1944_Chicago_White_Sox_season
1944 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1944 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 44th season in the major leagues, and their 45th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–83, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns.
1944 Chicago White Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |||
City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
Owners | Grace Comiskey | |||
General managers | Harry Grabiner | |||
Managers | Jimmy Dykes | |||
Radio | WIND (AM) (Walt Lochman) | |||
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Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
1944 Opening Day lineup
- Skeeter Webb, SS
- Myril Hoag, CF
- Johnny Dickshot, LF
- Hal Trosky, 1B
- Guy Curtright, RF
- Grey Clarke, 3B
- Roy Schalk, 2B
- Tom Turner, C
- Orval Grove, P
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Eddie Carnett, LF,1B,CF,RF | 126 | 457 | 51 | 126 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 26 | 35 | .276 | 5 |
Vince Castino, C | 29 | 78 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | .231 | 0 |
Grey Clarke, 3B | 63 | 169 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 6 | .260 | 0 |
Tony Cuccinello, 3B,2B | 38 | 130 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 16 | .262 | 0 |
Guy Curtright, LF,RF | 72 | 198 | 22 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 21 | .253 | 4 |
Johnny Dickshot, LF | 62 | 162 | 18 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 10 | .253 | 2 |
Myril Hoag, CF | 17 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .229 | 1 |
Ralph Hodgin, 3B,LF | 121 | 465 | 56 | 137 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 14 | .295 | 3 |
Tom Jordan, C | 14 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .267 | 0 |
William Metzig, 2B | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .125 | 0 |
Cass Michaels, SS | 27 | 68 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .176 | 0 |
Wally Moses, RF | 136 | 535 | 82 | 150 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 52 | 22 | .280 | 21 |
Roy Schalk, 2B | 146 | 587 | 47 | 129 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 45 | 52 | .220 | 5 |
Mike Tresh, C | 93 | 312 | 22 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 15 | .260 | 0 |
Hal Trosky, 1B | 135 | 497 | 55 | 120 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 70 | 62 | 30 | .241 | 3 |
Thurman Tucker, CF | 124 | 446 | 59 | 128 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 57 | 40 | .287 | 13 |
Tom Turner, C | 36 | 113 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | .230 | 0 |
Skeeter Webb, SS | 139 | 513 | 44 | 108 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 39 | .211 | 7 |
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
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Bill Dietrich, P | 36 | 77 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | .117 | 0 |
Orval Grove, P | 34 | 77 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | .104 | 0 |
Don Hanski, P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Joe Haynes, P | 33 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .200 | 2 |
Johnny Humphries, P | 30 | 53 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | .189 | 0 |
Thornton Lee, P | 15 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .095 | 0 |
Eddie Lopat, P | 30 | 81 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | .309 | 0 |
Gordon Maltzberger, P | 46 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .136 | 0 |
Buck Ross, P | 20 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | 0 |
Jake Wade, P | 19 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .292 | 0 |
Team Totals |
154 | 5292 | 543 | 1307 | 210 | 55 | 23 | 494 | 439 | 448 | .247 | 66 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
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Eddie Carnett | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Dietrich | 16 | 17 | 3.62 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 246.0 | 269 | 132 | 99 | 15 | 68 | 70 |
Orval Grove | 14 | 15 | 3.72 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 234.2 | 237 | 112 | 97 | 11 | 71 | 105 |
Don Hanski | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Joe Haynes | 5 | 6 | 2.57 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 154.1 | 148 | 55 | 44 | 5 | 43 | 44 |
Johnny Humphries | 8 | 10 | 3.67 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 169.0 | 170 | 75 | 69 | 9 | 57 | 42 |
Thornton Lee | 3 | 9 | 3.02 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 113.1 | 105 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 25 | 39 |
Eddie Lopat | 11 | 10 | 3.26 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 210.0 | 217 | 96 | 76 | 12 | 59 | 75 |
Gordon Maltzberger | 10 | 5 | 2.96 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 91.1 | 81 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 49 |
Buck Ross | 2 | 7 | 5.18 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 90.1 | 97 | 56 | 52 | 7 | 35 | 20 |
Floyd Speer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jake Wade | 2 | 4 | 4.82 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 74.2 | 75 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 41 | 35 |
Team Totals |
71 | 83 | 3.58 | 154 | 154 | 17 | 1390.2 | 1411 | 662 | 553 | 68 | 420 | 481 |
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