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1945 MLB season standings
Every 1945 MLB race charted day by day: AL and NL. Final standings, from a season that ran April 17 to September 30, 1945.
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AL standings, 1945
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 88 | 65 | .575 | - | 4-6 | W1 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1.5 | 4-6 | W1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 81 | 70 | .536 | 6 | 7-3 | L1 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | 81 | 71 | .533 | 6.5 | 7-3 | W4 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 73 | 72 | .503 | 11 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 71 | 78 | .477 | 15 | 4-6 | L3 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 71 | 83 | .461 | 17.5 | 5-5 | L3 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 52 | 98 | .347 | 34.5 | 3-7 | L2 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 10 times.
- The Detroit Tigers trailed by as many as 2.5 games on June 5, 1945.
- The Detroit Tigers took first place for good on June 28, 1945.
- The New York Yankees won 8 games in a row from May 22, 1945 to May 29, 1945, the longest run of the race.
- The New York Yankees led by 2.5 games as late as June 5, 1945.
- The Detroit Tigers led by as many as 5 games on August 1, 1945.
- The Detroit Tigers went 21-10 from June 5, 1945 to July 5, 1945, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 4.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 66 of the 146 days played.
- The Detroit Tigers spent 113 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.