The 1945 off-season saw a five-game series played between an All-Star team organized by Chuck Dressen (CDA) and a Negro National League All-Star team (NNS) managed by Biz Mackey. Retrosheet has box scores for four games played as consecutive Sunday doubleheaders at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Retrosheet also has box scores for five contests between the Kansas City Royals (KCR), a Negro League barnstorming team, and three white All-Star teams in California, one organized by Bob Feller (ASF), one organized by Vince DiMaggio (VDA), and one organized by Kent Parker (PRK). Finally, Retrosheet has a box score for one game between the Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) and a team organized by Joe Sprinz (SPZ).
Play-by-play accounts have been deduced for these ten games using newspaper game stories and box scores.
These ten games are summarized below with links to box scores and deduced play-by-play accounts. The box score and event files and team rosters for these games can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.
September 26, 1945 at Lane Field, San Diego, California KCR 000 100 001 2 5 0 PRK 020 040 00x 6 9 2 WP: Jo. Williams, LP: Pippen Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 3, 1945 at Lane Field, San Diego, California KCR 000 005 0 5 7 1 PRK 000 000 0 0 2 2 WP: Paige, LP: Salveson Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 7, 1945 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, game 1 NNS 000 100 300 4 11 1 CDA 101 000 021 5 4 1 WP: Gregg, LP: Byrd Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 7, 1945 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, game 2 NNS 000 10 1 3 0 CSA 010 10 2 3 0 WP: Branca, LP: Hooker Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 9, 1945 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California VDA 000 010 404 9 11 0 KCR 000 010 040 5 7 3 WP: Schanz, LP: Jo. Williams Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 14, 1945 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, game 1 NNS 000 000 010 1 4 1 CDA 020 000 02x 4 8 2 WP: Trucks, LP: Hooker Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 14, 1945 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, game 2 NNS 000 00 0 5 3 CDA 000 00 0 3 0 Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 21, 1945 at Lane Field, San Diego, California KCR 110 002 000 4 10 2 PRK 010 000 000 1 3 2 WP: Paige, LP: DePriest Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 21, 1945 at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California BIR 100 001 002 4 9 2 SPZ 010 000 04x 5 5 1 WP: Seats, LP: Thompson Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 24, 1945 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California KCR 000 000 210 3 3 2 ASF 000 100 100 2 6 5 WP: Porter, LP: Salveson Retrosheet box score and play-by-play
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