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Owner(s) | Estate of Jacob Ruppert |
General manager(s) | Ed Barrow |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy |
Local radio | WINS (AM) (Don Dunphy, Bill Slater) |
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The 1944 New York Yankees season was the team's 42nd season in New York, and its 44th season overall. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 83–71, finishing 6 games behind the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
Offseason[edit]
- Prior to 1944 season: Jim Greengrass was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]
Spring training[edit]
The Yankees trained in 1944 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The team made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters and practiced indoors at the Atlantic City Armory.[2][3] . They played their first exhibition game in Atlantic City on April 1, 1944 and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–1, behind a home run by Johnny Lindell. The following day, 4,000 fans saw the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4–3.[4]
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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[edit]
1944 American League Records
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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[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
= Indicates team leader |
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Garbark, MikeMike Garbark | 89 | 299 | 23 | 78 | .261 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
1B | Etten, NickNick Etten | 154 | 573 | 88 | 168 | .293 | 22 | 91 | 4 |
2B | Stirnweiss, SnuffySnuffy Stirnweiss | 154 | 643 | 125 | 205 | .319 | 8 | 43 | 55 |
3B | Grimes, OscarOscar Grimes | 116 | 387 | 44 | 108 | .279 | 5 | 46 | 6 |
SS | Milosevich, MikeMike Milosevich | 94 | 312 | 27 | 77 | .247 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
OF | Lindell, JohnnyJohnny Lindell | 149 | 594 | 91 | 178 | .300 | 18 | 103 | 5 |
OF | Metheny, BudBud Metheny | 137 | 518 | 72 | 124 | .239 | 14 | 67 | 5 |
OF | Martin, HershHersh Martin | 85 | 328 | 49 | 99 | .302 | 9 | 47 | 5 |
Other batters[edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Hemsley, RollieRollie Hemsley | 81 | 284 | 23 | 76 | .268 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
Rosenthal, LarryLarry Rosenthal | 36 | 101 | 9 | 20 | .198 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Cooney, JohnnyJohnny Cooney | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Waner, PaulPaul Waner | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Drescher, BillBill Drescher | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Collins, RipRip Collins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Borowy, HankHank Borowy | 35 | 252.2 | 17 | 12 | 2.64 | 107 |
Dubiel, MonkMonk Dubiel | 30 | 232 | 13 | 13 | 3.38 | 79 |
Bonham, TinyTiny Bonham | 26 | 213.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.99 | 54 |
Queen, MelMel Queen | 10 | 81.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.31 | 30 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bevens, BillBill Bevens | 8 | 43.2 | 4 | 1 | 2.68 | 16 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Turner, JimJim Turner | 35 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3.46 | 13 |
Johnson, JohnnyJohnny Johnson | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.05 | 11 |
Farm system[edit]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gietschier, Steve (March 21, 1994). "It happens every spring". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ "Atlantic City Armory New Camps for Yanks", The Evening Independent, November 18, 1943, retrieved September 17, 2011
- ^ Wilk, Tom (April 20, 2006). "Waltz Through Time: The Old Ballgame". Atlantic City Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1944.shtml
- ^ 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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