1945 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3)
 * All-Star Game cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break.

Other champions

 * Negro League World Series: Cleveland Buckeyes over Homestead Grays (4-0)
 * Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 9-6
 * All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Rockford Peaches

Awards and honors

 * Most Valuable Player
 * Hal Newhouser (AL) - P, Detroit Tigers
 * Phil Cavarretta (NL) - 1B, Chicago Cubs
 * The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
 * Hal Newhouser - P, Detroit Tigers
 * The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
 * Eddie Mayo (AL) - 2B, Detroit Tigers
 * Tommy Holmes (NL) - OF, Boston Braves
 * The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
 * Hal Newhouser (AL) - Detroit Tigers
 * Hank Borowy (NL) - Chicago Cubs
 * The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
 * Ossie Bluege - Washington Senators

October-December

 * October 23 - Jackie Robinson is signed by the Dodgers; he is later assigned to the Montreal Royals for the 1946 season.

Births

 * January 3 - Larry Barnett
 * January 7 - Tony Conigliaro
 * April 2 - Reggie Smith
 * April 2 - Don Sutton
 * May 3 - Davey Lopes
 * July 10 - Hal McRae
 * August 6 - Andy Messersmith
 * October 1 - Rod Carew
 * October 15 - Jim Palmer
 * November 3 - Ken Holtzman
 * November 20 - Rick Monday
 * December 6 - Larry Bowa

Deaths

 * June 18 - Sid Mercer, 64, sportswriter for New York newspapers since 1905, previously in St. Louis; also an official with the St. Louis Browns from 1903-05
 * August 7 - Bobby Veach, 57, left fielder for the Tigers who batted .310 lifetime, led AL in RBI three times and doubles twice
 * September 29 - George Van Haltren, 79, center fielder, primarily with the New York Giants, who batted .316 lifetime and ranked sixth all-time in both hits (2500+) and runs upon retirement; led NL in triples and steals once each, also won 40 games as pitcher, including a 6-inning no-hitter
 * December 27 - Hugh Fullerton, 72, Chicago sportswriter who helped break the story of the Black Sox scandal; an early advocate of the value of statistics, he first gained wide attention for correctly predicting the White Sox' upset of the Cubs in the 1906 World Series, even getting right the winner of each game and the day of a rainout