1945 Detroit Tigers

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1945 Detroit Tigers / Franchise: Detroit Tigers / BR Team Page[edit]

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

World Series Champs

Managed by Steve O'Neill

Coach: Art Mills

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

History, Comments, Contributions[edit]

Awards and Honors[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: 1945 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[edit]

  • 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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