Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Leagues > 1944 AL | 1944 NL
1944 American League  Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
St.Louis SLB  89  65  .578  --  
Detroit  DET  88  66  .571  1.0
NewYorkY NYY  83  71  .539  6.0
BostonRS BOS  77  77  .500 12.0
Clvlnd   CLE  72  82  .468 17.0
Phildlpa PHA  72  82  .468 17.0
ChicagoW CHW  71  83  .461 18.0
Washngtn WSH  64  90  .416 25.0

Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL
Postseason
World Series (4-2):   St. Louis Cardinals over St. Louis Browns

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1944 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary 

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BOS  4.74   739  156  5400  1456  277  56   69  522   505  .270  .334  .380   60   40 113  4.99  4.49
 SLB  4.44   684  154  5269  1328  223  45   72  531   604  .252  .321  .352   44   33  95  4.78  4.10
 NYY  4.38   674  154  5331  1410  216  74   96  523   627  .264  .330  .387   91   31 111  4.97  3.76
 DET  4.22   658  156  5344  1405  220  44   60  532   500  .263  .330  .354   61   55  95  4.17  4.27
 CLE  4.15   643  155  5481  1458  270  50   70  512   593  .266  .329  .372   48   42 112  4.42  3.87
 WSH  3.84   592  154  5319  1386  186  42   33  470   477  .261  .321  .330  127   59  95  3.71  3.97
 CHW  3.53   543  154  5292  1307  210  55   23  439   448  .247  .305  .320   66   47  86  3.92  3.13
 PHA  3.39   525  155  5312  1364  169  47   36  422   490  .257  .311  .327   42   32  89  3.64  3.14
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.09  5058 1238 42748 11114 1771 413  459 3951  4244  .260  .325  .353  539  339

League Pitching    Glossary 

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 DET  3.72   581  156  3.09  1400  1373   8.8   452  2.9   39   568   87    20     0   8 116  4.08  3.37
 SLB  3.81   587  154  3.17  1397  1392   9.0   469  3.0   58   581   71    16     0  17 114  3.53  4.09
 PHA  3.83   594  155  3.26  1397  1345   8.7   390  2.5   58   534   72     9     0  14 106  3.55  4.10
 NYY  4.01   617  154  3.39  1390  1351   8.8   532  3.5   82   529   78     9     0  13 103  3.94  4.08
 WSH  4.31   664  154  3.49  1381  1410   9.2   475  3.1   48   503   83    12     0  11  93  3.48  5.14
 CHW  4.30   662  154  3.58  1390  1411   9.2   420  2.7   68   481   64     5     0  17  96  3.95  4.65
 CLE  4.37   677  155  3.65  1419  1428   9.2   621  4.0   40   524   48     7     0  18  90  4.21  4.53
 BOS  4.33   676  156  3.82  1394  1404   9.0   592  3.8   66   524   58     5     0  17  89  3.99  4.68
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.09  5058 1238  3.43 11168 11114   9.0  3951  3.2  459  4244  561          87 115

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary 

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 SLB  171  142  .972   .701    508,644   6,606   88-66  54-23 35-42 106 105 29.9 30.6   0   3  10 Sewell
 DET  190  184  .970   .697    923,176  11,836   86-68  43-34 45-32 106 104 31.7 27.1   1   4   8 O'Neill
 NYY  156  170  .974   .712    789,995  10,128   83-71  47-31 36-40 103 102 29.2 29.1   1   3  13 McCarthy
 BOS  172  154  .972   .701    506,975   6,500   83-71  47-30 30-47  99  99 30.1 30.0   2   4   9 Cronin
 CLE  164  192  .974   .697    475,272   6,093   73-81  39-38 33-44  96  96 28.4 30.1   1   4  15 Boudreau
 PHA  174  127  .971   .711    505,322   6,649   68-86  39-37 33-45  99 101 29.1 31.5   2   2   9 Mack
 CHW  183  154  .970   .702    563,539   7,319   63-91  41-36 30-47  99 100 30.6 29.3   0   2  12 Dykes
 WSH  218  156  .964   .692    525,235   6,821   69-85  40-37 24-53  96  95 30.4 31.3   2   4  10 Bluege
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable PlayerHal Newhouser
DET 29-9  2.22 187 SO

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Boudreau-CLE.327
Doerr-BOS.325
Johnson-BOS.324
Stirnweiss-NYY.319
Spence-WSH.316

On-base %
Johnson-BOS.431
Boudreau-CLE.406
Doerr-BOS.399
Etten-NYY.399
Byrnes-SLB.396

Slugging %
Doerr-BOS.528
Johnson-BOS.528
Lindell-NYY.500
Spence-WSH.486
Etten-NYY.466
Keltner-CLE.466

OPS
Johnson-BOS.959
Doerr-BOS.927
Spence-WSH.877
Etten-NYY.865
Lindell-NYY.851

Games
Hayes-PHA155
Rocco-CLE155
Cullenbine-CLE154
Etten-NYY154
Mayo-DET154
Stirnweiss-NYY154

