awarded annually by ''The Sporting News'' to the most outstanding player in Major League Baseball. The honor was first given in . History ''The Sporting News'' established their Player of the Year award in 1936. It is the oldest still-extant award given to the single player in MLB who had the most outstanding season. Until 1969, it was the only major award given to a single player across MLB, rather than to a player in each league. In 1969, ''Baseball Digest'' began its Player of the Year award for one player in all of MLB. (The award became limited to position players in 1994, when ''Baseball Digest'' added a new award for "Pitcher of the Year.") In 1993, the first Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award was given. In 1998, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) began its own Player of the Year award, for one player in all of MLB, as part of its Players Choice Awards. ''Baseball America'' also began its Majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Cavarretta
Philip Joseph Cavarretta (July 19, 1916 – December 18, 2010) was an American professional baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager. He was known to friends and family as "Phil" and was also called "Philibuck", a nickname bestowed by Cubs manager Charlie Grimm. Cavarretta had a 22-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, spending 20 seasons with the Chicago Cubs before spending his final two seasons with the Chicago White Sox. His 20 seasons played for the Cubs is the second-most in franchise history, behind Cap Anson's 22 seasons. Cavarretta was voted the National League Most Valuable Player for 1945 after leading the Cubs to the pennant while winning the batting title with a .355 batting average. He was a player-manager for the Cubs in his final three seasons with the team. Baseball career Cavaretta attended Lane Technical High School on Chicago's North Side (now known as Lane Tech College Prep), where he played baseball and basketball, and signed a professional contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Newhouser
Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998), nicknamed "Prince Hal" and "Hurricane Hal," was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1939 to 1955, most notably for the Detroit Tigers, where he was selected for seven straight Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Games from 1942 to 1948. He became the first pitcher to win the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Most Valuable Player Award twice in consecutive years, winning in 1944 and 1945. Newhouser was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1992 and his number 16 was Detroit Tigers#Retired numbers and honorees, retired by the Detroit Tigers in 1997. Newhouser was highly regarded by Tigers scout Wish Egan, who ended up signing him for his hometown club for the 1939 season. Starting in the minor leagues that year, he was called up to the major league squad late in the season and made his first start on September 26, 1939. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League (baseball), National League. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931. History Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has bestowed a most valuable player award to a player in the National League (baseball), National League and a player in the American League. Before 1931, two similar awards were issued: the League Award was issued during 1922–1928 in the American League and during 1924–1929 in the National League. During 1911–1914, the Chalmers Award was issued to a player in each league. Criteria and a list of winners for these two earlier awards are detailed in below sections. MVP voting takes place before the Major League Baseball postseason, postseason, but the results are not announced until after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbert Robinson
Wilbert Robinson (June 29, 1864 – August 8, 1934), nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", was an American catcher, coach and manager (baseball), manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Philadelphia Athletics (American Association), Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899), Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals. He managed the Orioles and Brooklyn Robins. Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945. Life and playing career Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, Robinson was a catcher in the minor New England League in 1885 in baseball, 1885 and made it to the major leagues in 1886 in baseball, 1886 with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association (19th century), American Association, where he remained until 1890. He lasted in the majors until 1902, playing much of his career with two separate Baltimore Orioles franchises – from 1890 to 1899 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim O'Rourke (baseball)
James Henry O'Rourke (September 1, 1850 – January 8, 1919), nicknamed "Orator Jim", was an American professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a left fielder. For the period 1876–1892, he ranks behind only Cap Anson in career major league games played (1,644), hits (2,146), at-bats (6,884), doubles (392) and total bases (2,936), and behind only Harry Stovey in runs scored (1,370) (Stovey was a younger player; Anson played five seasons and O'Rourke four prior to 1876.). In 1945, O'Rourke was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Biography O'Rourke was born in East Bridgeport, Connecticut, and worked on his family's farm while playing youth league and semi-pro baseball. He began his professional career as a member of the Middletown Mansfields in 1872, joining the one-year-old National Association team as a catcher. The Mansfields were not a top-tier team, and folded in August, but O'Rourke had imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
