Minnesota Twins History - 1945 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1945 Washington Senators	87	67	.558	2^nd	1.5	85-71	2	.258	2.92			652,660	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1B	Joe Kuhel	39	142	533	152	29	13	2	75	73	79	1	2	0	31	10	5	.285	.378	.400	.778	0.0
SS	Gil Torres	29	147	562	133	12	5	0	48	39	21	0	15	0	29	7	4	.237	.264	.276	.540	0.0
CF	George Binks	30	145	550	153	32	6	6	81	62	34	3	7	0	52	11	7	.278	.324	.391	.715	0.0
2B	George Myatt	31	133	490	145	17	7	1	39	81	63	2	20	0	43	30	11	.296	.378	.365	.744	0.0
LF	George Case	29	123	504	148	19	5	1	31	72	49	3	5	0	27	30	16	.294	.360	.357	.717	0.0
3B	Harlond Clift	32	119	375	79	12	0	8	53	49	76	4	1	0	58	2	1	.211	.349	.307	.656	0.0
C	Rick Ferrell	39	91	286	76	12	1	1	38	33	43	2	4	0	13	2	4	.266	.366	.325	.691	0.0
RF	Buddy Lewis	28	69	258	86	14	7	2	37	42	37	3	8	0	15	1	2	.333	.423	.465	.888	0.0
2B	Fred Vaughn	26	80	268	63	7	4	1	25	28	23	1	5	0	48	0	3	.235	.298	.302	.600	0.0
CF	Mike Kreevich	37	45	158	44	8	2	1	23	22	21	0	2	0	9	7	5	.278	.363	.373	.737	0.0
C	Al Evans	28	51	150	39	11	2	2	19	19	17	1	2	0	22	2	1	.260	.339	.400	.739	0.0
3B	Hillis Layne	27	61	147	44	5	4	1	14	23	10	2	1	0	7	0	1	.299	.352	.408	.760	0.0
C	Mike Guerra	32	56	138	29	1	1	1	15	11	10	1	5	0	12	4	1	.210	.268	.254	.522	0.0
CF	Jose Zardon	22	54	131	38	5	3	0	13	13	7	0	4	0	11	3	1	.290	.326	.374	.700	0.0
LF	Jake Powell	36	31	98	19	2	0	0	3	4	8	0	0	0	8	1	1	.194	.255	.214	.469	0.0
P	Mickey Haefner	32	37	82	20	1	0	0	5	8	9	0	6	0	13	0	0	.244	.319	.256	.575	0.0
P	Roger Wolff	34	33	84	9	1	0	0	6	2	6	0	5	0	20	0	0	.107	.167	.119	.286	0.0
P	Marino Pieretti	24	44	81	18	2	1	0	9	7	3	0	4	0	8	0	0	.222	.250	.272	.522	0.0
P	Dutch Leonard	36	31	78	18	2	0	0	9	9	1	0	8	0	5	0	0	.231	.241	.256	.497	0.0
LF	Vince Ventura	28	18	58	12	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	.207	.258	.207	.465	0.0
P	Johnny Niggeling	41	26	59	7	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	.119	.148	.136	.283	0.0
3B	Cecil Travis	31	15	54	13	2	1	0	10	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	1	.241	.293	.315	.608	0.0
SS	Dick Kimble	29	20	49	12	1	1	0	1	5	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	.245	.315	.306	.621	0.0
CF	Walt Chipple	26	18	44	6	0	0	0	5	4	5	0	1	0	6	0	1	.136	.224	.136	.361	0.0
P	Alex Carrasquel	32	35	36	3	0	0	0	3	4	6	0	1	0	11	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	0.0
P	Sandy Ullrich	23	28	22	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	.273	.304	.318	.623	0.0
RF	Howie McFarland	35	6	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0.0
P	Walt Masterson	25	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	0.0
P	Pete Appleton	41	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0
P	Wally Holborow	31	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Bert Shepard	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Armando Roche	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
32 Players		31.4	1686	5326	1375	197	63	27	569	622	544	23	114	0	488	110	65	.258	.330	.334	.664	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Roger Wolff	34	33	29	20	10	2	2.12	250.0	200	68	59	7	53	108	0	21	4	1.01	.232	0.0
Mickey Haefner	32	37	28	16	14	3	3.47	238.3	226	103	92	10	69	83	0	19	1	1.24	.257	0.0
Marino Pieretti	24	44	27	14	13	2	3.32	233.3	235	114	86	3	91	66	0	14	3	1.40	.270	0.0
Dutch Leonard	36	31	29	17	7	1	2.12	216.0	208	72	51	5	35	96	0	12	4	1.12	.272	0.0
Johnny Niggeling	41	26	25	7	12	0	3.16	176.7	161	80	62	7	73	90	0	8	2	1.32	.265	0.0
Alex Carrasquel	32	35	7	7	5	1	2.71	122.7	105	43	37	5	40	38	0	5	2	1.18	.236	0.0
Sandy Ullrich	23	28	6	3	3	1	4.54	81.3	91	45	41	3	34	26	0	0	0	1.54	.286	0.0
Wally Holborow	31	15	1	1	1	0	2.30	31.3	20	9	8	0	16	14	0	1	1	1.15	.213	0.0
Walt Masterson	25	4	2	1	2	0	1.08	25.0	21	8	3	1	10	14	0	1	1	1.24	.253	0.0
Pete Appleton	41	6	2	1	0	1	3.38	21.3	16	8	8	1	11	12	0	1	0	1.27	.234	0.0
Armando Roche	18	2	0	0	0	0	6.00	6.0	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.00	.385	0.0
Bert Shepard	25	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	5.3	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.75	.188	0.0
Dick Stone	33	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.60	.300	0.0
Joe Cleary	26	1	0	0	0	0	189.02	0.3	5	7	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	24.00	1.000	0.0
14 Pitchers	32.2	266	156	87	67	11	2.92	1412.7	1307	562	459	42	440	550	0	82	18	1.24	.258	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Roger Wolff	33	29	6	45	2	52	1	.981	250.0	1.84
Mickey Haefner	37	28	10	53	1	66	3	.955	238.3	2.38
Marino Pieretti	44	27	17	52	2	72	3	.958	233.3	2.66
Dutch Leonard	31	29	8	44	0	54	2	.963	216.0	2.17
Johnny Niggeling	26	25	6	25	2	33	2	.939	176.7	1.58
Alex Carrasquel	35	7	6	26	1	35	3	.914	122.7	2.35
Sandy Ullrich	28	6	2	24	1	26	0	1.000	81.3	2.88
Wally Holborow	15	1	1	3	0	5	1	.800	31.3	1.15
Walt Masterson	4	2	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	25.0	2.16
Pete Appleton	6	2	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	21.3	1.27
Joe Cleary	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.3	0.00
Armando Roche	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	6.0	4.50
Bert Shepard	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	5.3	3.38
Dick Stone	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80
Totals	266	156	58	285	11	358	15	.958	1420.7	2.17

