1944_Boston_Braves_season

1944 Boston Braves
1944 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	65–89 (.422)
League place	6th
Owners	J.A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Bob Coleman
Radio	WNAC; (Tom Hussey)
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1944 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1944 Boston Braves season was the 74th season of the franchise.

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On August 10, 1944, pitcher Red Barrett pitched a complete-game 2-hit shutout against the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, winning 2–0, requiring only 58 pitches and lasting only 1 hour 15 minutes. It was the fewest amount of pitches thrown in a 9-inning complete game and was the quickest night game in MLB history.^[1]

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"SABR Article:Red Barrett shuts out Reds with record low 58 pitches". sabr.org. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

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Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

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v t e 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

1944 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Clyde Kluttz	81	229	64	.279	2	19
1B	Buck Etchison	109	308	66	.214	8	33
2B	Connie Ryan	88	332	98	.295	4	25
SS	Whitey Wietelmann	125	417	100	.240	2	32
3B	Dee Phillips	140	489	126	.258	1	53
OF	Chuck Workman	140	418	87	.208	11	53
OF	Tommy Holmes	155	631	195	.309	13	73
OF	Butch Nieman	134	468	124	.265	16	65

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Max Macon	106	366	100	.273	3	36
Phil Masi	89	251	69	.275	3	23
Ab Wright	71	195	50	.256	7	35
Stew Hofferth	66	180	36	.200	1	26
Chet Ross	54	154	35	.227	5	26
Frank Drews	46	141	29	.206	0	10
Roland Gladu	21	66	16	.242	1	7
Warren Huston	33	55	11	.200	0	1
Steve Shemo	18	31	9	.290	0	1
Mike Sandlock	30	30	3	.100	0	2
Dick Culler	8	28	2	.071	0	0
Hugh Poland	8	23	3	.130	0	2
Chet Clemens	19	17	3	.176	0	2
Ben Geraghty	11	16	4	.250	0	0
Pat Capri	7	1	0	.000	0	0
Gene Patton	1	0	0	----	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Tobin	43	299.1	18	19	3.01	83
Nate Andrews	37	257.1	16	15	3.22	76
Al Javery	40	254.0	10	19	3.54	137
Red Barrett	42	230.1	9	16	4.06	54

1944_Boston_Braves_season

1944 Boston Braves season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

Notes

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ira Hutchinson	40	119.2	9	7	4.21	22
Ben Cardoni	22	75.2	0	6	3.93	24
Johnny Hutchings	14	56.2	9	7	4.21	22
Woody Rich	7	25.0	1	1	5.76	6

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Stan Klopp	24	1	2	4.27	17
Jim Hickey	8	0	0	4.82	3
Carl Lindquist	5	0	0	3.12	4
George Woodend	3	0	0	13.50	0
Max Macon	1	0	0	21.00	1
Harry MacPherson	1	0	0	0.00	1