1944 Chicago Cubs season

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1944 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1876)
Location
  • Wrigley Field (since 1916)
  • Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)James T. Gallagher
Manager(s)Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson, Charlie Grimm
Local radioWJJD
(Bert Wilson)
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The 1944 Chicago Cubs season was the 73rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 69th in the National League and the 29th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

Offseason[]

  • Prior to 1944 season (exact date unknown)
    • Smoky Burgess was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[1]
    • Jim Pearce was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.[2]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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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 Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bob Chipman.[3]
  • July 5, 1944: Jimmie Foxx was released by the Cubs.[4]

Roster[]

1944 Chicago Cubs
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

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
Eddie Stanky 13 25 6 .240 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
Bob Chipman 26 129 9 9 3.49 41

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

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
Dale Alderson 12 0 0 0 6.65 7

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Bill Sweeney
A1 Nashville Vols Southern Association Larry Gilbert
B Portsmouth Cubs Piedmont League Bill Steinecke and Jimmie Foxx
D Erwin Cubs Appalachian League Jim Poole
D Ohio State League Grover Hartley
D Lockport Cubs PONY League Greg Mulleavy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Smoky Burgess at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Jim Pearce page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Eddie Stanky page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Jimmie Foxx page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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