1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 67–87 record, 38 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]

1944 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
Managers	Mel Ott
Radio	WINS (Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
← 1943 Seasons 1945 →

Offseason

• Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	—	54‍–‍22	51‍–‍27
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	14½	49‍–‍28	41‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds	89	65	.578	16	45‍–‍33	44‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	30	35‍–‍42	40‍–‍37
New York Giants	67	87	.435	38	39‍–‍36	28‍–‍51
Boston Braves	65	89	.422	40	38‍–‍40	27‍–‍49
Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	.409	42	37‍–‍39	26‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	.399	43½	29‍–‍49	32‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1944 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1944 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 22 Johnny Allen 21 Bob Barthelson 32 Jack Brewer 23 Ken Brondell 14 Harry Feldman 15 Rube Fischer 20 Johnny Gee 24 Andy Hansen 16 Cliff Melton 21 Whitey Miller 20 Walter Ockey 26 Lou Polli 18 Ewald Pyle -- Frank Rosso 19 Frank Seward 17 Bill Voiselle		Catchers 29 Ray Berres  8 Ernie Lombardi  9 Gus Mancuso Infielders 12 George Hausmann  7 Billy Jurges 10 Buddy Kerr  2 Hal Luby 32 Roy Nichols  6 Nap Reyes  5 Phil Weintraub		Outfielders 34 Steve Filipowicz 33 Danny Gardella 24 Charlie Mead  4 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker 25 Bruce Sloan 26 Red Treadway		Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Ernie Lombardi	117	373	95	.255	10	58
1B	Phil Weintraub	104	361	114	.316	13	77
2B	George Hausmann	131	466	124	.266	1	30
SS	Buddy Kerr	150	548	146	.266	9	63
3B	Hal Luby	111	323	82	.254	2	35
OF	Mel Ott	120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF	Joe Medwick	128	490	165	.337	7	85
OF	Johnny Rucker	144	587	143	.244	6	39

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
Nap Reyes	116	374	108	.289	8	53
Billy Jurges	85	246	52	.211	1	23
Gus Mancuso	78	195	49	.251	1	25
Red Treadway	50	170	51	.300	0	5
Danny Gardella	47	112	28	.250	6	14
Bruce Sloan	59	104	28	.269	1	9
Charlie Mead	39	78	14	.179	1	8
Steve Filipowicz	15	41	8	.195	0	7
Ray Berres	16	17	8	.471	1	2
Roy Nichols	11	9	2	.222	0	0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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
Bill Voiselle	43	312.2	21	16	3.02	161
Harry Feldman	40	205.1	11	13	4.16	70
Ewald Pyle	31	164.0	7	10	4.34	79
Johnny Allen	18	84.0	4	7	4.07	33
Cliff Melton	13	64.1	2	2	4.06	15

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
Rube Fischer	38	128.2	6	14	5.18	39
Frank Seward	25	78.1	3	2	5.40	16
Jack Brewer	14	55.0	1	4	5.56	21
Andy Hansen	23	52.2	3	3	6.49	15
Ken Brondell	7	19.1	0	1	8.38	1

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
Ace Adams	65	8	11	13	4.25	32
Lou Polli	19	0	2	3	4.54	6
Bob Barthelson	7	1	1	0	4.66	4
Whitey Miller	4	0	1	0	0.00	2
Johnny Gee	4	0	0	0	0.00	3
Frank Rosso	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Walter Ockey	2	0	0	0	3.38	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Gabby Hartnett
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Ben Chapman and Taylor Sanford
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	Hal Gruber
D	Springfield Giants	Ohio State League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Erie Sailors	PONY League	Bill Harris

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