1945 Boston Braves season
The 1945 Boston Braves season was the 75th season of the franchise.
Tommy Holmes had a career year, with 28 home runs, 117 RBI, and a.352 batting average. He led his team in every offensive category except walks. Holmes led the National League in hits, doubles, home runs, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging. He finished second in the NL in RBI and batting average. Holmes also put up a 37-game hitting streak this season, lasting from June 6 to July 8, recording a.423 batting average with 9 home runs and 41 RBI. His hitting-streak record held for 33 years until 1978, when Pete Rose put together a 44-game hitting streak.
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 | Phil Masi | 114 | 371 | 101 | .272 | 7 | 46 |
| 1B | Vince Shupe | 78 | 283 | 76 | .269 | 0 | 15 |
| 2B | Whitey Wietelmann | 123 | 428 | 116 | .271 | 4 | 33 |
| SS | Dick Culler | 136 | 527 | 138 | .262 | 2 | 30 |
| 3B | 139 | 514 | 141 | .274 | 25 | 87 | |
| OF | Carden Gillenwater | 144 | 517 | 149 | .288 | 7 | 72 |
| OF | Tommy Holmes | 154 | 636 | 224 | .352 | 28 | 117 |
| OF | Butch Nieman | 97 | 247 | 61 | .247 | 14 | 56 |
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 |
| Joe Mack | 66 | 260 | 60 | .231 | 3 | 44 |
| Joe Medwick | 66 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 0 | 26 |
| Stew Hofferth | 50 | 170 | 40 | .235 | 3 | 15 |
| Frank Drews | 49 | 147 | 30 | .204 | 0 | 19 |
| Eddie Joost | 35 | 141 | 35 | .248 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Ramsey | 78 | 137 | 40 | .292 | 1 | 12 |
| Tommy Nelson | 40 | 121 | 20 | .165 | 0 | 6 |
| Morrie Aderholt | 31 | 102 | 34 | .333 | 2 | 11 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 25 | 81 | 24 | .296 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | 46 | 11 | .239 | 0 | 7 | |
| Stan Wentzel | 4 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike Ulicny | 11 | 18 | 7 | .389 | 1 | 4 |
| Norm Wallen | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
| Jim Tobin | 27 | 196.2 | 9 | 14 | 3.84 | 38 |
| Bob Logan | 34 | 187.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.18 | 53 |
| 21 | 137.2 | 7 | 12 | 4.58 | 26 | |
| Ed Wright | 15 | 111.1 | 8 | 3 | 2.51 | 24 |
| Bill Lee | 16 | 106.1 | 6 | 3 | 2.79 | 12 |
| Al Javery | 17 | 77.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.28 | 18 |
| Elmer Singleton | 7 | 37.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.82 | 14 |
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 |
| Johnny Hutchings | 57 | 185.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.75 | 99 |
| Mort Cooper | 20 | 78.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.35 | 45 |
| Tom Earley | 11 | 41.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.61 | 4 |
| 9 | 38.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.74 | 13 | |
| Lefty Wallace | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
| Bob Whitcher | 6 | 15.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.87 | 6 |
| Ewald Pyle | 4 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.24 | 10 |
| Lou Fette | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.73 | 4 |
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 |
| Don Hendrickson | 37 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4.91 | 14 |
| Ira Hutchinson | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.02 | 4 |
| Hal Schacker | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 6 |
| Charlie Cozart | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 4 |
| Joe Heving | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |
| Ben Cardoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 |
| Whitey Wietelmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |