1944 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack
ManagersConnie Mack
RadioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur)
← 1943
1945 →

The 1944 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

Spring training

The Athletics considered using the Bader Field ballpark in Atlantic City for their 1944 spring training site. On November 17, 1943, Connie Mack examined Bader Field and the National Guard Armory as one possibility. But he knew the New York Yankees were already considering it. The A's went to McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland when the Yankees chose Atlantic City.[1]

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 89 65 0.578 — 54–23 35–42
Detroit Tigers 88 66 0.571 1 43–34 45–32
New York Yankees 83 71 0.539 6 47–31 36–40
Boston Red Sox 77 77 0.500 12 47–30 30–47
Cleveland Indians 72 82 0.468 17 39–38 33–44
Philadelphia Athletics 72 82 0.468 17 39–37 33–45
Chicago White Sox 71 83 0.461 18 41–36 30–47
Washington Senators 64 90 0.416 25 40–37 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHW 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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1944 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Frankie Hayes 155 581 144 .248 13 78
1B Dick Siebert 132 468 143 .306 6 52
2B Irv Hall 143 559 150 .268 0 45
SS Ed Busch 140 484 131 .271 0 40
3B George Kell 139 514 138 .268 0 44
OF Jo-Jo White 85 267 59 .221 1 21
OF Ford Garrison 121 449 121 .269 4 37
OF Bobby Estalella 140 506 151 .298 7 60

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
Bill McGhee 77 287 83 .289 1 19
Hal Epps 67 229 60 .262 0 13
Joe Rullo 35 96 16 .167 0 5
Bill Burgo 27 88 21 .239 1 3
Joe Burns 28 75 18 .240 1 8
Woody Wheaton 30 59 11 .186 0 5
Larry Rosenthal 32 54 11 .204 1 6
Charlie Metro 24 40 4 .100 0 1
Lew Flick 19 35 4 .114 0 2
Bobby Wilkins 24 25 6 .240 0 3
Bob Garbark 18 23 6 .261 0 2
Hal Peck 2 8 2 .250 0 1
Al Simmons 4 6 3 .500 0 2
Jim Pruett 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Bill Mills 5 4 1 .250 0 0
Hal Wagner 5 4 1 .250 0 0
Tony Parisse 4 4 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
Bobo Newsom 37 265.0 13 15 2.82 142
Russ Christopher 35 215.1 14 14 2.97 84
Luke Hamlin 29 190.0 6 12 3.74 58
Jesse Flores 27 185.2 9 11 3.39 65
Don Black 29 177.1 10 12 4.06 78
Lum Harris 23 174.1 10 9 3.30 33

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
Joe Berry 53 10 8 12 1.94 44
Carl Scheib 15 0 0 0 4.21 13
Woody Wheaton 11 0 1 0 3.55 15
John McGillen 2 0 0 0 18.00 0
Tal Abernathy 1 0 0 0 3.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Al Todd
B Lancaster Red Roses Interstate League Lena Blackburne

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster

References

  1. ^ Warrington, Bob. "Spring Training 1944". Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  2. ^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Sam Zoldak page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball-Reference

External links


1944 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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