1945 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 93-61
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Nick Cullop (93-61)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Borchert Field
Attendance: 249,819, Avg. 3,244

1945 Milwaukee Brewers Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 2

The Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 93 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the AA.

The Brewers scored 771 runs and surrendered 664 runs. Gene Nance led Milwaukee with 17 home runs and drove in 106 runs. Lew Flick topped all regular batters by connecting at a .374 clip. Owen Scheetz paced the team with 19 wins, while Julio Acosta and Bill Davis added 15 or more victories also Owen Scheetz recorded a 1.95 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1945 Milwaukee Brewers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Norman, Tom Padden, John McGillen, Elmer Weingartner, Joe Rullo, Owen Scheetz, Floyd Speer, Ewald Pyle, Elmer Burkart, Otto Denning, Buck Etchison, Bill Burgo, Mike Ulicny, Larry Rosenthal, Lew Flick, Carl Lindquist, Joe Stephenson, Don Hendrickson, Jackie Price, Ben Cardoni and Peaches Davis.

Nick Cullop served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Owen Scheetz	19	8	.704	1.95	27	25	2	20	4		226.0	206	66	49		40		90	0	0	0
Bill Davis	15	4	.789	3.85	26	9	14	5	2		110.0	117	53	47		41		42	3	2	1
Julio Acosta	15	10	.600	3.44	29	22	6	17	2		186.0	178	86	71		83		84	2	1	1
Floyd Speer	12	8	.600	3.71	33	22	7	13	1		182.0	202	88	75		35		104	2	1	1
Don Hendrickson	8	2	.800	2.72	18	12	3	10	0		106.0	117	43	32		32		52	1	0	1
Carl Lindquist	8	5	.615	5.56	24	19	0	11	1		136.0	173	100	84		63		51	2	0	3
Ewald Pyle	7	5	.583	4.41	15	13	2	8	0		104.0	104	59	51		46		61	3	0	8
John McGillen	1	1	.500	3.66	12	3	7	1	0		32.0	32	15	13		18		7	0	0	4
Elmer Burkart					12						0.0
Bob Mistele					7						0.0
Jackie Price	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	1		0		0		2
Joseph Roxbury	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		1.0	8				5		0
Jack Farmer	0	2	.000	6.35	7			0	0		17.0	23	14	12		5		5	0	0	0
Peaches Davis	0	3	.000	4.11	12	4	4	2	0		35.0	51	21	16		10		13	0	0	1
Totals	85	48	.639	3.57	225	129	45	87	10	0	1136.0	1212	545	450	0	378	0	511	13	4	20	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Lew Flick	142	607	575	90	215	32	10	11	92	12		25	23	.374	.402	.522	.924	300	1	2	5
Gene Nance	152	633	564	94	179	27	7	17	106	5		57	34	.317	.381	.480	.862	271	15	1	11
Arky Biggs	135	591	513	93	164	26	5	6	70	7		64	42	.320	.396	.425	.821	218	10	1	13
Otto Denning	143	582	483	79	148	21	5	9	92	15		82	30	.306	.413	.427	.840	206	14	6	11
Bill Burgo	147	592	530	60	147	27	3	6	86	7		42	24	.277	.342	.374	.716	198	22	10	10
Joe Rullo	123	533	475	79	133	24	2	4	47	7		42	43	.280	.349	.364	.713	173	4	8	8
Joe Stephenson	123	444	405	54	111	15	6	4	50	0		35	62	.274	.335	.370	.705	150	11	2	2
Larry Rosenthal	74	311	254	47	77	12	3	4	40	4		51	32	.303	.423	.421	.845	107	0	2	4
Bill Norman	53	202	148	20	35	7	1	0	12	6		51	24	.236	.438	.297	.735	44	1	2	1
