1944 New York Yankees season

The 1944 New York Yankees season was the team's 42nd season in New York, and its 44th season overall. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 83–71, finishing 6 games behind the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

1944 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
Local radioWINS (AM)
(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1944 season: Jim Greengrass was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Spring training

The Yankees trained in 1944 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The team made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters and practiced indoors at the Atlantic City Armory.[2][3]

They played their first exhibition game in Atlantic City on April 1, 1944, and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–1, behind a home run by Johnny Lindell. The following day, 4,000 fans saw the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4–3.[4]

Regular season

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 5–17—14–89–1310–129–138–1416–6
Cleveland 14–88–14—10–128–1412–10–110–1210–12
Detroit 12–10–213–912–10—14–811–119–1317–5
New York 11–1112–1014–88–14—13–910–1215–7
Philadelphia 11–1113–910–12–111–119–13—9–139–13
St. Louis 12–1014–812–1013–912–1013–9—13–9
Washington 12–106–1612–105–177–1513–99–13—

Roster
1944 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMike Garbark892992378.2611330
1BNick Etten15457388168.29322914
2BSnuffy Stirnweiss154643125205.31984355
3BOscar Grimes11638744108.2795466
SSMike Milosevich943122777.2470321
OFJohnny Lindell14959491178.300181035
OFBud Metheny13751872124.23914675
OFHersh Martin853284999.3029475

[5]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Rollie Hemsley812842376.2682260
Don Savage712393163.2644241
Frankie Crosetti551972047.2395303
Ed Levy401531237.2424291
Russ Derry381141429.2544141
Larry Rosenthal36101920.198091
Tuck Stainback30781317.218051
Johnny Cooney10811.125010
Paul Waner9711.143011
Bill Drescher4701.143000
Rip Collins3301.333000

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
Hank Borowy35252.217122.64107
Monk Dubiel3023213133.3879
Tiny Bonham26213.21292.9954
Joe Page19102.2574.5663
Mel Queen1081.2633.3130
Spud Chandler16004.501

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
Atley Donald3015913103.3448
Bill Zuber22107574.2159
Steve Roser1684433.8634
Bill Bevens843.2412.6816

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
Jim Turner354473.4613
Johnny Johnson220234.0511
Al Lyons110004.5414

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Jack Saltzgaver
AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Gene Martin
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Garland Braxton
D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Solly Mishkin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[6]

References
  1. Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference
  2. Gietschier, Steve (March 21, 1994). "It happens every spring". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  3. "Atlantic City Armory New Camps for Yanks", The Evening Independent, November 18, 1943, retrieved September 17, 2011
  4. Wilk, Tom (April 20, 2006). "Waltz Through Time: The Old Ballgame". Atlantic City Weekly. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1944.shtml
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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