1945 National League

The 1945 season of the National League was the seventieth 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	Chicago Cubs	155	98	56	1	.632	-.-	735 (4.74)	532 (3.43)	0.277	0.345	0.372	2.98	0.980
2	St. Louis Cardinals	155	95	59	1	.613	3.0	756 (4.88)	583 (3.76)	0.273	0.335	0.371	3.24	0.977
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	155	87	67	1	.561	11.0	795 (5.13)	724 (4.67)	0.271	0.347	0.376	3.70	0.962
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	82	72	1	.529	16.0	753 (4.86)	686 (4.43)	0.267	0.340	0.377	3.76	0.971
5	New York Giants	154	78	74	2	.506	19.0	668 (4.34)	700 (4.55)	0.269	0.332	0.379	4.06	0.973
6	Boston Braves	154	67	85	2	.435	30.0	721 (4.68)	728 (4.73)	0.267	0.331	0.374	4.04	0.969
7	Cincinnati Reds	154	61	93	0	.396	37.0	536 (3.48)	694 (4.51)	0.249	0.301	0.333	4.00	0.976
8	Philadelphia Phillies	154	46	108	0	.299	52.0	548 (3.56)	865 (5.62)	0.246	0.306	0.326	4.64	0.962

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Emil Verban	St. Louis Cardinals	155
At Bats	Dain Clay	Cincinnati Reds	656
Runs Scored	Eddie Stanky	Brooklyn Dodgers	128
Hits	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	224
Doubles	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	47
Triples	Luis Olmo	Brooklyn Dodgers	13
Home Runs	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	28
Total Bases	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	367
Runs Batted In	Dixie Walker	Brooklyn Dodgers	124
Stolen Bases	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	26
Walks	Eddie Stanky	Brooklyn Dodgers	148
Hit by Pitch	Mel Ott Andy Pafko Nap Reyes	New York Giants Chicago Cubs New York Giants	8
Strikeouts	Vince DiMaggio	Philadelphia Phillies	91
Sacrifice Hits	Don Johnson	Chicago Cubs	22
Grounded into Double Plays	Babe Dahlgren	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Batting Average	Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	0.355
On-Base Percentage	Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	0.449
Slugging Percentage	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	0.577
On-Base plus Slugging	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	0.997
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	174

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Red Barrett	Boston Braves/St. Louis Cardinals	23
Losses	Dick Barrett	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Hank Borowy	Chicago Cubs	0.846
Appearances	Andy Karl	Philadelphia Phillies	67
Games Started	Bill Voiselle	New York Giants	35
Complete Games	Red Barrett	Boston Braves/St. Louis Cardinals	24
Shutouts	Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	5
Games Finished	Ace Adams	New York Giants	50
Saves	Ace Adams Andy Karl	New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	15
Innings Pitched	Red Barrett	Boston Braves/St. Louis Cardinals	284.2
Batters Faced	Red Barrett	Boston Braves/St. Louis Cardinals	1175
Hits Allowed	Red Barrett	Boston Braves/St. Louis Cardinals	287
Home Runs Allowed	Johnny Hutchings	Boston Braves	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Hal Gregg	Brooklyn Dodgers	120
Hit Batsmen	Charley Schanz	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Strikeouts	Preacher Roe	Pittsburgh Pirates	148
Wild Pitches	Dick Barrett	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Balks	Andy Hansen Johnny Hutchings	New York Giants Boston Braves	2
Runs Allowed	Dick Barrett	Philadelphia Phillies	129
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Voiselle	New York Giants	116
Earned Run Average	Ray Prim	Chicago Cubs	2.40
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Ray Prim	Chicago Cubs	0.998

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 Billy Southworth as the American League manager.

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

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Phil Cavarretta, a first baseman with the Chicago Cubs. In the award's voting, he had 279 out of a possible 336 points and 15 first place votes.

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