1945 Major League Team Statistics

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	52	15	1	.776	5.2	3.1	2.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Homestead Grays	32	13	1	.711	5.4	3.8	1.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Chicago Cubs	98	56	1	.636	4.7	3.4	1.3	-0.2	1.1	99-55	-1	49-26	49-30	4-2	24-21	77-41	21-15	45-43	53-13
4	Detroit Tigers	88	65	2	.575	4.1	3.6	0.4	-0.1	0.4	84-69	4	50-26	38-39	5-4	30-23	79-59	9-6	51-36	37-29
5	St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	1	.617	4.9	3.8	1.1	-0.1	1.0	95-59	0	48-29	47-30	5-11	23-22	71-41	24-18	57-31	38-28
6	Washington Nationals	87	67	2	.565	4.0	3.6	0.4	-0.1	0.3	84-70	3	46-31	41-36	6-8	28-20	70-50	17-17	45-43	42-24
7	Kansas City Monarchs	35	27	2	.565	5.3	4.5	0.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
8	Newark Eagles	21	18	0	.538	5.0	5.2	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	17	1	.595	5.6	5.6	0.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	Birmingham Black Barons	37	27	2	.578	4.4	4.9	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
11	Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	1	.565	5.1	4.7	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-70	3	48-30	39-37	7-6	22-22	66-53	21-14	44-44	43-23
12	St. Louis Browns	81	70	3	.536	3.9	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	81-70	0	47-27	34-43	9-11	29-26	63-57	18-13	42-44	39-26
13	New York Yankees	81	71	0	.533	4.4	4.0	0.5	-0.1	0.4	84-68	-3	48-28	33-43	8-11	23-22	64-53	17-18	37-50	44-21
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	1	.532	4.9	4.4	0.4	-0.1	0.4	84-70	-2	45-34	37-38	11-4	24-20	65-59	17-13	39-49	43-23
15	Philadelphia Stars	21	19	0	.525	5.8	4.7	1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Chicago American Giants	38	35	1	.521	5.4	5.6	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	New York Giants	78	74	2	.513	4.3	4.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	73-79	5	47-30	31-44	5-7	28-23	65-53	13-21	35-53	43-21
18	Cleveland Indians	73	72	2	.503	3.8	3.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	74-71	-1	44-33	29-39	5-7	23-27	62-50	11-22	42-44	31-28
19	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	27	40	1	.403	3.7	6.3	-2.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	New York Cubans	7	20	0	.259	3.5	4.6	-1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Chicago White Sox	71	78	1	.477	4.0	4.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	70-79	1	44-29	27-49	9-4	23-25	60-66	11-12	46-59	25-19
22	Boston Braves	67	85	2	.441	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	75-77	-8	36-38	31-47	8-13	20-33	54-62	13-23	43-65	24-20
23	New York Black Yankees	7	26	0	.212	4.3	6.1	-1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	Memphis Red Sox	15	60	1	.200	4.3	6.3	-2.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Boston Red Sox	71	83	3	.461	3.8	4.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	69-85	2	42-35	29-48	7-3	23-20	59-69	12-14	48-62	23-21
26	Cincinnati Reds	61	93	0	.396	3.5	4.5	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	59-95	2	36-41	25-52	10-5	28-23	55-88	6-5	37-73	24-20
27	Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	3	.347	3.2	4.2	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	58-92	-6	39-35	13-63	10-11	22-38	40-81	12-17	34-72	18-26
28	Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	0	.299	3.6	5.6	-2.1	0.3	-1.8	47-107	-1	22-55	24-53	3-5	20-25	40-98	6-10	28-82	18-26
	Average	54	54	1	.500	4.5	4.6				54-55		24-18	18-24	4-4	13-13	35-35	8-8	24-30	19-13

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	37	28.7	4.39	28	1032	951	123	256	35	23	6	103	10		53		.269	.311	.373	.684	99	355		4	24
