1944 Boston Red Sox season
1944 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 77–77 (.500) | |
League place | 4th (12 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Eddie Collins | |
Managers | Joe Cronin | |
Radio | WAAB (Jim Britt) WNAC (Tom Hussey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns.
Offseason
[edit]- October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Browns | 89 | 65 | .578 | — | 54–23 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 66 | .571 | 1 | 43–34 | 45–32 |
New York Yankees | 83 | 71 | .539 | 6 | 47–31 | 36–40 |
Boston Red Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 12 | 47–30 | 30–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 72 | 82 | .468 | 17 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 82 | .468 | 17 | 39–37 | 33–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 71 | 83 | .461 | 18 | 41–36 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 25 | 40–37 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12–2 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 5–17 | — | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10–2 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 17–5 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]26 | Skeeter Newsome | SS |
2 | Catfish Metkovich | 1B |
19 | Ford Garrison | RF |
8 | Bob Johnson | LF |
1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
5 | Jim Tabor | 3B |
11 | Leon Culberson | CF |
6 | Roy Partee | C |
18 | Yank Terry | P |
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Roy Partee | 89 | 280 | 68 | .243 | 2 | 41 |
1B | Lou Finney | 68 | 251 | 72 | .287 | 0 | 32 |
2B | Bobby Doerr | 125 | 468 | 152 | .325 | 15 | 81 |
SS | Skeeter Newsome | 136 | 472 | 114 | .242 | 0 | 41 |
3B | Jim Tabor | 116 | 438 | 125 | .285 | 13 | 72 |
OF | George Metkovich | 134 | 549 | 152 | .277 | 9 | 59 |
OF | Bob Johnson | 144 | 525 | 170 | .324 | 17 | 106 |
OF | Pete Fox | 121 | 496 | 156 | .315 | 1 | 64 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Leon Culberson | 75 | 282 | 67 | .238 | 2 | 21 |
Jim Bucher | 80 | 277 | 76 | .274 | 4 | 31 |
Hal Wagner | 66 | 223 | 74 | .332 | 1 | 38 |
Tom McBride | 71 | 216 | 53 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
Joe Cronin | 76 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 5 | 28 |
Eddie Lake | 57 | 126 | 26 | .206 | 0 | 8 |
Ford Garrison | 13 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Conroy | 19 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 4 |
Johnny Lazor | 16 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Peacock | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tex Hughson | 28 | 203.1 | 18 | 5 | 2.26 | 112 |
Joe Bowman | 26 | 168.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.81 | 53 |
Emmett O'Neill | 28 | 151.2 | 6 | 11 | 4.63 | 68 |
Rex Cecil | 11 | 61.0 | 4 | 5 | 5.16 | 33 |
Clem Dreisewerd | 7 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.07 | 9 |
Stan Partenheimer | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pinky Woods | 38 | 170.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.27 | 56 |
Mike Ryba | 42 | 138.0 | 12 | 7 | 3.33 | 50 |
Clem Hausmann | 32 | 137.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.42 | 43 |
Yank Terry | 27 | 132.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.21 | 30 |
Oscar Judd | 9 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 9 |
Vic Johnson | 7 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.26 | 7 |
Joe Wood | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 5 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Frank Barrett | 38 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3.69 | 80 |
Eddie Lake | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 7 |
Lou Lucier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Louisville Colonels | American Association | Nemo Leibold |
A | Scranton Red Sox | Eastern League | Heinie Manush |
B | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | Eddie Popowski |
D | Middletown Red Sox | Ohio State League | Red Barnes |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007