1944 Boston Braves season

The 1944 Boston Braves season was the 74th season of the franchise.

1944 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–89 (.422)
League place6th
Other information
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersBob Coleman
Local radioWNAC
(Tom Hussey)
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On August 10, 1944, pitcher Red Barrett pitched a complete game 2-hit shutout against the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, winning 2-0, requiring only 58 pitches and lasting only 1 hour 15 minutes. It was the fewest amount of pitches thrown in a 9-inning complete game and was the quickest night game in MLB history.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549 0.682 — 54–22 51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 14½ 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 8965 0.578 16 45–33 44–32
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 30 35–42 40–37
New York Giants 6787 0.435 38 39–36 28–51
Boston Braves 6589 0.422 40 38–40 27–49
Brooklyn Dodgers 6391 0.409 42 37–39 26–52
Philadelphia Phillies 6192 0.399 43½ 29–49 32–43

Record vs. opponents
1944 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–1311–118–149–1311–11–19–138–14
Brooklyn 13–9—8–14–18–1410–1216–64–184–18
Chicago 11–1114–8–1—9–13–110–1213–912–10–16–16
Cincinnati 14–814–813–9–1—15–713–1912–108–14
New York 13–912–1012–107–15—10–127–15–16–16
Philadelphia 11–11–16–169–139–1312–10—9–125–17
Pittsburgh 13–918–410–12–110–1215–7–112–9—12–10–3
St. Louis 14–818–416–614–816–617–510–12–3—

Roster
1944 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CClyde Kluttz8122964.279219
1BBuck Etchison10930866.214833
2BConnie Ryan8833298.295425
SSWhitey Wietelmann125417100.240232
3BDee Phillips140489126.258153
OFChuck Workman14041887.2081153
OFTommy Holmes155631195.3091373
OFButch Nieman134468124.2651665

Other batters

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
Max Macon106366100.273336
Phil Masi8925169.275323
Ab Wright7119550.256735
Stew Hofferth6618036.200126
Chet Ross5415435.227526
Frank Drews4614129.206010
Roland Gladu216616.24217
Warren Huston335511.20001
Steve Shemo18319.29001
Mike Sandlock30303.10002
Dick Culler8282.07100
Hugh Poland8233.13002
Chet Clemens19173.17602
Ben Geraghty11164.25000
Pat Capri710.00000
Gene Patton100----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Tobin43299.118193.0183
Nate Andrews37257.116153.2276
Al Javery40254.010193.54137
Red Barrett42230.19164.0654

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ira Hutchinson40119.2974.2122
Ben Cardoni2275.2063.9324
Johnny Hutchings1456.2974.2122
Woody Rich725.0115.766

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stan Klopp241204.2717
Jim Hickey80004.823
Carl Lindquist50003.124
George Woodend300013.500
Max Macon100021.001
Harry MacPherson10000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Laurels Eastern League Del Bissonette

[2]

Notes
  1. "SABR Article:Red Barrett shuts out Reds with record low 58 pitches". sabr.org. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References


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