1944 Philadelphia Phillies season

1944 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	R. R. M. Carpenter
Managers	Freddie Fitzsimmons
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur)
Seasons

Offseason

Bill Veeck attempted to purchase the Phillies in late 1943. Veeck’s plan was to sign players from the Negro leagues to make the Phillies competitive.

The organization held a fan contest prior to the 1944 season to solicit a second nickname for the Phillies. Fans voted on Blue Jays and Elizabeth Crooks designed a logo of a blue jay perched on the Phillies word mark.

Regular season

The Phillies got off to a 12–6 start, and on May 13 were 1.5 games out of first place. However, it was all downhill from there, as they finished with yet another losing season.

Season standings

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
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	—

Roster

1944 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 12 Dick Barrett 22,10 Chet Covington 19 Deacon Donahue 23 John Fick 24,11 Al Gerheauser 28 Andy Karl 11 Vern Kennedy 17 Bill Lee -- Lou Lucier 20 Dale Matthewson 23 Rogers McKee 27 Barney Mussill 15 Ken Raffensberger 18 Charlie Ripple 16 Charley Schanz 10 Harry Shuman 49 Al Verdel		Catchers 30 Joe Antolick 31 Benny Culp  9 Bob Finley 19 Johnny Peacock 24 Andy Seminick 25 Merv Shea Infielders 20 Putsy Caballero 18,7 Ted Cieslak 21 Granny Hamner 21 Ray Hamrick 21 Heinie Heltzel  6 Charlie Letchas 29 Tony Lupien  1 Moon Mullen  8 Glen Stewart		Outfielders  2 Buster Adams 26 Chuck Klein  4 Ron Northey 48 Lee Riley  5 Coaker Triplett  3 Jimmy Wasdell Other batters -- Nick Goulish 46 Turkey Tyson		Manager 14 Freddie Fitzsimmons Coaches 26 Chuck Klein 25 Merv Shea

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
3B	Glen Stewart	118	377	83	.220	0	29

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
Lee Riley	4	12	1	.083	0	1
Chuck Klein	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Nick Goulish	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
Dick Barrett	37	221.1	12	18	3.86	74
Bill Lee	31	208.1	10	11	3.15	50

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
Vern Kennedy	12	55.1	1	5	4.23	23

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
Chet Covington	19	1	1	0	4.66	13
Deacon Donahue	6	0	2	0	7.71	2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Utica Blue Sox	Eastern League	Eddie Sawyer
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman and Ray Brubaker
D	Bradford Blue Wings	PONY League	Ray Brubaker and Ken Blackman

External links

• 1944 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference