1945 Cleveland Buckeyes Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 63-17-1, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Postseason: Won World Series (4-0) over Homestead Grays

Manager: Quincy Trouppe (67-25-3)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Quincy Trouppe#	32	14	50	42	6	7	0	0	1	4	1	0	8		.167	.300	.238	.538	59	10		0	0		0
2	1B	Archie Ware*	27	19	81	75	11	21	1	2	0	11	1	0	4		.280	.316	.347	.663	94	26		0	2		0
3	2B	Johnnie Cowan	32	20	81	77	5	18	0	0	0	7	0	0	2		.234	.253	.234	.487	43	18		0	2		0
4	SS	Avelino Cañizares	25	19	87	80	16	30	7	0	1	8	4	0	6		.375	.419	.500	.919	168	40		0	1		0
5	3B	Parnell Woods	33	20	85	77	15	21	3	1	0	7	5	0	3		.273	.317	.338	.655	92	26		2	3		0
6	LF	Buddy Armour*	30	17	67	63	9	16	0	2	0	6	0	0	3		.254	.288	.317	.605	77	20		0	1		0
7	CF	Sam Jethroe#	28	21	91	81	14	27	5	5	1	20	5	0	8		.333	.407	.556	.962	180	45		2	0		0
8	RF	Willie Grace#	28	17	66	62	5	20	0	1	0	8	0	0	3		.323	.354	.355	.709	108	22		0	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Lloyd Davenport*	33	13	57	53	8	14	3	1	0	8	1	0	4		.264	.316	.358	.674	97	19		0	0		0
10	UT	Earl Ashby	24	9	29	26	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3		.269	.345	.346	.691	103	9		0	0		0
11	UT	Jesse Williams*		5	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		.133	.188	.133	.321	-5	2		0	0		0
12	2B	Billy Horne	29	2	8	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	1		0	0		0
13	3B	George Provens?	27	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	17	1		0	0		0
14	OF	Jerry Benjamin#	35	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		.333	.500	.667	1.167	239	2		0	0		0
15	2B	Sam Bankhead	34	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.250	.250	.250	.500	47	1		0	0		0
16		Breese?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Eugene Bremer	28	9	29	26	6	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	2		.269	.321	.500	.821	138	13		0	1		0
18	P	George Jefferson	22	11	27	26	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1		.154	.185	.231	.416	21	6		0	0		0
19	P	Willie Jefferson	41	6	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		.167	.231	.167	.397	17	2		0	0		0
20	P	Roosevelt Davis	40	3	12	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2		.111	.273	.222	.495	46	2		0	1		0
21	P	John Brown	26	3	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	17	2		0	0		0
22	P	Lovell Harden	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
23	P	Rayford Finch?	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							0		0	0		0
24	P	Phelbert Lawson?	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.4	81	824	756	108	203	25	15	3	92	18	0	52		.269	.319	.353	.672	96	267		4	12		0
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				5	4	4	5	4	6		2		5	2	4	3	3	4		4		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	81	732	672	96	187	22	12	3	85	18	0	46		.278	.328	.360	.688	101	242		4	10		0
		Pitcher Totals	29.3	81	92	84	12	16	3	3	0	7	0	0	6		.190	.244	.298	.542	58	25		0	2		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Eugene Bremer	28	7	1	.875	2.25	9	9	0	6	1	0	68.0	63	19	17	2	15	0	24	2	0	0	277	183	3.13	1.147	8.3	0.3	2.0	3.2	1.60
2	SP	George Jefferson	22	3	2	.600	4.22	8	6	1	4	0	1	42.2	46	21	20	3	19	0	13	1	1	1	190	98	4.41	1.523	9.7	0.6	4.0	2.7	0.68
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
3	RP	Willie Jefferson	41	2	0	1.000	1.69	5	1	4	1	0	1	21.1	15	4	4	0	5	0	12	0	0	0	80	246	2.28	0.938	6.3	0.0	2.1	5.1	2.40
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4		Roosevelt Davis	40	2	0	1.000	1.03	3	2	1	2	1	0	26.1	15	5	3	1	4	0	12	1	0	0	101	404	2.85	0.722	5.1	0.3	1.4	4.1	3.00
5		John Brown	26	1	2	.333	1.73	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	20	8	5	0	14	0	14	0	0	1	110	240	3.24	1.308	6.9	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00
6		Lovell Harden	27	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	108	8.70	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
7		Rayford Finch*	20	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	108	4.20	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
8		Phelbert Lawson?	25	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	6	24	32.70	4.500	13.5	13.5	27.0	13.5	0.50
		Team Totals	29.4	15	6	.714	2.52	81	22	6	16	2	2	189.0	166	63	53	7	64	0	76	5	1	2	788	165	3.47	1.217	7.9	0.3	3.0	3.6	1.19
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		1	6		1				3	3	2	5	1	1	1	3	1		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W