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1945 World Series (4-3): Detroit Tigers (88-65) over Chicago Cubs (98-56)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1945 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 4  0  3    0  0  0    2  0  0     9 13  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Borowy
              DET - Newhouser, Benton (3), Tobin (5), Mueller (8)

               WP - Hank Borowy
	       LP - Hal Newhouser
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - Cavarretta
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,637

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1945 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Wyse, Erickson (7)
              DET - Trucks

               WP - Virgil Trucks
	       LP - Hank Wyse
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              DET - Greenberg

  ATTENDANCE: 53,636

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1945 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0     3  8  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  1  2

    PITCHERS: CHC - Passeau
              DET - Overmire, Benton (7)

               WP - Claude Passeau
	       LP - Stubby Overmire
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,500

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1945 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  0     4  7  1
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Trout
              CHC - Prim, Derringer (4), Vandenberg (6), Erickson (8)

               WP - Dizzy Trout
	       LP - Ray Prim
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 42,923

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1945 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  4    1  0  2     8 11  0
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  1     4  7  2

    PITCHERS: DET - Newhouser
              CHC - Borowy, Vandenberg (6), Chipman (6), Derringer (7), Erickson (9)

               WP - Hal Newhouser
	       LP - Hank Borowy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,463

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1945 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  1  0    0  0  0    2  4  0    0  0  0     7 13  1
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  4  1    2  0  0    0  0  1     8 15  3

    PITCHERS: DET - Trucks, Caster (5), Bridges (6), Benton (7), Trout (8)
              CHC - Passeau, Wyse (7), Prim (8), Borowy (9)

               WP - Hank Borowy
	       LP - Dizzy Trout
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Greenberg
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,708

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1945 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               5  1  0    0  0  0    1  2  0     9  9  1
    Chicago Cubs                 1  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     3 10  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Newhouser
              CHC - Borowy, Derringer (1), Vandenberg (2), Erickson (6), Passeau (8), Wyse (9)

               WP - Hal Newhouser
	       LP - Hank Borowy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,590

Series Batting Stats

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Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Al Benton           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  63   4  0  .063  .187   0
*Red Borom           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 130  35  0  .269  .607   4
 Tommy Bridges       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 George Caster       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 14   3  0  .214  .527   0
*Doc Cramer          7  29  7 11  0  0  0   4  1  0  .379  .419  .379  1 | 541 149  6  .275  .703   2
#Roy Cullenbine      7  22  5  5  2  0  0   4  8  2  .227  .433  .318  1 |+536 146 18  .272  .846   2
 Zeb Eaton           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  32   8  2  .250  .719   0
 Hank Greenberg      7  23  7  7  3  0  2   7  6  5  .304  .467  .696  0 | 270  84 13  .311  .948   3
 Joe Hoover          1   3  1  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 222  57  1  .257  .684   6
*Chuck Hostetler     3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  44   7  0  .159  .502   0
 Bob Maier           1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 486 128  1  .263  .667   7
*Eddie Mayo          7  28  4  7  1  0  0   2  3  2  .250  .323  .286  0 | 501 143 10  .285  .752   7
*John McHale         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  14   2  0  .143  .393   0
 Ed Mierkowicz       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  15   2  0  .133  .455   0
 Les Mueller         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  44   8  1  .182  .535   0
*Hal Newhouser       3   8  0  0  0  0  0   1  1  1  .000  .111  .000  0 | 109  28  0  .257  .623   0
 Jimmy Outlaw        7  28  1  5  0  0  0   3  2  1  .179  .233  .179  1 | 446 121  0  .271  .668   6
 Stubby Overmire     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  53  10  0  .189  .510   0
 Paul Richards       7  19  0  4  2  0  0   6  4  3  .211  .348  .316  0 | 234  60  3  .256  .670   4
 Bob Swift           3   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  0  .250  .500  .250  0 | 279  65  0  .233  .549   1
 Jim Tobin           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+102  14  5  .137  .575   0
 Dizzy Trout         2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 | 102  25  2  .245  .633   1
 Virgil Trucks       2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .200  .000  0 |   2   0  0  .000  .333   0
*Hub Walker          2   2  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  23   3  0  .130  .505   1
 Skeeter Webb        7  27  4  5  0  0  0   1  2  1  .185  .241  .185  0 | 407  81  0  .199  .492   8
 Rudy York           7  28  1  5  1  0  0   3  3  4  .179  .258  .214  0 | 595 157 18  .264  .744   6
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 242 32 54 10  0  2  32 33 22  .223  .321  .289  3 |         77  .256  .683  60

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Heinz Becker        3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .500  .667  .500  0 | 133  38  2  .286  .796   0
 Cy Block            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .286   0
 Hank Borowy         4   6  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  3  .167  .167  .333  0 |+ 91  18  0  .198  .508   0
*Phil Cavarretta     7  26  7 11  2  0  1   5  4  3  .423  .500  .615  0 | 498 177  6  .355  .949   5
*Bob Chipman         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  17   3  0  .176  .498   0
 Paul Derringer      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  75  15  0  .200  .440   0
 Paul Erickson       4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  32   5  0  .156  .448   0
*Paul Gillespie      3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 163  47  3  .288  .746   2
*Stan Hack           7  30  1 11  3  0  0   4  4  2  .367  .441  .467  0 | 597 193  2  .323  .825  12
 Roy Hughes          6  17  1  5  1  0  0   3  4  5  .294  .429  .353  0 | 222  58  0  .261  .617   6
 Don Johnson         7  29  4  5  2  1  0   0  0  8  .172  .172  .310  1 | 557 168  2  .302  .704   9
 Mickey Livingston   6  22  3  8  3  0  0   4  1  1  .364  .391  .500  0 | 224  57  2  .254  .641   2
 Peanuts Lowrey      7  29  4  9  1  0  0   0  1  2  .310  .333  .345  0 | 523 148  7  .283  .735  11
 Clyde McCullough    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Lennie Merullo      3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 394  94  2  .239  .596   7
*Bill Nicholson      7  28  1  6  1  1  0   8  2  5  .214  .267  .321  0 | 559 136 13  .243  .733   4
 Andy Pafko          7  28  5  6  2  1  0   2  2  5  .214  .267  .357  1 | 534 159 12  .298  .816   5
 Claude Passeau      3   7  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |  91  17  2  .187  .479   0
 Ray Prim            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  51  13  0  .255  .576   0
 Ed Sauer            2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  93  24  2  .258  .704   2
 Bill Schuster       2   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  47   9  0  .191  .573   2
 Frank Secory        5   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .400  .400  .400  0 |  57   9  0  .158  .361   0
 Hy Vandenberg       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  32   4  0  .125  .340   0
 Dewey Williams      2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 100  28  2  .280  .763   0
 Hank Wyse           3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 101  17  0  .168  .356   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 247 29 65 16  3  1  27 19 48  .263  .316  .364  2 |         57  .277  .717  69

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Hal Newhouser       3   6.10 2-1  0  2 20.7 25 14  4 22 | 25-9  313  1.81  1.11 212  2
 Dizzy Trout         2   0.66 1-1  0  1 13.7  9  1  3  9 | 18-15 246  3.14  1.34  97  2
 Virgil Trucks       2   3.38 1-0  0  1 13.3 14  5  5  7 |  0-0    5  1.69  0.94   3   
*Stubby Overmire     1   3.00 0-1  0  0  6.0  4  2  2  2 |  9-9  162  3.88  1.42  36  4
 Al Benton           3   1.93 0-0  0  0  4.7  6  1  0  5 | 13-8  192  2.02  1.24  76  3
 Jim Tobin           1   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  2  1  0 |+13-19 255  3.78  1.43  52  1
 Les Mueller         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  1  1 |  6-8  135  3.68  1.30  42  1
 Tommy Bridges       1  16.20 0-0  0  0  1.7  3  3  3  1 |  1-0   11  3.27  1.45   6   
 George Caster       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  0  1 |+ 6-3   67  4.57  1.51  32  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.84 4-3  0  4 65.7 65 28 19 48 |            2.99 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Hank Borowy         4   4.00 2-2  0  1 18.0 21  8  6  8 |+21-7  255  2.65  1.24  82  1
 Claude Passeau      3   2.70 1-0  0  1 16.7  7  5  8  3 | 17-9  227  2.46  1.16  98  1
 Hank Wyse           3   7.04 0-1  0  0  7.7  8  6  4  1 | 22-10 278  2.68  1.17  77   
 Paul Erickson       4   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  8  3  3  5 |  7-4  108  3.32  1.31  53  3
 Hy Vandenberg       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.0  1  0  3  3 |  7-3   95  3.49  1.30  35  2
 Paul Derringer      3   6.75 0-0  0  0  5.3  5  4  7  1 | 16-11 214  3.45  1.28  86  4
*Ray Prim            2   9.00 0-1  0  0  4.0  4  4  1  1 | 13-8  165  2.40  1.00  88  2
*Bob Chipman         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  1  0 |  4-5   72  3.50  1.35  29   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.15 3-4  0  2 65.0 54 30 33 22 |            2.98 1.230   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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