1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Branch Rickey
Managers	Leo Durocher
Radio	WHN ; Red Barber, Connie Desmond
	← 1943 1945 →

The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers saw a constant roster turnover as players left for service in World War II. The team finished the season in seventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	54–22	51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	14½	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	89	65	0.578	16	45–33	44–32
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	30	35–42	40–37
New York Giants	67	87	0.435	38	39–36	28–51
Boston Braves	65	89	0.422	40	38–40	27–49
Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	0.409	42	37–39	26–52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	0.399	43½	29–49	32–43

Record vs. opponents

1944 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	8–14	9–13	11–11–1	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	16–6	4–18	4–18
Chicago	11–11	14–8–1	—	9–13–1	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	6–16
Cincinnati	14–8	14–8	13–9–1	—	15–7	13–19	12–10	8–14
New York	13–9	12–10	12–10	7–15	—	10–12	7–15–1	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11–1	6–16	9–13	9–13	12–10	—	9–12	5–17
Pittsburgh	13–9	18–4	10–12–1	10–12	15–7–1	12–9	—	12–10–3
St. Louis	14–8	18–4	16–6	14–8	16–6	17–5	10–12–3	—

Notable transactions

June 6, 1944: Bob Chipman was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Stanky.^[1]
August 12, 1944: Frank Drews was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Mike Sandlock and cash.^[2]

Roster

1944 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Clancy Smyres

Manager

2 Leo Durocher

Coaches

30 Red Corriden
7 Charlie Dressen

Player stats

Batting

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	Mickey Owen	130	461	126	.273	1	42
1B	Howie Schultz	138	526	134	.255	11	83
2B	Eddie Stanky	89	261	72	.276	0	16
3B	Frenchy Bordagaray	130	501	141	.281	6	51
SS	Bobby Bragan	94	266	71	.267	0	17
OF	Augie Galan	151	547	174	.318	12	93
OF	Dixie Walker	147	535	191	.357	13	91
OF	Goody Rosen	89	264	69	.261	0	23

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
Luis Olmo	136	520	134	.258	9	85
Tommy Brown	46	146	24	.164	0	8
Paul Waner	83	136	39	.287	0	16
Jack Bolling	56	131	46	.351	1	25
Eddie Basinski	39	105	27	.257	0	9
Barney Koch	33	96	21	.219	0	1
Eddie Miksis	26	91	20	.220	0	11
Bill Hart	29	90	16	.178	0	4
Gil English	27	79	12	.152	1	7
Morrie Aderholt	17	59	16	.271	0	10
Red Durrett	11	32	5	.156	1	1
Pat Ankenman	13	24	6	.250	0	3
Lou Rochelli	5	17	3	.176	0	2
Gene Mauch	5	15	2	.133	0	2
Lloyd Waner	15	14	4	.286	0	1
Ray Hayworth	7	10	0	.000	0	0
Stan Andrews	4	8	1	.125	0	1
Fats Dantonio	3	7	1	.143	0	0
Johnny Cooney	7	4	3	.750	0	1
Clancy Smyres	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Roy Jarvis	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
Hal Gregg	39	197.2	9	16	5.46	92
Curt Davis	31	194.0	10	11	3.34	49
Ben Chapman	11	79.1	5	3	3.40	37
Ed Head	9	63.1	4	3	2.70	17
Whit Wyatt	9	37.2	2	6	7.17	4
Frank Wurm	1	0.1	0	0	108.00	1

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
Rube Melton	37	187.1	9	13	3.46	91
Les Webber	48	140.1	7	8	4.94	42
Cal McLish	23	84.0	3	10	7.82	24
Tommy Warren	22	68.2	1	4	4.98	18
Art Herring	12	55.1	3	4	3.42	19
Clyde King	14	43.2	2	1	3.09	14
Fritz Ostermueller	10	41.2	2	1	3.24	17
Bob Chipman	11	36.1	3	1	4.21	20
Tom Sunkel	12	24.0	1	3	7.50	6
John Wells	4	15.0	0	2	5.40	7
Albert Zachary	4	10.1	0	2	9.58	3

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
Ralph Branca	21	0	2	1	7.05	16
Wes Flowers	9	1	1	0	7.79	3
Charlie Fuchs	8	1	0	0	5.74	5
Bill Lohrman	3	0	0	0	0.00	1
Claude Crocker	2	0	0	0	10.80	1
Charlie Osgood	1	0	0	0	3.00	0
Jack Franklin	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Augie Galan starter
- Dixie Walker starter
- Mickey Owen reserve
TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Dixie Walker

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Bruno Betzel
AA	St. Paul Saints	American Association	Ray Blades
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Fresco Thompson
B	Newport News Dodgers	Piedmont League	Jake Pitler
B	Trenton Packers	Interstate League	Joe Bird/Walter Alston
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	John Fitzpatrick
D	Zanesville Dodgers	Ohio–Indiana League	Jack Knight

Notes

References

External links

1944 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Retrosheet

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