At Bats
Rocco-CLE653
Stirnweiss-NYY643
Mayo-DET607
Gutteridge-SLB603
Lindell-NYY594

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Stirnweiss-NYY723
Rocco-CLE721
Mayo-DET696
Boudreau-CLE681
Etten-NYY680

Runs
Stirnweiss-NYY125
Johnson-BOS106
Cullenbine-CLE98
Doerr-BOS95
Metkovich-BOS94

Hits
Stirnweiss-NYY205
Boudreau-CLE191
Spence-WSH187
Lindell-NYY178
Rocco-CLE174

Total Bases
Lindell-NYY297
Stirnweiss-NYY296
Spence-WSH288
Johnson-BOS277
Etten-NYY267
Keltner-CLE267

Doubles
Boudreau-CLE45
Keltner-CLE41
Johnson-BOS40
Fox-BOS37
Stirnweiss-NYY35

Triples
Lindell-NYY16
Stirnweiss-NYY16
Gutteridge-SLB11
Doerr-BOS10
Cramer-DET9
Epps-TOT9
Estalella-PHA9
Keltner-CLE9
Moses-CHW9

Home Runs
Etten-NYY22
Stephens-SLB20
Lindell-NYY18
Spence-WSH18
York-DET18

RBI
Stephens-SLB109
Johnson-BOS106
Lindell-NYY103
Spence-WSH100
York-DET98

Bases on Balls
Etten-NYY97
Johnson-BOS95
Cullenbine-CLE87
McQuinn-SLB85
Higgins-DET81

Strikeouts
Seerey-CLE99
Stirnweiss-NYY87
McQuinn-SLB74
York-DET73
Johnson-BOS67

Stolen Bases
Stirnweiss-NYY55
Case-WSH49
Myatt-WSH26
Moses-CHW21
Gutteridge-SLB20

Singles
Stirnweiss-NYY146
Boudreau-CLE138
Cramer-DET138
Spence-WSH130
Myatt-WSH128

Adjusted OPS+
Johnson-BOS174
Doerr-BOS165
Spence-WSH154
Boudreau-CLE145
Etten-NYY144

Runs Created
Stirnweiss-NYY122
Johnson-BOS116
Spence-WSH109
Etten-NYY106
Boudreau-CLE104

Adjusted Batting Runs
Johnson-BOS56
Spence-WSH42
Doerr-BOS39
Boudreau-CLE38
Etten-NYY36

Batting Wins
Johnson-BOS5.7
Spence-WSH4.3
Doerr-BOS4.1
Boudreau-CLE4.0
Etten-NYY3.8

Extra-Base Hits
Lindell-NYY67
Johnson-BOS65
Keltner-CLE63
Stirnweiss-NYY59
Spence-WSH57

Times on Base
Stirnweiss-NYY279
Boudreau-CLE269
Etten-NYY269
Johnson-BOS269
Spence-WSH260

Offensive Win%
Johnson-BOS.789
Doerr-BOS.781
Stirnweiss-NYY.740
Spence-WSH.733
Etten-NYY.717

Hit By Pitch
Ortiz-WSH8
Myatt-WSH7
Crosetti-NYY6
Hodgin-CHW6
Hoover-DET6
Zarilla-SLB6

Sac. Hits
Mayo-DET28
McQuinn-SLB21
Myatt-WSH21
Schalk-CHW21
Boudreau-CLE19
Garrison-TOT19
Kell-PHA19
Newsome-BOS19

Grounded into Double Plays
Kell-PHA28
Keltner-CLE23
Busch-PHA20
Torres-WSH20
Christman-SLB18
York-DET18

Caught Stealing
Case-WSH18
Mayo-DET13
Tucker-CHW12
Stirnweiss-NYY11
Hoover-DET10
Myatt-WSH10

Power/Speed Number
Stirnweiss-NYY14.0
Metkovich-BOS10.6
Lindell-NYY7.8
York-DET7.8
Doerr-BOS7.5

At Bats per Strikeout
Hodgin-CHW33.2
Busch-PHA28.5
Cramer-DET27.5
Siebert-PHA27.5
Mayo-DET26.4

At Bats per Home Run
Seerey-CLE22.8
Etten-NYY26.0
Stephens-SLB28.0
Johnson-BOS30.9
Doerr-BOS31.2

Outs
Mayo-DET509
Rocco-CLE509
Schalk-CHW500
Gutteridge-SLB473
Hayes-PHA462

ERA
Trout-DET2.12
Newhouser-DET2.22
Hughson-BOS2.26
Niggeling-WSH2.32
Kramer-SLB2.49

Wins
Newhouser-DET29
Trout-DET27
Potter-SLB19
Hughson-BOS18
Borowy-NYY17
Kramer-SLB17

Won-Loss %
Hughson-BOS.783
Newhouser-DET.763
Potter-SLB.731
Maltzberger-CHW.667
Trout-DET.659

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Hughson-BOS1.048
Trout-DET1.127
Gromek-CLE1.129
Leonard-WSH1.129
Newhouser-DET1.172

