1945 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1945 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1945 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1945 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1945 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1945 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1945 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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Roster
Schedule
17 Frank Barrett 6-02 173 Right Right 1913-07-01
28 Joe Bowman 6-02 190 Right Left 1910-06-17
31 Rex Cecil 6-03 195 Right Left 1916-10-08
19 Otey Clark 6-01½ 190 Right Right 1915-05-22
37 Clem Dreisewerd 6-01½ 195 Left Left 1916-01-24
33 Dave Ferriss 6-02 208 Right Left 1921-12-05
21 Clem Hausmann 5-09 165 Right Right 1919-08-17
19, 37 Randy Heflin 6-00 185 Right Left 1918-09-11
34 Vic Johnson 6-00 160 Left Right 1920-08-03
29 Oscar Judd 6-00½ 180 Left Left 1908-02-14
15 Emmett O'Neill 6-02½ 180 Right Right 1918-01-13
20 Mike Ryba 5-11½ 195 Right Right 1903-06-09
18 Yank Terry 6-01 180 Right Right 1911-02-11
16 Jim Wilson 6-01½ 200 Right Right 1922-02-20
10 Pinky Woods 6-05 225 Right Right 1920-05-22
27 Bob Garbark 5-11 178 Right Right 1909-11-13
23 Billy Holm 5-10½ 168 Right Right 1912-07-21
2 Frankie Pytlak 5-07½ 160 Right Right 1908-07-30
16 Red Steiner 6-00 185 Right Left 1915-01-07
26 Fred Walters 6-01 210 Right Right 1912-09-04
5 Jim Bucher 5-11 170 Right Left 1911-03-24
28 Dolph Camilli 5-10 185 Left Left 1907-04-23
4 Joe Cronin 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1906-10-12
1 Ty LaForest 5-09 165 Right Right 1917-04-18
7 Eddie Lake 5-07 160 Right Right 1916-03-18
2 Catfish Metkovich 6-01 185 Left Left 1920-10-08
6 Skeeter Newsome 5-09 170 Right Right 1910-10-18
19 Nick Polly 5-11 190 Right Right 1917-04-18
1, 16 Ben Steiner 5-11 165 Right Left 1921-07-28
3 Johnny Tobin 6-00 165 Right Left 1921-01-08
35 Loyd Christopher 6-02 190 Right Right 1919-12-31
11 Leon Culberson 5-11 180 Right Right 1919-08-06
12 Pete Fox 5-11 165 Right Right 1909-03-08
8 Bob Johnson 6-00 180 Right Right 1905-11-26
14 Johnny Lazor 5-09½ 180 Right Left 1912-09-09
25 Tom McBride 6-00 190 Right Right 1914-11-02
8 Lou Finney 6-00 180 Right Left 1910-08-13
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The 1945 Boston Red Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 71 games, lost 83 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 102/101) where 603,794 fans witnessed their 1945 Red Sox finish the season with a .461 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1945 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1945 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1945 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1945 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1945 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1945 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Bob Garbark (67)
1B Catfish Metkovich (97)
2B Skeeter Newsome (82)
3B Johnny Tobin (72)
SS Eddie Lake (130)
LF Bob Johnson (140)
CF Leon Culberson (89)
RF Johnny Lazor (73)
  
SP Dave Ferriss
SP Emmett O'Neill
SP Jim Wilson
  
RP Vic Johnson
RP Mike Ryba
CL Frank Barrett


1945 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1945 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Ty LaForest
#1 Ben Steiner
#2 Catfish Metkovich
#2 Frankie Pytlak
#3 Johnny Tobin
#4 Joe Cronin
#5 Jim Bucher
#6 Skeeter Newsome
#7 Eddie Lake
#8 Lou Finney
#8 Bob Johnson
#10 Pinky Woods
#11 Leon Culberson
#12 Pete Fox
#14 Johnny Lazor
#15 Emmett O'Neill
#16 Ben Steiner
#16 Red Steiner
#16 Jim Wilson
#17 Frank Barrett
#18 Yank Terry
#19 Otey Clark
#19 Randy Heflin
#19 Nick Polly
#20 Mike Ryba
#21 Clem Hausmann
#23 Billy Holm
#25 Tom McBride
#26 Fred Walters
#27 Bob Garbark
#28 Joe Bowman
#28 Dolph Camilli
#29 Oscar Judd
#31 Rex Cecil
#33 Dave Ferriss
#34 Vic Johnson
#35 Loyd Christopher
#37 Clem Dreisewerd
#37 Randy Heflin

Did you know that a 1945 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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