The Tigers were shooting for their second World Series crown; their only previous Series title had come in 1935, against the Cubs. The Chicago Cubs finally made it back to the World Series after a seven year absence thanks to the timely pitching of Henry Borowy.

1945 World Series The 1945 World Series is remembered as the last war-time Fall Classic, and thus as one devoid of stars, but both the Tigers and Cubs featured some fine players. Greenberg continued to perform at the plate and slugged three more doubles for the Tigers.Trucks and Passeau went at it for Game 6 and both dominated the other's line-up for over four innings. Future Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg and Hal Newhouser led Detroit, while the Cubs enjoyed the services of Phil Cavaretta, Stan Hack and Andy Pafko. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 1945 World Series - Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3) series statistics and schedule. The 1945 World Series is remembered as the last war-time Fall Classic, and thus as one devoid of stars, but both the Tigers and Cubs featured some fine players. Four days earlier, on the final day of the American league schedule and in a game that marked Trucks' only appearance of the regular season, Greenberg smashed a pennant-clinching, grand slam in the ninth inning against the defending American League champion St. Louis Browns.In Game 3, Chicago's Claude Passeau tossed a one-hitter in which Rudy York singled to left field with two out in the second and led the National Leaguers to a 3-0 triumph. Grimm, in his second year with the Cubs, was obviously impressed with Borowy's combined regular-season record of 21-7, his second-half heroics (which netted him the National League's ERA title with a 2.14) and his 56-30 mark with the Yankees.Grimm's newest "go-to-guy" held Game 5 to a 1-1 tie after five innings in which he matched Newhouser, who had just led the American League in victories (twenty-nine in 1944), strikeouts for the second successive season and topped the American League with a 1.81 ERA.

Passeau followed his opponent to the dugout in the seventh after Detroit managed to score twice. While Derringer and fellow relievers Hy Vandenberg and Paul Erickson pitched shutout ball the rest of the way, it was to no avail. Borowy was pulled after allowing four straight hits at the outset of the sixth as Detroit scored four runs in the inning and swept to an 8-4 victory. Future Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg and Hal Newhouser led Detroit, while the Cubs enjoyed the services of Phil Cavaretta, Stan Hack and Andy Pafko. Following his teammate's cue, Ray Prim sat down the first ten Detroit batters he faced in Game 4, but after yielding a walk, two singles and a double in what became a four-run fourth for the Tigers, Prim was pulled in favor of Paul Derringer. The Chicago press had questioned the decision and printed that Grimm was making a serious mistake by using Borowy who was going on one day of rest after pitching the final four innings of Game 6. - unknown, for minors

The streak was snapped, but at least until further notice, the curse lives on."

He had also pitched into the sixth inning in Game 5 and many wondered if his arm would hold up. Bill Nicholson singled, tripled and drove in three runs for Chicago, which got two runs batted in apiece from Phil Cavarretta and Mickey Livingston.

After the Cubs answered with two runs in their half of the inning, it was 7-3, Chicago.

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? Once again, the "newbie" delivered, holding Detroit at bay with four scoreless innings. 1945 World Series The Chicago Cubs finally made it back to the World Series after a seven year absence thanks to the timely pitching of Henry Borowy. The decision would prove costly as the fatigued pitcher yielded singles to the Detroit's first three batters, Skeeter Webb, Eddie Mayo and Doc Cramer. - Paul Sullivan in the Chicago Tribune (1994) Many thanks to him.

Once again Chicago had come up short (their seventh Series loss) and even worse, it was (once again), to the Tigers. "The Billy Goat Curse (a Chicago bar owner named Billy Sianis brought his goat to Wrigley during Game 4 and was denied admission so he put a 'hex' on the team) was removed twice by Sianis' nephew, Sam. Unfrotunately, it would be his turn to fall short as the Tigers' pitcher would be the one to go the distance. The hit, ruled a double, scored Schuster and gave Borowy and the Cubs a crucial 8-7 victory.As the Tigers prepared to close the door on the Cubs and the 1945 season, Chicago's newest hero was selected to keep his team alive in Game 6.

But Detroit struck for four runs in the eighth, the game-tying run coming on a Greenberg homer. Suddenly Manager Steve O'Neill's Tigers were in a position to close out the Cubs in six games. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.

Grimm, realizing that Borowy had done all he could for the '45 Cubs, told his weary pitcher to call it a day. The Cubs made the World Series in 1938, but the four-game sweep by the Yankees seemed to propel Chicago into a downward spiral.

Trucks blinked first and was routed in the Cubs' four-run fifth which featured Stan Hack's bases-loaded single. Acquired on waivers in late July after he had compiled a 10-5 record for the New York Yankees, the "newbie" proceeded to win eleven of thirteen decisions and helped Chicago fight off the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race.

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