1944 Cincinnati Reds season

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1944  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Ballpark Crosley Field
City Cincinnati
Owners Powel Crosley Jr.
General managers Warren Giles
Managers Bill McKechnie
Radio WSAI
(Roger Baker, Dick Bray)
WKRC
(Waite Hoyt, Dick Nesbitt)
  1943 Seasons 1945  

The 1944 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League, although finishing in third place. They finished the season with 89 wins and 65 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On June 10, Joe Nuxhall made his major league debut. At age 15, he is (as of the 2022 season) the youngest confirmed player ever to play Major League Baseball. He pitched just two-thirds of an inning, giving up 5 runs on 2 hits and 5 walks. He would not appear in the majors again until 1952.

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

Roster

1944 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team 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 Ray Mueller 155555159.2861073
1B Frank McCormick 153581177.30520102
2B Woody Williams 155653157.240135
3B Steve Mesner 121414100.242147
SS Eddie Miller 155536112.209455
OF Gee Walker 121478133.278562
OF Eric Tipton 140479144.301336
OF Dain Clay 11035689.250017

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Max Marshall 6622956.245423
Tony Criscola 6415736.229014
Chuck Aleno 5012721.165115
Estel Crabtree 589828.286011
Jo-Jo White 248520.23505
Buck Fausett 13313.09701
Joe Just 11112.18200
Chucho Ramos 4105.50000
Len Rice 1040.00000
Jodie Beeler 330.00000
Al Lakeman 110.00000
Kermit Wahl 410.00000
Mike Kosman 100----00
Johnny Riddle 100----00

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bucky Walters 34285.02382.4077
Ed Heusser 30192.213112.3842
Harry Gumbert 24155.11083.3040
Elmer Riddle 426.2224.056
Joe Beggs 19.0102.002

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Clyde Shoun 38202.213103.0255
Tommy de la Cruz 34191.1993.2565
Arnold Carter 33148.21172.6033
Jim Konstanty 20112.2642.8019
Bob Ferguson 916.0039.009
Bob Katz 618.1013.934
Bill Lohrman 21.20127.000

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bob Malloy 91103.094
Buck Fausett 20005.913
Howie Fox 20000.000
Kent Peterson 10000.000
Joe Nuxhall 100067.500
Jake Eisenhart 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jewel Ens
A1 Birmingham Barons Southern Association Johnny Riddle and Ted Petoskey

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References

  1. Kent Peterson page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Kermit Wahl page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007