1945 in Baseball

Deaths

February 21 - Paul Radford, 83, outfielder/shortstop who had 1206 hits in a 12-season career.

May 25 - Charlie Frye, 30, pitcher for the 1940 Philadelphia Phillies.

May 27 - Walter Carlisle, 63, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, who entered the records books as the only outfielder ever to make an unassisted triple play in organized baseball, while playing in the Pacific Coast League.

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

June 29 - Clarence Winters, 45, pitcher for the 1924 Boston Red Sox.

August 7 - Bobby Veach, 57, left fielder for the Tigers who batted .310 lifetime, led AL in RBI three times and doubles twice.

September 13 - Cy Blanton, 37, All-Star pitcher who played for the Pirates and Phillies in the 1940s and twice led National League in shutouts.

September 27 - Lou Nordyke, 69, first baseman who played one season for the St. Louis Browns in 1906.

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 six-inning no-hitter.

October 16 - Hack Eibel, 51, versatile player for the 1912 Cleveland Naps and 1920 Boston Red Sox.

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.

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