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1945 Brooklyn Dodgers 87 - 67

1944 / 1946 (Organization)

3rd place in the NL (11 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	48 - 30 (.615) 39 - 37 (.513)	+3.7 wins +6.1 wins

Scored/Expected: 795 / 688 ( +107 ) Allowed/Expected: 724 / 693 ( -31 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 70 (+3)

Dressed to the Nines

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Ebbets Field
Attendance:	1,059,220	Avg Att:	13,580 (1.60)
Att Rank:	2 / 8	Lg Avg:	8,512

Park Factor:	1.00
HR Factor:	0.95	R/L HR:	0.97 / 0.94

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
11	1	1944	Walt Chipple	CF	26.1	Rule 5 Draft	BRO	WS1	0.0	-0.2	-0.2
11	1	1944	Roy Jarvis	C	18.4	Rule 5 Draft	BRO	PIT	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2
11	1	1944	Lee Pfund	SP	25.1	Rule 5 Draft	SLN	BRO	0.0	-1.2	-1.2
11	1	1944	Tom Seats	SP	34.1	Rule 5 Draft	San Fran	BRO	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0
11	7	1944	Charlie Osgood	RP	18.0	Minor League Draft	BRO	CHN	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	1	1945	Sam Calderone	C	18.9	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		BRO	0.0	-0.1	0.0
1	1	1945	Bob Lennon	RF	16.3	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		BRO	0.0	-1.2	0.0
1	1	1945	Don Lund	RF	21.6	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		BRO	0.0	-1.8	-0.3
1	1	1945	Pat McGlothin	RP	24.2	Rights obtained (Entered working agreement with Minor League team	Mobile	BRO	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
1	1	1945	Bob Ross	RP	16.2	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		BRO	0.0	-0.9	0.0
1	1	1945	George Strickland	SS	19.0	Rights returned after working agreement with Minor League team	BRO	New Orle	0.0	6.6	0.0
1	25	1945	Erv Palica	SP	17.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		BRO	0.0	7.7	5.4
2	24	1945	Carden Gillenwater	CF	26.8	Purchased	BRO	BSN	-0.4	4.5	4.3
3	28	1945	Whit Wyatt	SP	37.5	Purchased	BRO	PHI	25.4	-0.6	-0.6
5	21	1945	Leo Durocher	SS	39.8	Released	BRO		5.1	0.0
6	14	1945	Clyde Sukeforth	C	-24.5	Released	BRO		0.5	0.0
6	15	1945	Johnny Peacock	C	35.4	Received in Trade	PHI	BRO	2.3	0.7	0.7
6	15	1945	Ben Chapman	CF	36.5	Traded Away	BRO	PHI	42.2	-0.3	-0.3
7	4	1945	Ray Hayworth	C	41.4	Released	BRO		1.8	0.0
8	1	1945	Morrie Aderholt	LF	29.9	Selected off of Waivers	BRO	BSN	-1.0	0.8	0.8
8	1	1945	Stan Andrews	C	28.3	Selected off of Waivers	BRO	PHI	-0.9	0.2	0.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

6 / 15 / 1945

Brooklyn Dodgers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	BRO	1st Yr
Johnny Peacock	C	PHI	34.9	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.7
Totals				2.3	0.7	0.7	0.7

Philadelphia Phillies Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	PHI	1st Yr
Ben Chapman	CF	BRO	36.0	42.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4
Totals				42.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
BRO	-0.3	0.7	1.0	-0.4	0.7	1.1
PHI	0.7	-0.3	-1.0	0.7	-0.4	-1.1

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James