1945 American League

The 1945 season of the American League was the forty-fifth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Detroit Tigers	155	88	65	2	.568	-.-	633 (4.08)	565 (3.65)	0.256	0.322	0.361	2.99	0.974
2	Washington Senators	156	87	67	2	.558	1.5	622 (3.99)	562 (3.60)	0.258	0.327	0.334	2.92	0.970
3	St. Louis Browns	154	81	70	3	.526	6.0	597 (3.88)	548 (3.56)	0.249	0.315	0.341	3.14	0.976
4	New York Yankees	152	81	71	0	.533	6.5	676 (4.45)	606 (3.99)	0.259	0.338	0.373	3.45	0.971
5	Cleveland Indians	147	73	72	2	.497	11.0	557 (3.79)	548 (3.73)	0.255	0.325	0.359	3.31	0.977
6	Chicago White Sox	150	71	78	1	.473	15.0	596 (3.97)	633 (4.22)	0.262	0.324	0.337	3.69	0.970
7	Boston Red Sox	157	71	83	3	.452	17.5	599 (3.82)	674 (4.29)	0.260	0.327	0.346	3.80	0.973
8	Philadelphia Athletics	153	52	98	3	.340	34.5	494 (3.23)	638 (4.17)	0.245	0.304	0.316	3.62	0.975

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	155
At Bats	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	632
Runs Scored	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	107
Hits	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	195
Doubles	Wally Moses	Chicago White Sox	35
Triples	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	22
Home Runs	Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	24
Total Bases	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	301
Runs Batted In	Nick Etten	New York Yankees	111
Stolen Bases	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	33
Caught Stealing	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	17
Walks	Roy Cullenbine	Cleveland Indians/Detroit Tigers	113
Hit by Pitch	Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	10
Strikeouts	Pat Seerey	Cleveland Indians	97
Sacrifice Hits	Roy Schalk	Chicago White Sox	24
Grounded into Double Plays	Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	23
Batting Average	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	0.309
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Lake	Boston Red Sox	0.412
Slugging Percentage	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	0.476
On-Base plus Slugging	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	0.861
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	144

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	25
Losses	Bobo Newsom	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Bob Muncrief	St. Louis Browns	0.765
Appearances	Joe Berry	Philadelphia Athletics	52
Games Started	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	36
Complete Games	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	29
Shutouts	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	8
Games Finished	Joe Berry	Philadelphia Athletics	40
Saves	Jim Turner	New York Yankees	10
Innings Pitched	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	313.1
Batters Faced	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	1261
Hits Allowed	Dave Ferriss	Boston Red Sox	263
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Kramer	St. Louis Browns	13
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Allie Reynolds	Cleveland Indians	130
Hit Batsmen	Thornton Lee	Chicago White Sox	10
Strikeouts	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	212
Wild Pitches	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	10
Balks	Marino Pieretti	Washington Senators	3
Runs Allowed	Marino Pieretti	Washington Senators	114
Earned Runs Allowed	Bobo Newsom	Philadelphia Athletics	94
Earned Run Average	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	1.81
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Roger Wolff	Washington Senators	1.012

The thirteenth midsummer classic was not played due to wartime travel restrictions. The game was scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, 1945 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA with Luke Sewell as the American League manager.

In the World Series, the American League champion Detroit Tigers defeated the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Hal Newhouser, a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 236 out of a possible 336 points and 9 first place votes.

The 1945 Hall of Fame Game was not held due to wartime travel restrictions.