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Rick Ferrell	83	0	331	64	3	399	4	.990	664.0	5.35	21	0.0
Al Evans	41	0	160	19	4	184	5	.973	328.0	4.91	9	0.0
Mike Guerra	38	0	163	28	3	193	2	.990	304.0	5.65	10	0.0
Totals	162	0	654	111	10	776	11	.986	1296.0	5.31	40	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Joe Kuhel	141	0	1323	94	101	1433	16	.989	1128.0	11.31
George Binks	20	0	164	12	13	177	1	.994	160.0	9.90
Totals	161	0	1487	106	114	1610	17	.989	1288.0	11.13

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
George Myatt	94	0	228	231	48	472	13	.972	752.0	5.49
Fred Vaughn	76	0	177	189	35	387	21	.946	608.0	5.42
Totals	170	0	405	420	83	859	34	.960	1360.0	5.46

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Harlond Clift	111	0	111	214	18	348	23	.934	888.0	3.29
Hillis Layne	33	0	34	53	3	91	4	.956	264.0	2.97
Cecil Travis	14	0	18	28	4	50	4	.920	112.0	3.70
George Myatt	6	0	5	18	2	26	3	.885	48.0	4.31
Gil Torres	2	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	16.0	2.81
Totals	166	0	170	316	27	520	34	.935	1328.0	3.29

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Gil Torres	145	0	272	437	65	744	35	.953	1160.0	5.50
Dick Kimble	15	0	19	38	5	60	3	.950	120.0	4.27
Fred Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
George Myatt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00
Totals	162	0	291	475	70	804	38	.953	1296.0	5.32

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
George Case	87	0	224	12	2	241	5	.979	696.0	3.05
George Binks	27	0	68	3	1	73	2	.973	216.0	2.96
Jake Powell	21	0	44	1	1	47	2	.957	168.0	2.41
Jose Zardon	16	0	39	1	0	41	1	.976	128.0	2.81
Vince Ventura	15	0	30	1	0	35	4	.886	120.0	2.32
Walt Chipple	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38
Howie McFarland	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12
George Myatt	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
Totals	169	0	411	18	4	443	14	.968	1352.0	2.86

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
George Binks	79	0	198	8	2	211	5	.976	632.0	2.93
Mike Kreevich	40	0	98	2	0	103	3	.971	320.0	2.81
Jose Zardon	25	0	60	1	0	63	2	.968	200.0	2.75
George Case	15	0	39	2	0	42	1	.976	120.0	3.07
Walt Chipple	11	0	36	2	1	39	1	.974	88.0	3.89
Totals	170	0	431	15	3	458	12	.974	1360.0	2.95

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Buddy Lewis	69	0	151	8	3	162	3	.981	552.0	2.59
George Myatt	31	0	58	6	0	66	2	.970	248.0	2.32
George Case	27	0	69	4	1	75	2	.973	216.0	3.04
George Binks	26	0	65	3	1	70	2	.971	208.0	2.94
Jake Powell	6	0	12	0	0	13	1	.923	48.0	2.25
Jose Zardon	3	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	24.0	2.62
Howie McFarland	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	16.0	1.12
Walt Chipple	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38
Totals	165	0	366	22	5	398	10	.975	1320.0	2.65

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	George Myatt	.296
On-Base Percentage	Joe Kuhel	.378
Slugging Percentage	Joe Kuhel	.400
OPS	Joe Kuhel	.778
Games	Gil Torres	147
At-Bats	Gil Torres	562
Runs	George Myatt	81
Hits	George Binks	153
Doubles	George Binks	32
Triples	Joe Kuhel	13
Home Runs	Harlond Clift	8
Runs Batted In	George Binks	81
Stolen Bases	George Myatt, George Case	30
Caught Stealing	George Case	16
Walks	Joe Kuhel	79
Strikeouts	Harlond Clift	58

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Roger Wolff	20
Losses	Mickey Haefner	14
Saves	Mickey Haefner	3
Games	Marino Pieretti	44
Games Started	Roger Wolff, Dutch Leonard	29
Complete Games	Roger Wolff	21
Shutouts	Roger Wolff, Dutch Leonard	4
Innings Pitched	Roger Wolff	250.0
Hits Allowed	Marino Pieretti	235
Home Runs Allowed	Mickey Haefner	10
Strikeouts	Roger Wolff	108
Walks Allowed	Marino Pieretti	91
Earned Run Average	Roger Wolff	2.12
Walks + Hits per IP	Roger Wolff	1.01
BABIP	Roger Wolff	.232