1944_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season References

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]

Offseason

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

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1944 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
^ Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007