1945 in the Negro Leagues

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1945 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Homestead Grays 58 37 19 2 0.661 --
2 Newark Eagles 48 26 22 0 0.542 7.0
3 Baltimore Elite Giants 64 32 30 2 0.516 8.0
4 Philadelphia Stars 45 25 24 0 0.510 8.5
5 New York Cubans 38 14 24 0 0.368 14.0
6 New York Black Yankees 37 11 26 0 0.297 16.5

Negro American League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Cleveland Buckeyes 75 59 15 1 0.797 --
2 Kansas City Monarchs 78 43 32 3 0.573 16.5
3 Birmingham Black Barons 68 37 29 2 0.561 18.0
4 Chicago American Giants 94 44 49 1 0.473 24.5
5 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 82 31 50 1 0.383 31.5
6 Memphis Red Sox 77 18 57 2 0.240 41.5

Independent Teams[edit]

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

Pitchers[edit]

Hall of Famer Ray Brown pitched a seven-inning no-hitter for the Washington-Homestead Grays against the Chicago American Giants on August 12, winning 7-0 in the second game of a double-header. It was common practice of the Negro Leagues to schedule second games for only seven innings.

Postseason[edit]

In the Negro World Series, the Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL) defeated the Homestead Grays (NNL), 4 games to 0.

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