1944 Detroit Tigers season

The 1944 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, just one game behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

1944 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)Jack Zeller
Manager(s)Steve O'Neill
Local radioWXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
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Offseason

Regular season

On April 19, first baseman Rudy York recorded his 1,000th career hit.

On September 18, the Tigers found themselves in first place for the first time all season. The Yankees lost two games to the Athletics, while the Browns split two games with the White Sox. With the Tigers sweeping Cleveland, the Tigers jumped over the Yankees and Browns for first place.[3] The Browns were a half game back, while the Yankees were two games back.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 8965 0.578 54–23 35–42
Detroit Tigers 8866 0.571 1 43–34 45–32
New York Yankees 8371 0.539 6 47–31 36–40
Boston Red Sox 7777 0.500 12 47–30 30–47
Cleveland Indians 7282 0.468 17 39–38 33–44
Philadelphia Athletics 7282 0.468 17 39–37 33–45
Chicago White Sox 7183 0.461 18 41–36 30–47
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 25 40–37 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOR CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 17–58–1410–12–211–1111–1110–1210–12
Chicago 5–1714–89–1310–129–138–1416–6
Cleveland 14–88–1410–128–1412–10–110–1210–12
Detroit 12–10–213–912–1014–811–119–1317–5
New York 11–1112–1014–88–1413–910–1215–7
Philadelphia 11–1113–910–12–111–119–139–139–13
St. Louis 12–1014–812–1013–912–1013–913–9
Washington 12–106–1612–105–177–1513–99–13

Roster

1944 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CPaul Richards9530071.237337
1BRudy York151583161.2761898
2BEddie Mayo154607151.249563
SSJoe Hoover120441104.236029
3BPinky Higgins148543161.297776
OFDoc Cramer143578169.292242
OFJimmy Outlaw139535146.273357
OFDick Wakefield7827698.3551253

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
Chuck Hostetler9026579.298020
Bob Swift8024763.255119
Don Ross6616735.210215
Joe Orengo4615431.201010
Charlie Metro387815.19205
Al Unser11253.12015
Don Heffner6194.21101
Red Borom7141.07101
Bubba Floyd394.44400
Hack Miller651.20013
John McHale110.00000
Jackie Sullivan110.00000

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
Dizzy Trout49352.127142.12144
Hal Newhouser47312.12992.22187
Rufe Gentry37203.212144.2468
Stubby Overmire32199.211113.0757

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
Johnny Gorsica341626144.1147
Joe Orrell1022.1212.4210
Roy Henshaw712.1008.7610

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
Boom-Boom Beck281213.8925
Jake Mooty150004.457
Bob Gillespie70106.554
Zeb Eaton60005.744
Chief Hogsett30000.005

Awards and honors

1944 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bucky Harris
B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Herb Brett
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Ollie Carnegie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

Notes

  1. Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
  2. Joe Ginsberg at Baseball Reference
  3. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 94, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1944 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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