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28 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1268 regular-season games · 1945-04-08 to 1945-09-30 · attendance 10,841,123

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World Series champion

Detroit Tigers

MVP

Hal Newhouser AL
Phil Cavarretta NL

All-Star Games

1945-07-29 at Comiskey Park I
1945-10-07 at Ebbets Field
1945-10-07 at Ebbets Field
1945-10-07
1945-10-14 at Ebbets Field
1945-10-14 at Ebbets Field

Hall of Fame class of 1945

Dan Brouthers, Ed Delahanty, Fred Clarke, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, Jim O'Rourke, Jimmy Collins, King Kelly, Roger Bresnahan, Wilbert Robinson

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Detroit Tigers 4–3 Chicago Cubs	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	88	65	.575	—	565	1,280,341	Steve O'Neill	World Series
2	Washington Senators	87	67	.565	1.5	562	652,660	Ossie Bluege
3	St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	6	548	482,986	Luke Sewell
4	New York Yankees	81	71	.533	6.5	606	881,845	Joe McCarthy
5	Cleveland Indians	73	72	.503	11	548	558,182	Lou Boudreau
6	Chicago White Sox	71	78	.477	15	633	657,981	Jimmy Dykes
7	Boston Red Sox	71	83	.461	17.5	674	603,794	Joe Cronin
8	Philadelphia Athletics	52	98	.347	34.5	638	462,631	Connie Mack

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago Cubs	98	56	.636	—	532	1,036,386	Charlie Grimm	Pennant
2	St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	3	583	594,630	Billy Southworth
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	.565	11	724	1,059,220	Leo Durocher
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	.532	16	686	604,694	Frankie Frisch
5	New York Giants	78	74	.513	19	700	1,016,468	Mel Ott
6	Boston Braves	67	85	.441	30	728	374,178	Bob Coleman, Del Bissonette
7	Cincinnati Reds	61	93	.396	37	694	290,070	Bill McKechnie
8	Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	.299	52	865	285,057	Freddie Fitzsimmons, Ben Chapman

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Cleveland Buckeyes	52	15	.776	—	63	Quincy Trouppe	World Series
2	Kansas City Monarchs	35	27	.565	14.5	231	Frank Duncan
3	Birmingham Black Barons	37	27	.578	13.5	131	Winfield Welch
4	Chicago American Giants	38	35	.521	17	203	Candy Jim Taylor
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	27	40	.403	25	139	Hoss Walker
6	Memphis Red Sox	15	60	.200	41	157	Larry Brown

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	32	13	.711	—	192	Vic Harris	Pennant
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	17	.595	5.5	320	Felton Snow
3	Newark Eagles	21	18	.538	8	122	Willie Wells, Biz Mackey
4	Philadelphia Stars	21	19	.525	8.5	242	Goose Curry
5	New York Cubans	7	20	.259	16	129	José María Fernández
6	New York Black Yankees	7	26	.212	19	187	George Scales, Willie Wells, Marvin Barker

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Dick Fowler, Philadelphia Athletics vs. St. Louis Browns, 1945-09-09

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