1945 Detroit Tigers

1945 Detroit Tigers / Franchise: Detroit Tigers / BR Team Page

Record: 88-65, Finished 1st in American League (1945 AL)

World Series Champs

Managed by Steve O'Neill

Coach: Art Mills

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: Doc Cramer, Hank Greenberg, Eddie Mayo and Hal Newhouser
• AL MVP: Hal Newhouser

Standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	--
Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5
St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6
New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5
Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11
Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15
Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.357	34.5

World Series

Game	Score	Date	Attendance
1	Chicago 9, Detroit 0	October 3	54,637
2	Detroit 4, Chicago 1	October 4	53,636
3	Chicago 3, Detroit 0	October 5	55,500
4	Detroit 4, Chicago 1	October 6	42,923
5	Detroit 8, Chicago 4	October 7	43,463
6	Chicago 8, Detroit 7 (12 innings)	October 8	41,708
7	Detroit 9, Chicago 3	October 10	41,590

Further Reading

• Douglas Jordan: "The 1945 Pennant Races", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 52, Nr. 2 (Fall 2023), pp. 47-54.
• Mark Pankin: "Batting Out-of-Turn Results in Great Confusion", in The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 42, Number 1 (Spring 2013), pp. 46-49.
• Burge Carmon Smith: The 1945 Detroit Tigers: Nine Old Men and One Young Left Arm Win It All, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7864-4196-9

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