1944 Washington Senators season

1944  Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	49–90 (.353)
League place	8th
Owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers	Ossie Bluege
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The 1944 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	—	54‍–‍23	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1	43‍–‍34	45‍–‍32
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6	47‍–‍31	36‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12	47‍–‍30	30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍38	33‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍37	33‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18	41‍–‍36	30‍–‍47
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25	40‍–‍37	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	10–12–2	11–11	11–11	10–12	10–12
Chicago	5–17	—	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	8–14	16–6
Cleveland	14–8	8–14	—	10–12	8–14	12–10–1	10–12	10–12
Detroit	12–10–2	13–9	12–10	—	14–8	11–11	9–13	17–5
New York	11–11	12–10	14–8	8–14	—	13–9	10–12	15–7
Philadelphia	11–11	13–9	10–12–1	11–11	9–13	—	9–13	9–13
St. Louis	12–10	14–8	12–10	13–9	12–10	13–9	—	13–9
Washington	12–10	6–16	12–10	5–17	7–15	13–9	9–13	—

Roster

1944 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 14 Milo Candini 18 Alex Carrasquel 27 Vern Curtis 10 Mickey Haefner 19 Wally Holborow 20 Bill Lefebvre 16 Dutch Leonard 12 Johnny Niggeling -- Baby Ortiz 11 Jug Thesenga 19 Sandy Ullrich 15 Roger Wolff 11 Early Wynn 41 Bill Zinser		Catchers 27 Al Evans  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Mike Guerra Infielders 26 Ed Butka  3 Harlond Clift 21 Preston Gómez  5 Joe Kuhel 22 Hillis Layne 24 George Myatt  6 Luis Suárez  7 John Sullivan 25 Gil Torres 21 Fred Vaughn  6 Eddie Yost		Outfielders  6 George Binks 3,17 Ed Boland  1 George Case 17 René Monteagudo  1 Roberto Ortiz 23 Jake Powell  2 Stan Spence  6 Joe Vosmik Other batters 27 Roy Valdés		Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 29 Joe Fitzgerald 31 Clyde Milan 32 George Uhle

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	Rick Ferrell	99	339	94	.277	0	25
1B	Joe Kuhel	139	518	144	.278	4	51
2B	George Myatt	140	538	153	.284	0	40
SS	John Sullivan	138	471	118	.251	0	30
3B	Gil Torres	134	524	140	.267	0	58
OF	Jake Powell	96	367	88	.240	1	37
OF	Stan Spence	153	592	187	.316	18	100
OF	George Case	119	464	116	.250	2	32

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
Roberto Ortiz	85	316	80	.253	5	35
Mike Guerra	75	210	59	.281	1	29
Fred Vaughn	30	109	28	.257	1	21
Hillis Layne	33	87	17	.195	0	8
Ed Boland	19	59	16	.271	0	14
Harlond Clift	12	44	7	.159	0	3
Ed Butka	15	41	8	.195	0	1
René Monteagudo	10	38	11	.289	0	4
Joe Vosmik	14	36	7	.194	0	9
Al Evans	14	22	2	.091	0	0
Eddie Yost	7	14	2	.143	0	0
George Binks	5	12	3	.250	0	0
Preston Gómez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Luis Suárez	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Roy Valdés	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
Dutch Leonard	32	229.1	14	14	3.06	62
Mickey Haefner	31	228.0	12	15	3.04	86
Early Wynn	33	207.2	8	17	3.38	65
Johnny Niggeling	24	206.0	10	8	2.32	121
Baby Ortiz	2	13.0	0	2	6.23	4

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
Roger Wolff	33	155.0	4	15	4.99	73
Alex Carrasquel	43	134.0	8	7	3.43	35
Milo Candini	28	103.0	6	7	4.11	31
Jug Thesenga	5	12.1	0	0	5.11	2
Vern Curtis	3	9.2	0	1	2.79	2

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
Bill Lefebvre	24	2	4	3	4.52	18
Sandy Ullrich	3	0	0	0	9.31	2
Bill Zinser	2	0	0	0	27.00	1
Wally Holborow	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Scrappy Moore
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Ray Kolp

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References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1944 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1944 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com