1944 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and George H. Richardson
ManagersOssie 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

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 —


Roster

1944 Washington Senators
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 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 MLB season by team
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