The 1945 Negro League World Series matched up the Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) of the Negro American League and the Homestead Grays (HOM) of the Negro National League. This was the Grays' fourth consecutive World Series appearance.
While the 1945 Negro League World Series was officially a four-game sweep, the Grays and Buckeyes actually played eight games against each other, four of which were exhibition games. The Grays' timing was quite poor as they managed to win 3 of the 4 exhibition games. Box scores have been found three of the four exhibition games. Play-by-play accounts have only been deduced for the four official games.
September 13, 1945 at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 1 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 2 6 0 WP: W. Jefferson, LP: R. Welmaker Retrosheet game file and play-by-play Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores. September 16, 1945 at League Park, Cleveland, OH Homestead Grays 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 4 8 0 WP: E. Bremer, LP: J. Wright Retrosheet game file and play-by-play Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores. September 18, 1945 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 WP: G. Jefferson, LP: R. Welmaker Retrosheet game file and play-by-play Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores. September 20, 1945 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA Cleveland Buckeyes 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 10 0 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 WP: F. Carswell, LP: R. Brown Retrosheet game file and play-by-play Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores.
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