1944 Cleveland Indians season

1944 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersRoger Peckinpaugh
ManagersLou Boudreau
Local radioWCLE · WHK
(Jack Graney, Lew Henry)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 8965 0.578 — 54–23 35–42
Detroit Tigers 8866 0.571 1 43–34 45–32
New York Yankees 8371 0.539 6 47–31 36–40
Boston Red Sox 7777 0.500 12 47–30 30–47
Cleveland Indians 7282 0.468 17 39–38 33–44
Philadelphia Athletics 7282 0.468 17 39–37 33–45
Chicago White Sox 7183 0.461 18 41–36 30–47
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 25 40–37 24–53

Record vs. opponents
1944 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —17–58–1410–12–211–1111–1110–1210–12
Chicago 5–17—14–89–1310–129–138–1416–6
Cleveland 14–88–14—10–128–1412–10–110–1210–12
Detroit 12–10–213–912–10—14–811–119–1317–5
New York 11–1112–1014–88–14—13–910–1215–7
Philadelphia 11–1113–910–12–111–119–13—9–139–13
St. Louis 12–1014–812–1013–912–1013–9—13–9
Washington 12–106–1612–105–177–1513–99–13—

Roster
1944 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
C Buddy Rosar 99 331 87 .263 0 30
1B Mickey Rocco 155 653 174 .266 13 70
2B Ray Mack 83 284 66 .232 0 29
SSLou Boudreau150584191.327367
3B Ken Keltner 149 573 169 .295 13 91
OF Oris Hockett 124 457 132 .289 1 50
OF Pat Seerey 101 342 80 .234 15 39
OF Roy Cullenbine 154 571 162 .284 16 80

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
Rusty Peters 88 282 63 .223 1 24
Myril Hoag 67 277 79 .285 1 27
Paul O'Dea 76 173 55 .318 0 13
Jeff Heath 60 151 50 .331 5 33
Norm Schlueter 49 122 15 .123 0 11
Jimmy Grant 61 99 27 .273 1 12
George Susce296114.23004
Jim McDonnell 20 43 10 .233 0 4
Russ Lyon 7 11 2 .182 0 0
Hank Ruszkowski 3 8 3 .375 0 1
Steve Biras 2 2 2 1.000 0 2
Jim Devlin 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Steve Gromek 35 203.2 10 9 2.56 115
Mel Harder 30 196.1 12 10 3.71 64
Al Smith 28 181.2 7 13 3.42 44
Allie Reynolds 28 158.0 11 8 3.30 84
Jim Bagby1379.0454.3312
Vern Kennedy 12 59.0 2 5 5.03 17

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
Earl Henry 2 17.2 1 1 4.58 5
Mike Naymick 7 13.0 0 0 9.69 4
Bill Bonness 2 7.0 0 1 7.71 1
Paul O'Dea 3 4.1 0 0 2.08 0
Red Embree 3 3.1 0 1 13.50 4

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
Joe Heving 63 8 3 10 1.96 46
Ed Klieman 47 11 13 5 3.38 44
Ray Poat 36 4 8 1 5.13 40
Paul Calvert 35 1 3 0 4.56 31
Hal Kleine 11 1 2 0 5.75 13

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder

Oris Hockett, Outfielder

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Jack Sanford
D Batavia Clippers PONY League Jack Tighe

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Baltimore[1]

References
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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