1944 Boston Red Sox season

1944 Boston Red Sox
1944 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Results
Record	77–77 (.500)
League place	4th (12 GB)
Other information
Owners	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General managers	Eddie Collins
Managers	Joe Cronin
Local 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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	89	65	0.578	—	54–23	35–42
Detroit Tigers	88	66	0.571	1	43–34	45–32
New York Yankees	83	71	0.539	6	47–31	36–40
Boston Red Sox	77	77	0.500	12	47–30	30–47
Cleveland Indians	72	82	0.468	17	39–38	33–44
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	0.468	17	39–37	33–45
Chicago White Sox	71	83	0.461	18	41–36	30–47
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	25	40–37	24–53

1944 American League record Sources:
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	—

1944 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
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

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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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]

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

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1944 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
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