Ed Kobesky	57	206	175	18	33	4	0	2	16	2		25	17	.189	.294	.246	.539	43	6	1	5
Elmer Weingartner	28	120	104	18	30	8	0	0	6	1		14	7	.288	.373	.365	.738	38	4	0	2
Tom Padden	24	90	82	10	22	2	0	2	7	3		7	14	.268	.326	.366	.692	30	2	0	1
Bill Davis	28	51	50	10	19	6	0	1	12	0		1	1	.380	.392	.560	.952	28	1	0	0
Owen Scheetz	28	94	83	3	19	3	0	0	17	1		5	12	.229	.281	.265	.546	22	0	1	5
Julio Acosta	34	77	70	12	16	1	0	1	8	0		6	13	.229	.289	.286	.575	20	0	0	1
Ewald Pyle	15	42	39	5	11	0	0	0	1	0		2	10	.282	.317	.282	.599	11	0	0	1
Floyd Speer	33	69	60	3	11	1	0	0	3	0		5	12	.183	.246	.200	.446	12	3	0	4
Carl Lindquist	24	55	50	5	10	3	1	1	8	0		2	22	.200	.231	.360	.591	18	2	0	3
Buck Etchison	12	44	32	8	9	0	0	1	4	0		11	4	.281	.477	.375	.852	12	0	1	0
Mike Ulicny	21	60	56	6	9	2	0	0	4	0		4	9	.161	.217	.196	.413	11	4	0	0
Anthony Mazurek	12	32	31	4	8	1	1	0	1	0		1	7	.258	.281	.355	.636	11	0	0	0
Don Hendrickson	18	41	33	4	8	2	0	0	4	0		6	3	.242	.359	.303	.662	10	0	0	2
John McGillen	13	12	11	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	5	0	0	0
Peaches Davis	12	12	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.333	.455	.333	.788	3	0	0	1
Aldo Caravello	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Florian Zielinski	2	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	1				.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Chuck Carroll	5	11	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0				.182	.182	.273	.455	3
Felix Martignetti	7	17	17	3	2	0	0	0	1	0				.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Joe Sosnouski	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Gene Edwards	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jack Farmer	7	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1481	5548	4880	734	1432	225	44	69	688	71	0	541	447	.293	.368	.400	.768	1952	100	37	90	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Otto Denning	1B	141	1206	82	17	124	.987	9.135
Buck Etchison	1B	10	83	10	3	9	.969	9.300
Joe Rullo	2B	116	332	401	30	89	.961	6.319
Arky Biggs	2B	41	115	136	6	22	.977	6.122
Gene Nance	3B	151	135	257	22	22	.947	2.596
Joe Stephenson	C	120	602	66	18	6	.974	5.567	12
Tom Padden	C	24	102	15	3	1	.975	4.875	2
Mike Ulicny	C	13	58	6	3	3	.955	4.923	2
Bill Burgo	OF	144	239	11	16	2	.940	1.736
Lew Flick	OF	139	265	5	5	3	.982	1.942
Larry Rosenthal	OF	74	184	3	10	1	.949	2.527
Bill Norman	OF	49	110	2	1	0	.991	2.286
Ed Kobesky	OF	46	63	7	1	2	.986	1.522
Floyd Speer	P	33	6	39	4	1	.918	1.364
Julio Acosta	P	29	9	42	7	4	.879	1.759
Owen Scheetz	P	27	12	50	1	2	.984	2.296
Bill Davis	P	26	1	18	0	1	1.000	.731
Carl Lindquist	P	24	5	22	0	3	1.000	1.125
Don Hendrickson	P	18	7	20	1	2	.964	1.500
Ewald Pyle	P	15	4	21	0	0	1.000	1.667
John McGillen	P	12	3	5	0	0	1.000	.667
Peaches Davis	P	12	1	8	1	0	.900	.750
Jack Farmer	P	7						.000
Joseph Roxbury	P	2						.000
Jackie Price	P	1						.000
Arky Biggs	SS	89	192	267	37	59	.925	5.157
Elmer Weingartner	SS	27	52	97	14	24	.914	5.519
Totals		1390	3786	1590	200	380	.964	3.868	16	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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