1945 in the Negro Leagues

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1945 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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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

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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

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

• Harlem Globetrotters
• New Orleans Black Pelicans
• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Toledo Cubs

Leading Players

Pitchers

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

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