1945 Cleveland Guardians roster

32 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1945 MLB season.

1945 Guardians roster: batting

1945 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Mickey Rocco1435658114910560.264.326.713
Dutch Meyer130524711537482.292.342.760
Pat Seerey126414569814561.237.342.743
Jeff Heath1023706011315613.305.398.906
Felix Mackiewicz12035942982375.273.356.723
Lou Boudreau97345501063480.307.374.783
Al Cihocki9228321600242.212.241.507
Paul O'dea8722121521213.235.299.575
Les Fleming4214018463220.329.382.874
Myril Hoag401281027031.211.279.575
Eddie Carnett3073516070.219.250.565
Ed Wheeler46721214011.194.275.497
Jim McDonnell2851310080.196.226.462
Hank Ruszkowski1449210050.204.264.468
Elmer Weingartner203959010.231.302.559
Stan Benjamin142117030.333.333.762
Papa Williams161904000.211.250.461
Bob Rothel41002000.200.385.585
Gene Desautels10911000.111.200.311

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1945 Guardians roster: pitching

1945 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Steve GromekP33301992.55251.01011.181
Allie ReynoldsP443018123.20247.11121.444
Jim BagbyP25198113.73159.1381.441
Al SmithP21195123.84133.2341.411
Ed KliemanP3812583.85126.1331.364
Pete CenterP318633.9985.2341.371
Mel HarderP1111373.6776.0161.530
Bob FellerP99532.5072.0591.180
Red EmbreeP88441.9370.0421.170
Jack SalvesonP190003.6844.0111.320
Earl HenryP151035.4021.2101.850
Hal KleineP30003.867.052.140
Paul CalvertP100013.501.113.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.