Baltimore Elite Giants	27	30.9	5.60	57	2182	1953	319	548	81	43	21	275	28		180		.281	.345	.398	.743	107	778		12	37
Boston Red Sox	37	30.3	3.82	157	6019	5367	599	1393	225	44	50	559	72	50	541	534	.260	.330	.346	.676	95	1856	117	23	87		32	1226
Brooklyn Dodgers	42	29.1	5.13	155	6191	5418	795	1468	257	71	57	722	77	40	630	433	.271	.350	.376	.726	103	2038	87	25	111		80	1249
Boston Braves	42	28.8	4.68	154	6086	5441	721	1453	229	25	101	668	82	48	522	511	.267	.334	.374	.708	97	2035	107	26	91		40	1162
Chicago American Giants	30	28.6	5.41	39	1473	1334	211	359	40	20	9	180	16		123		.269	.332	.349	.682	99	466		3	13
Cleveland Buckeyes	28	29.1	5.17	24	905	817	124	218	28	15	3	102	21		69		.267	.328	.349	.677	98	285		5	14
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	28	28.1	3.68	22	821	750	81	174	15	9	4	71	7		60		.232	.290	.292	.582	70	219		1	10
Chicago Cubs	36	29.8	4.74	155	6036	5298	735	1465	229	52	57	674	69	28	555	462	.277	.349	.372	.720	102	1969	93	32	150		83	1256
Chicago White Sox	27	31.7	3.97	150	5663	5077	596	1330	204	55	22	544	78	54	470	467	.262	.326	.337	.663	95	1710	120	14	100		53	1062
Cincinnati Reds	34	29.2	3.48	154	5799	5283	536	1317	221	26	56	498	71	43	392	532	.249	.304	.333	.637	78	1758	112	26	95		52	1105
Cleveland Indians	36	27.7	3.79	147	5538	4898	557	1249	216	48	65	521	19	31	505	577	.255	.326	.359	.685	103	1756	116	14	119		49	1093
Detroit Tigers	37	32.4	4.08	155	5888	5257	633	1345	227	47	77	588	60	54	517	533	.256	.324	.361	.684	93	1897	112	9	102		47	1107
Homestead Grays	28	33.6	5.41	51	1989	1741	276	475	64	24	15	244	20		210		.273	.354	.363	.717	100	632		8	30
Kansas City Monarchs	30	30.0	5.28	53	1976	1809	280	504	76	25	10	242	50		123		.279	.328	.365	.693	103	660		11	33
Memphis Red Sox	31	31.2	4.35	26	958	865	113	198	33	10	8	90	7		69		.229	.290	.318	.608	78	275		6	18
New York Black Yankees	26	29.0	4.26	31	1181	1064	132	269	46	14	5	109	10		92		.253	.315	.336	.652	82	358		5	20
Newark Eagles	25	27.6	5.00	25	960	860	125	212	23	8	16	110	9		81		.247	.316	.348	.664	85	299		7	12
New York Cubans	28	31.2	3.45	31	1096	996	107	227	32	15	7	91	10		78		.228	.289	.311	.600	68	310		7	15
New York Giants	39	28.7	4.34	154	5995	5350	668	1439	175	35	114	626	38	28	501	457	.269	.336	.379	.715	98	2026	111	40	100		69	1212
New York Yankees	32	30.2	4.45	152	5928	5176	676	1343	189	61	93	639	64	43	619	566	.259	.343	.373	.716	104	1933	102	36	95		43	1198
Philadelphia Athletics	37	29.0	3.23	153	5864	5296	494	1297	201	37	33	439	25	45	450	460	.245	.306	.316	.622	82	1671	105	20	96		23	1147
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30.0	3.56	154	5743	5203	548	1278	197	27	56	503	54	49	449	501	.246	.307	.326	.634	79	1697	113	15	71		26	1060
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	29.1	4.86	155	6043	5343	753	1425	259	56	72	695	81	49	589	481	.267	.341	.377	.718	96	2012	122	17	88		51	1142
Philadelphia Stars	32	28.8	5.76	51	2004	1790	294	523	65	27	14	250	24		173		.292	.357	.382	.739	106	684		7	34
St. Louis Browns	31	30.4	3.88	154	5868	5227	597	1302	215	37	63	557	25	31	500	555	.249	.316	.341	.657	86	1780	102	15	124		42	1139
St. Louis Cardinals	37	28.1	4.88	155	6168	5487	756	1498	256	44	64	698	55	33	515	488	.273	.338	.371	.709	95	2034	75	26	138		59	1241
Washington Nationals	34	31.2	3.99	156	6011	5326	622	1375	197	63	27	569	110	65	544	488	.258	.330	.334	.664	101	1779	116	23	114		36	1175
League Average	20	29.7	3.55	104	3387	3016	367	785	125	26	36	339	35	25	296	287	.260	.329	.355	.684	94	1070	61	13	60		28	663
	547	29.7	3.55	2898	94840	84447	10286	21977	3497	728	1007	9500	980	691	8299	8045	.260	.329	.355	.684	94	29951	1710	361	1681		785	18574
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB