Chevrons and Diamonds

1945 Navy World Series – Hawaii

September 19, 2024

2–4 minutes

Showing the entire single sheet of the American vs National League 1945 All Stars scorecard with beautifully illustrated front and back covers.

Of the known service team scorecards, the 1945 American versus National League Navy All Stars piece possesses the best illustrations and artwork. The artist, “LT Topper” is unknown but with these demonstrated skills, it would be a surprise to learn that a career awaiting the lieutenant following the war. The Navy World Series for which this scorecard was employed, was intended to be a best-of-seven yet the National League All-Stars defeated the Americans in five and played one additional game.

Game	Date	Location	Attendance	Outcome
1	September 26, 1945	Furlong Field	26,000	NL over AL 6-5
2	September 28, 1945	Furlong Field	28,000	NL over AL 4-0
3	September 29, 1945	Furlong Field	28,000	NL over AL 6-3
4	October 3, 1945	Furlong Field	18,000	AL over NL 12-1
5	October 5, 1945	Furlong Field	22,000	NL over AL 4-1
6	October 6, 1945	Furlong Field	25,000	NL over AL 4-3
*7	October 6, 1945	Furlong Field	20,000	AL over NL 5-2

The Navy players formerly of the National League defeated the American League team, 4 games to 2 in front of nearly 150,000 troops in attendance. *Game 7 was played for the benefit of the fans and did not factor into the outcome of the Series.

LT Topper (whomever he was) created incredible visuals for the American vs National League 1945 All Stars game program.

Based upon the line-ups and and the scoring, it has been determined that this scorecard was specifically used to track the fifth game in the series.

The program is a singe sheet (two-sided) printed on low-grade paper that is bi-folded. The front and back covers are on one side while the two rosters are stacked on the inside.

American League Roster:

#	Player	Former Team	Position
1	Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	2B
2	Ned Harris	Detroit Tigers	CF
3	Tom Carey	Boston Red Sox
4	Jack Conway	Cleveland Indians	2B
5	George Staller	Philadelphia Athletics
6	Lumon Harris	Philadelphia Athletics	P
7	Rollie Hemsley	New York Yankees	C
8	Bob Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	3B
9	Al Lyons	New York Yankees	P/CF
10	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	P
11	Chet Hadjuk	Chicago White Sox	1B
12	Eddie McGah	Boston Red Sox	C
13	Harry Hughes	Atlanta
14	Sherry Robertson	Washington Senators	3B
15	Bill Marks	Rochester	LF/RF
16	Barney Lutz	St. Louis Browns	CF
17	Eddie Weiland	Chicago White Sox	P
18	Hank Feimster	Boston Red Sox	P
19	Fred Hutchinson	Detroit Tigers	P
20	“Schoolboy” Rowe	Detroit Tigers	Manager
21	Ken Sears	New York Yankees	1B
22	Jack Phillips	New York Yankees	CF/1B
23	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	RF
24	Dick Wakefield	Detroit Tigers	LF
25	Jack Hallett	Pittsburgh Pirates (Chi. White Sox)	P
26	Mickey McGowan	Texas League (Atlanta Crackers)
27	Warren Delbert		Bat Boy

National League Roster:

#	Player	Former Team	Position
1	Jerry Lonigro		Bat Boy
2	Ray Hamrick	Philadelphia Phillies	SS
3	Larry Varnell		Coach
4	Ray (Bobby) Coombs	Jersey City (NY Giants)	P
5	Whitey Platt	Chicago Cubs	LF
6	Wes Livengood	Milwaukee Brewers (Cin. Reds)	P
7	Hank Schenz	Portsmith Cubs (Chicago Cubs)	SS/2B
8	Charley Gilbert	Chicago Cubs	CF
9	Wimpy Quinn	Los Angeles (Chicago Cubs)	1B
10	Eddie Shokes	Syracuse Chiefs
11	Clyde Shoun	Cincinnati Reds	P
12	Russ Meers	Chicago Cubs
14	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	RF
15	Bob Usher	Birmingham Barons
16	Billy Herman	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B/Manager
17	Steve Tramback	Jersey City (NY Giants)
18	Cookie Lavegetto	Brooklyn Dodgers
19	Gil Brack	Brooklyn Dodgers
20	Bob Sheffing	Chicago Cubs	C
21	Dick West	Cincinnati Reds
22	Lou Tost	Boston Braves
23	Johnnie McCarthy		Coach
24	Ray Lamanno	Cincinnati Reds	C
25	Hugh Casey	Brooklyn Dodgers	P
26	Jim Carlin	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
27	Billy Barnacle	Minneapolis Millers
28	Dee Moore	Philadelphia Phillies
29	Aubrey Epps	Pittsburgh Pirates