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Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago Cubs 3 · 1945-10-03 to 1945-10-10 · 7 games · attendance 333,457 · season overview
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Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1945-10-03 |  Chicago Cubs 9 at Detroit Tigers 0 | 0–1 | Tiger Stadium | 54,637 | Hank Borowy | Hal Newhouser | |
| 2 | 1945-10-04 | Chicago Cubs 1 at Detroit Tigers 4 | 1–1 | Tiger Stadium | 53,636 | Virgil Trucks | Hank Wyse | |
| 3 | 1945-10-05 | Chicago Cubs 3 at Detroit Tigers 0 | 1–2 | Tiger Stadium | 55,500 | Claude Passeau | Stubby Overmire | |
| 4 | 1945-10-06 | Detroit Tigers 4 at Chicago Cubs 1 | 2–2 | Wrigley Field | 42,923 | Dizzy Trout | Ray Prim | |
| 5 | 1945-10-07 | Detroit Tigers 8 at Chicago Cubs 4 | 3–2 | Wrigley Field | 43,463 | Hal Newhouser | Hank Borowy | |
| 6 | 1945-10-08 | Detroit Tigers 7 at Chicago Cubs 8 | 3–3 | Wrigley Field | 41,708 | Hank Borowy | Dizzy Trout | |
| 7 | 1945-10-10 | Detroit Tigers 9 at Chicago Cubs 3 | 4–3 | Wrigley Field | 41,590 | Hal Newhouser | Hank Borowy |
The players
Detroit Tigers
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Cramer | 7 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .379 |
| Eddie Mayo | 7 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 7 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .179 |
| Rudy York | 7 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .179 |
| Skeeter Webb | 7 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .185 |
| Hank Greenberg | 7 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .304 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 7 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .227 |
| Paul Richards | 7 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .211 |
| Hal Newhouser | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Dizzy Trout | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Bob Swift | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Virgil Trucks | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Hoover | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Chuck Hostetler | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John McHale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hub Walker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Bob Maier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Red Borom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Zeb Eaton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Stubby Overmire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jim Tobin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Newhouser | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 0 | 20.2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 6.10 |
| Dizzy Trout | 2 | 1 | 1–1 | 0 | 13.2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.66 |
| Virgil Trucks | 2 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 13.1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Stubby Overmire | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Al Benton | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Jim Tobin | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Les Mueller | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tommy Bridges | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16.20 |
| George Caster | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Chicago Cubs
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Hack | 7 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .367 |
| Peanuts Lowrey | 7 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .310 |
| Don Johnson | 7 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .172 |
| Bill Nicholson | 7 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .214 |
| Andy Pafko | 7 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .214 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 7 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .423 |
| Mickey Livingston | 6 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Roy Hughes | 6 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .294 |
| Claude Passeau | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Hank Borowy | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 |
| Paul Gillespie | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Frank Secory | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| Hank Wyse | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Heinz Becker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Lennie Merullo | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ed Sauer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Dewey Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Clyde McCullough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Bill Schuster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hy Vandenberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ray Prim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Borowy | 3 | 2 | 2–1 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Claude Passeau | 3 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 16.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Hank Wyse | 3 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 7.2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7.04 |
| Paul Erickson | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Hy Vandenberg | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Paul Derringer | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Ray Prim | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Bob Chipman | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |