1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1944  Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg
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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549.68254225127
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063.58814½49284135
Cincinnati Reds 8965.5781645334432
Chicago Cubs 7579.4873035424037
New York Giants 6787.4353839362851
Boston Braves 6589.4224038402749
Brooklyn Dodgers 6391.4094237392652
Philadelphia Phillies 6192.39943½29493243

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 9–1311–118–149–1311–11–19–138–14
Brooklyn 13–98–14–18–1410–1216–64–184–18
Chicago 11–1114–8–19–13–110–1213–912–10–16–16
Cincinnati 14–814–813–9–115–713–1912–108–14
New York 13–912–1012–107–1510–127–15–16–16
Philadelphia 11–11–16–169–139–1312–109–125–17
Pittsburgh 13–918–410–12–110–1215–7–112–912–10–3
St. Louis 14–818–416–614–816–617–510–12–3

Notable transactions

Roster

1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mickey Owen 130461126.273142
1B Howie Schultz 138526134.2551183
2B Eddie Stanky 8926172.276016
3B Frenchy Bordagaray 130501141.281651
SS Bobby Bragan 9426671.267017
OF Augie Galan 151547174.3181293
OF Dixie Walker 147535191.3571391
OF Goody Rosen 8926469.261023

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Luis Olmo 136520134.258985
Tommy Brown 4614624.16408
Paul Waner 8313639.287016
Jack Bolling 5613146.351125
Eddie Basinski 3910527.25709
Barney Koch 339621.21901
Eddie Miksis 269120.220011
Bill Hart 299016.17804
Gil English 277912.15217
Morrie Aderholt 175916.271010
Red Durrett 11325.15611
Pat Ankenman 13246.25003
Lou Rochelli 5173.17602
Gene Mauch 5152.13302
Lloyd Waner 15144.28601
Ray Hayworth 7100.00000
Stan Andrews 481.12501
Fats Dantonio 371.14300
Johnny Cooney 743.75001
Clancy Smyres 220.00000
Roy Jarvis 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Hal Gregg 39197.29165.4692
Curt Davis 31194.010113.3449
Ben Chapman 1179.1533.4037
Ed Head 963.1432.7017
Whit Wyatt 937.2267.174
Frank Wurm 10.100108.001

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rube Melton 37187.19133.4691
Les Webber 48140.1784.9442
Cal McLish 2384.03107.8224
Tommy Warren 2268.2144.9818
Art Herring 1255.1343.4219
Clyde King 1443.2213.0914
Fritz Ostermueller 1041.2213.2417
Bob Chipman 1136.1314.2120
Tom Sunkel 1224.0137.506
John Wells 415.0025.407
Albert Zachary 410.1029.583

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ralph Branca 210217.0516
Wes Flowers 91107.793
Charlie Fuchs 81005.745
Bill Lohrman 30000.001
Claude Crocker 200010.801
Charlie Osgood 10003.000
Jack Franklin 100013.500

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

  1. Eddie Stanky page at Baseball Reference
  2. Frank Drews page at Baseball Reference

References