Hits Allowed/9IP
Gromek-CLE7.07
Niggeling-WSH7.17
Newhouser-DET7.61
Hughson-BOS7.61
Borowy-NYY7.98

Bases on Balls/9IP
Harris-PHA1.34
Leonard-WSH1.45
Bonham-NYY1.73
Gorsica-DET1.78
Hamlin-PHA1.80

Strikeouts/9IP
Newhouser-DET5.39
Niggeling-WSH5.29
Gromek-CLE5.08
Hughson-BOS4.96
Newsom-PHA4.82

Games
Heving-CLE63
Berry-PHA53
Trout-DET49
Klieman-CLE47
Newhouser-DET47

Saves
Berry-PHA12
Caster-SLB12
Maltzberger-CHW12
Heving-CLE10
Barrett-BOS8

Innings
Trout-DET352.3
Newhouser-DET312.3
Newsom-PHA265.0
Kramer-SLB257.0
Borowy-NYY252.7

Strikeouts
Newhouser-DET187
Trout-DET144
Newsom-PHA142
Kramer-SLB124
Niggeling-WSH121

Games Started
Trout-DET40
Dietrich-CHW36
Newhouser-DET34
Grove-CHW33
Newsom-PHA33

Comp. Games
Trout-DET33
Newhouser-DET25
Borowy-NYY19
Dubiel-NYY19
Hughson-BOS19
Wynn-WSH19

Shutouts
Trout-DET7
Newhouser-DET6
Jakucki-SLB4
Borowy-NYY3
Dubiel-NYY3
Gentry-DET3
Haefner-WSH3
Leonard-WSH3
Muncrief-SLB3
Overmire-DET3
Potter-SLB3

Home Runs Allow.
Jakucki-SLB17
Borowy-NYY15
Dietrich-CHW15
Bonham-NYY14
Bowman-BOS14

Bases On Balls Allow.
Gentry-DET108
Newhouser-DET102
Reynolds-CLE91
O'Neill-BOS89
Borowy-NYY88
Niggeling-WSH88
Woods-BOS88

Hits Allowed
Trout-DET314
Dietrich-CHW269
Newhouser-DET264
Newsom-PHA243
Grove-CHW237

SO to Walk
Hughson-BOS2.73
Newhouser-DET1.83
Muncrief-SLB1.76
Newsom-PHA1.73
Trout-DET1.73

Losses
Dietrich-CHW17
Wynn-WSH17
Grove-CHW15
Haefner-WSH15
Newsom-PHA15
Wolff-WSH15

Earned Runs Allow.
Dietrich-CHW99
Grove-CHW97
Gentry-DET96
Bowman-BOS90
Dubiel-NYY87

Wild Pitches
Leonard-WSH9
Grove-CHW8
Newsom-PHA8
O'Neill-BOS8
Harris-PHA6
Page-NYY6
Wolff-WSH6

Hit Batsmen
Christopher-PHA9
Grove-CHW8
Klieman-CLE7
Wolff-WSH6
Woods-BOS6

Batters Faced
Trout-DET1421
Newhouser-DET1271
Newsom-PHA1095
Dietrich-CHW1061
Kramer-SLB1058

Games Finished
Berry-PHA47
Maltzberger-CHW41
Heving-CLE38
Caster-SLB34
Turner-NYY28

Adjusted ERA+
Trout-DET168
Newhouser-DET161
Hughson-BOS150
Kramer-SLB145
Niggeling-WSH141

Oldest Player
Heving-CLE1900-09-02 (43)
Cooney-NYY1901-03-18 (43)
Simmons-PHA1902-05-22 (42)
Waner-1903-04-16 (41)
Ryba-BOS1903-06-09 (41)

Youngest Player
Scheib-PHA1927-01-01 (17)
Yost-WSH1926-10-13 (17)
Michaels-CHW1926-03-04 (18)
Ruszkowski-CLE1925-11-10 (18)
Bonness-CLE1923-12-15 (20)
Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Hank Borowy (NYY)
C. Rollie Hemsley (NYY)
1B. George McQuinn (SLB)
2B. Bobby Doerr (BOS)
3B. Ken Keltner (CLE)
SS. Vern Stephens (SLB)
LF. Bob Johnson (BOS)
CF. Thurman Tucker (CHW)
RF. Stan Spence (WSH)

     
Lou Boudreau (CLE)
George Case (WSH)
Roy Cullenbine (CLE)
Rick Ferrell (WSH)
Pete Fox (BOS)
Orval Grove (CHW)
Frankie Hayes* (PHA)
Pinky Higgins* (DET)
Oris Hockett (CLE)
     
Tex Hughson* (BOS)
Dutch Leonard (WSH)
Bob Muncrief* (SLB)
Hal Newhouser* (DET)
Bobo Newsom* (PHA)
Joe Page (NYY)
Dizzy Trout (DET)
Rudy York (DET)

Compare   Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Leagues > 1944 AL | 1944 NL
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.