1944 Boston Red Sox season

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, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

1944 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	77–77 (.500)
League place	4th
Owners	Tom Yawkey
President	Tom Yawkey
General managers	Eddie Collins
Managers	Joe Cronin
Radio	WAAB (Jim Britt) WNAC (Tom Hussey)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	—	54‍–‍23	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1	43‍–‍34	45‍–‍32
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6	47‍–‍31	36‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12	47‍–‍30	30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍38	33‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍37	33‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18	41‍–‍36	30‍–‍47
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25	40‍–‍37	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	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 17 Frank Barrett 28 Joe Bowman 14 Rex Cecil 29 Clem Dreisewerd 21 Clem Hausmann 27 Tex Hughson 16 Vic Johnson 29 Oscar Judd 24 Lou Lucier 15 Emmett O'Neill  6 Stan Partenheimer 20 Mike Ryba 18 Yank Terry 17 Joe Wood 10 Pinky Woods		Catchers 23 Bill Conroy  6 Roy Partee 23 Johnny Peacock 19 Hal Wagner Infielders 24 Jim Bucher  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr  8 Lou Finney  7 Eddie Lake 26 Skeeter Newsome  5 Jim Tabor		Outfielders 11 Leon Culberson 12 Pete Fox 19 Ford Garrison  8 Bob Johnson 14 Johnny Lazor 25 Tom McBride  2 Catfish Metkovich		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
C	Roy Partee	89	280	68	.243	2	41
1B	Lou Finney	68	251	72	.287	0	32
2B	Bobby Doerr	125	468	152	.325	15	81
SS	Skeeter Newsome	136	472	114	.242	0	41
3B	Jim Tabor	116	438	125	.285	13	72
OF	George Metkovich	134	549	152	.277	9	59
OF	Bob Johnson	144	525	170	.324	17	106
OF	Pete Fox	121	496	156	.315	1	64

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
Leon Culberson	75	282	67	.238	2	21
Jim Bucher	80	277	76	.274	4	31
Hal Wagner	66	223	74	.332	1	38
Tom McBride	71	216	53	.245	0	24
Joe Cronin	76	191	46	.241	5	28
Eddie Lake	57	126	26	.206	0	8
Ford Garrison	13	49	12	.245	0	2
Bill Conroy	19	47	10	.213	0	4
Johnny Lazor	16	24	2	.083	0	0
Johnny Peacock	4	4	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
Tex Hughson	28	203.1	18	5	2.26	112
Joe Bowman	26	168.1	12	8	4.81	53
Emmett O'Neill	28	151.2	6	11	4.63	68
Rex Cecil	11	61.0	4	5	5.16	33
Clem Dreisewerd	7	48.2	2	4	4.07	9
Stan Partenheimer	1	1.0	0	0	18.00	0

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
Pinky Woods	38	170.2	4	8	3.27	56
Mike Ryba	42	138.0	12	7	3.33	50
Clem Hausmann	32	137.0	4	7	3.42	43
Yank Terry	27	132.2	6	10	4.21	30
Oscar Judd	9	30.0	1	1	3.60	9
Vic Johnson	7	27.1	0	3	6.26	7
Joe Wood	3	9.2	0	1	6.52	5

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
Eddie Lake	6	0	0	0	4.19	7
Lou Lucier	3	0	0	0	5.06	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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]