1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersJames & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentBranch Rickey
ManagersLeo Durocher
RadioWHN
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

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

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

Roster

1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

References

External links

1944 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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