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1945 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Tommy HolmesBAT20.7
  2. 2Hal NewhouserPITCH17.2
  3. 3Buster AdamsBAT16.4
  4. 4Whitey KurowskiBAT15.4
  5. 5Vern StephensBAT15.2
  6. 6Augie GalanBAT15
  7. 7Snuffy StirnweissBAT14.7
  8. 8Mel OttBAT14.6
  9. 9Nick EttenBAT14.6
  10. 10Goody RosenBAT14.4
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Billy PierceP178
  2. 2Jackie Robinson2B138.9
  3. 3Red Schoendienst2B136.1
  4. 4Whitey Lockman1B100.7
  5. 5Sal MaglieP89.5
  6. 6Art HouttemanP71.1
  7. 7Herm WehmeierP67.7
  8. 8Jim WilsonP59.8

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Jimmie Foxx1B270.8
  2. 2Paul WanerRF197.7
  3. 3Bob JohnsonLF191.9
  4. 4Joe CroninSS175.9
  5. 5Paul DerringerP159
  6. 6Babe HermanRF142.7
  7. 7Dolph Camilli1B142.3
  8. 8Lon WarnekeP134.2

Teams · 28

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Chicago Cubs98-56226.8Phil CavarrettaPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals95-59180.8Whitey Kurowski
Detroit Tigers88-65183.6Hal NewhouserPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers87-67216.3Augie Galan
Minnesota Twins87-67204.4Roger Wolff
Homestead Grays33-1717.3Josh Gibson
Baltimore Orioles81-70186.7Vern Stephens
Pittsburgh Pirates82-72202.1Johnny Barrett
New York Yankees81-71199.4Snuffy Stirnweiss
Kansas City Monarchs31-2142.8Jackie Robinson
Cleveland Buckeyes15-6——
Baltimore Elite Giants32-2446.6Roy Campanella
Philadelphia Stars29-2131.7Frank Austin
San Francisco Giants78-74195Mel Ott
Cleveland Indians73-72176.3Jeff Heath
Chicago American Giants19-1819Art Pennington
New York Cubans13-188Pat Scantlebury
Chicago White Sox71-78167.9Johnny Dickshot
Newark Eagles9-1610.8Don Newcombe
Birmingham Black Barons10-17——
Memphis Red Sox9-17——
New York Black Yankees10-212.5Marvin Barker
Boston Red Sox71-83187.6Bob Johnson
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns4-18——
Atlanta Braves67-85157.1Tommy Holmes
Cincinnati Reds61-93132.5Frank McCormick
Athletics52-98156.3Joe Berry
Philadelphia Phillies46-108121.4Vince DiMaggio

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.