1944 Washington Senators season

1944 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s) Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s) Ossie Bluege
Local radio none
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The 1944 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Browns 89 65 .578 --
Detroit Tigers 88 66 .571 1
New York Yankees 83 71 .539 6
Boston Red Sox 77 77 .500 12
Cleveland Indians 72 82 .468 17
Philadelphia Athletics 72 82 .468 17
Chicago White Sox 71 83 .461 18
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 25

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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

1944 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Ferrell, RickRick Ferrell 99 339 94 .277 0 25
1B Kuhel, JoeJoe Kuhel 139 518 144 .278 4 51
2B Myatt, GeorgeGeorge Myatt 140 538 153 .284 0 40
SS Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan 138 471 118 .251 0 30
OF Spence, StanStan Spence 153 592 187 .316 18 100
OF Case, GeorgeGeorge 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
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz 85 316 80 .253 5 35
Guerra, MikeMike Guerra 75 210 59 .281 1 29
Layne, HillisHillis Layne 33 87 17 .195 0 8
Boland, EdEd Boland 19 59 16 .271 0 14
Clift, HarlondHarlond Clift 12 44 7 .159 0 3
Monteagudo, RenéRené Monteagudo 10 38 11 .289 0 4
Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik 14 36 7 .194 0 9
Evans, AlAl Evans 14 22 2 .091 0 0
Yost, EddieEddie Yost 7 14 2 .143 0 0
Gómez, PrestonPreston Gómez 8 7 2 .286 0 2
Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Valdés, RoyRoy 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
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard 32 229.1 14 14 3.06 62
Haefner, MickeyMickey Haefner 31 228 12 15 3.04 86
Wynn, EarlyEarly Wynn 33 207.2 8 17 3.38 65
Niggeling, JohnnyJohnny Niggeling 24 206 10 8 2.32 121
Ortiz, BabyBaby Ortiz 2 13 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
Wolff, RogerRoger Wolff 33 155 4 15 4.99 73
Carrasquel, AlexAlex Carrasquel 43 134 8 7 3.43 35
Candini, MiloMilo Candini 28 103 6 7 4.11 31
Thesenga, JugJug Thesenga 5 12.1 0 0 5.11 2
Curtis, VernVern 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
Lefebvre, BillBill Lefebvre 24 2 4 3 4.52 18
Ullrich, SandySandy Ullrich 3 0 0 0 9.31 2
Zinser, BillBill Zinser 2 0 0 0 27.00 1
Holborow, WallyWally Holborow 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A1 Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Scrappy Moore
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Ray Kolp

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References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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