1944 Boston Red Sox season

1944 Boston Red Sox
1944 Boston Red Sox
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Owners	Tom Yawkey
Managers	Joe Cronin
Radio	WAAB ; (Jim Britt); WNAC; (Tom Hussey)

The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1944 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Opening Day lineup

26	Skeeter Newsome	SS
2	Catfish Metkovich	1B
19	Ford Garrison	RF
8	Bob Johnson	LF
1	Bobby Doerr	2B
5	Jim Tabor	3B
11	Leon Culberson	CF
6	Roy Partee	C
18	Yank Terry	P

Roster

1944 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Joe Cronin

Coaches

30 Bill Burwell (Third base)
32 Tom Daly
31 Frank Shellenback (Pitching)
22 Larry Woodall (First base)

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
SS	Skeeter Newsome	136	472	114	.242	0	41

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
Joe Cronin	76	191	46	.241	5	28

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

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
Frank Barrett	38	8	7	8	3.69	80

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Louisville Colonels	American Association	Nemo Leibold
A	Scranton Red Sox	Eastern League	Heinie Manush
B	Roanoke Red Sox	Piedmont League	Eddie Popowski
D	Middletown Red Sox	Ohio State League	Red Barnes

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville^[2]

Notes

^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

[1] Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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