The 1945 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–74 record, 19 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason Prior to 1945 season: Ed Albrecht was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Ed Albrecht page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1945 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Ernie Lombardi 115 368 113 .307 19 70 1B Phil Weintraub 82 283 77 .272 10 42 2B George Hausmann 154 623 174 .279 2 45 SS Buddy Kerr 149 546 136 .249 4 40 3B Nap Reyes 122 431 124 .288 5 44 OF 135 451 139 .308 21 79 OF Danny Gardella 121 430 117 .272 18 71 OF Johnny Rucker 105 429 117 .273 7 51

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Red Treadway 88 224 54 .241 4 23 Clyde Kluttz 73 222 62 .279 4 21 Billy Jurges 61 176 57 .324 3 24 Whitey Lockman 32 129 44 .341 3 18 Steve Filipowicz 35 112 23 .205 2 16 Mike Schemer 31 108 36 .333 1 10 27 98 27 .276 5 15 37 94 28 .298 0 9 Joe Medwick 26 92 28 .304 3 11 Charlie Mead 11 37 10 .270 1 6 Ray Berres 20 30 5 .167 0 2 Al Gardella 16 26 2 .077 0 1 Johnny Hudson 28 11 0 .000 0 0 Bill DeKoning 3 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bill Voiselle 41 232.1 14 14 4.49 115 Harry Feldman 35 217.2 12 13 3.27 74 Van Mungo 26 183.0 14 7 3.20 101 Jack Brewer 28 159.2 8 6 3.83 49 Sal Maglie 13 84.1 5 4 2.35 32

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Slim Emmerich 31 100.0 4 4 4.86 27 Andy Hansen 23 92.2 4 3 4.66 37 Adrian Zabala 11 43.1 2 4 4.78 14 Don Fisher 2 18.0 1 0 2.00 4 Roy Lee 3 7.0 0 2 11.57 0 Ewald Pyle 6 6.1 0 0 17.05 2

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 65 11 9 15 3.42 39 Rube Fischer 31 3 8 1 5.63 27 Ray Harrell 12 0 0 0 4.97 7 3 0 0 0 7.88 1 Johnny Gee 2 0 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 10.38 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco, Danville-ScholfieldJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1945 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1945 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac