1944 Washington Senators season
1944 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson | |
Managers | Ossie Bluege | |
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The 1944
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A1 | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Scrappy Moore |
A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League
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Ray Kolp |
References
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007