1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season
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Owner(s) | James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company |
General manager(s) | Branch Rickey |
Manager(s) | Leo Durocher |
Local radio | WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
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The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers saw 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 |
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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[]
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Team | BOB | BKN | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHP | PIT | SLC | |||||
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[]
- June 6, 1944: Bob Chipman was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Stanky.[1]
- August 12, 1944: Frank Drews was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Mike Sandlock and cash.[2]
Roster[]
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hal Gregg | 39 | 197.2 | 9 | 16 | 5.46 | 92 |
Curt Davis | 31 | 194 | 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 |
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Rube Melton | 37 | 187.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.46 | 91 |
Les Webber | 48 | 140.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.94 | 42 |
Cal McLish | 23 | 84 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 7.50 | 6 |
John Wells | 4 | 15 | 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 |
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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[]
- 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Augie Galan starter
- Dixie Walker starter
- Mickey Owen reserve
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Dixie Walker
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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[]
References[]
External links[]
- 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Los Angeles Dodgers seasons
- 1944 Major League Baseball season
- 1944 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Brooklyn
- Flatbush, Brooklyn