The 1945 Negro League Season

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For the 1945 season, Retrosheet has found 556 games involving major-league quality Negro League players.
Retrosheet has found box scores for 239 of these games.


These games break down as follows:

Official NAL Games:            206
Official NNL Games:            143
Intra-League Exhibition Games: 78 
NAL v. NNL Exhibition Games:   110
All-Star Games:                2  
Playoff Games:                 4  
Inter-Racial Exhibition Games: 13 

Retrosheet's release for the 1945 season includes the following teams.

Negro American League

Birmingham Black Barons (BIR)
Chicago American Giants (CAG)
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA)
Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB)
Kansas City Monarchs (KCM)
Memphis Red Sox (MEM)

Negro National League

Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG)
Homestead Grays (HOM)
Newark Eagles (NW2)
New York Black Yankees (NY5)
New York Cubans (NY6)
Philadelphia Stars (PH5)

Other Teams

East All Stars (ASE)
Bob Feller All Stars (ASF)
West All Stars (ASW)
Chuck Dressen All Stars (CDA)
Kansas City Royals (KCR)
North All Stars (NAS)
Negro League All Stars (NNS)
Phil-Birm Baron Stars (PHB)
Parker All Stars (PRK)
South All Stars (SAS)
Sprinz All Stars (SPZ)
Vince DiMaggio All Stars (VDA)


Complete Game Log for 1945
Player Game Logs for 1945
Ballparks used in 1945


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