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The 1945 Carolina League was a Class C baseball season played between April 26 and September 9. Eight teams played a 138-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
The Danville Leafs won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Raleigh Capitals in the final round of the playoffs.
The Carolina League was announced on October 29, 1944, after an organizational meeting at Durham , North Carolina. It was a successor to the Class D Bi-State League that existed before World War II. The league began play in 1945 with eight teams based in Burlington , Durham , Greensboro , Leaksville , Raleigh , Winston-Salem (all from North Carolina), along with Danville and Martinsville from Virginia.[ 1]
Carolina League Teams
The Danville Leafs finished with the best record in the regular season. [ 2]
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Stat
Player
Total
AVG Glenn Brundis , Danville Leafs .366
H Jaime Almendro , Danville Leafs Glenn Brundis , Danville Leafs 193
R Jaime Almendro , Danville Leafs 139
2B Jon Carenbauer , Danville Leafs 45
3B Jaime Almendro , Danville Leafs 17
HR Mike Abrams , Martinsville Athletics August Granzig , Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets Jerry Gutt , Martinsville Athletics Tom Kirk , Martinsville Athletics 12
RBI Jon Carenbauer , Danville Leafs 121
SB Lewis King , Danville Leafs 65
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^ Barrier, Smith (November 2, 1944). "Wilson Heads Carolina Loop: Seven Franchises Awarded to N.C. Cities, Another to Danville, Va". The Sporting News . ^ 1945 CL Standings at stats-crew.com, URL accessed November 30, 2024^ 1945 CL Batting Leaders at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 30, 2024^ 1945 CL Pitching Leaders at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 30, 2024^ "Carolina League" . Baseball-Reference . Retrieved 2 December 2024 .
