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Negro American League team season
The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes baseball team competed in Negro American League (NAL) during the 1945 baseball season. The team compiled a 52–20–2 (.716) record.[1]
The team won the NAL pennant and defeated the Washington Homestead Grays in the 1945 Negro World Series, four games to none.[2][3][4]
Quincy Trouppe was the team's manager. Avelino Cañizares and Sam Jethroe were the leading hitters with batting averages of .365 and .339.[5] Gene Bremmer was the leading pitcher with a 6–1 record and 2.07 earned run average.[6]
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