1944 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1944 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 72 82 y T–5th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIBG(By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur) The 1944 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses. Offseason Spring training The Athletics considered using the Bader Field ballpark in Atlantic City for their 1944 spring training site. On November 17, 1943, Connie Mack examined Bader Field and the National Guard Armory as one possibility. But he knew the New York Yankees were already considering it. The A's went to McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland when the Yankees chose Atlantic City.Bob Warrington Spring Training 1944 http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/history/springtraining1944.htm Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society June 10, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101127103044/http://philadelphiaathletics.org/history/springtraining1944.htm November 27, 2010 Notable transactions October 11, 1943: Don Heffner and Bob Swift were traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference February 17, 1944: Sam Zoldak and Barney Lutz (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Frankie Hayes.Sam Zoldak page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions April 15, 1944: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Al Simmons page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1944 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 23 Tal Abernathy 20 Joe Berry 21 Don Black 17 Russ Christopher 19 Jesse Flores 31 Luke Hamlin 18 Lum Harris  3 John McGillen 16 Bobo Newsom 24 Carl Scheib 30 Woody Wheaton Catchers 15 Bob Garbark  8 Frankie Hayes 23 Bill Mills 10 Tony Parisse -- Jim Pruett  9 Hal Wagner Infielders 22 Joe Burns  2 Ed Busch  6 Irv Hall  7 George Kell 11 Bill McGhee 12 Joe Rullo  5 Dick Siebert 23 Bobby Wilkins Outfielders 11 Bill Burgo  3 Hal Epps  4 Bobby Estalella 14 Lew Flick  9 Ford Garrison 14 Charlie Metro -- Hal Peck 12 Larry Rosenthal 28,32 Al Simmons  1 Jo-Jo White Manager Connie Mack Coaches 26 Earle Brucker 29 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 32 Al Simmons 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 Frankie Hayes 155 581 144 .248 13 78 1B Dick Siebert 132 468 143 .306 6 52 2B Irv Hall 143 559 150 .268 0 45 SS Ed Busch 140 484 131 .271 0 40 3B George Kell 139 514 138 .268 0 44 OF Jo-Jo White 85 267 59 .221 1 21 OF Ford Garrison 121 449 121 .269 4 37 OF Bobby Estalella Bobby Estalella (outfielder) 140 506 151 .298 7 60 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 Bill McGhee 77 287 83 .289 1 19 Hal Epps 67 229 60 .262 0 13 Joe Rullo 35 96 16 .167 0 5 Bill Burgo 27 88 21 .239 1 3 Joe Burns Joe Burns (infielder) 28 75 18 .240 1 8 Woody Wheaton 30 59 11 .186 0 5 Larry Rosenthal 32 54 11 .204 1 6 Charlie Metro 24 40 4 .100 0 1 Lew Flick 19 35 4 .114 0 2 Bobby Wilkins 24 25 6 .240 0 3 Bob Garbark 18 23 6 .261 0 2 Hal Peck 2 8 2 .250 0 1 Al Simmons 4 6 3 .500 0 2 Jim Pruett 3 4 1 .250 0 0 Bill Mills Bill Mills (baseball) 5 4 1 .250 0 0 Hal Wagner 5 4 1 .250 0 0 Tony Parisse 4 4 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 Bobo Newsom 37 265.0 13 15 2.82 142 Russ Christopher 35 215.1 14 14 2.97 84 Luke Hamlin 29 190.0 6 12 3.74 58 Jesse Flores Jesse Flores (baseball) 27 185.2 9 11 3.39 65 Don Black Don Black (baseball) 29 177.1 10 12 4.06 78 Lum Harris 23 174.1 10 9 3.30 33 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 Joe Berry Joe Berry (pitcher) 53 10 8 12 1.94 44 Carl Scheib 15 0 0 0 4.21 13 Woody Wheaton 11 0 1 0 3.55 15 John McGillen 2 0 0 0 18.00 0 Tal Abernathy 1 0 0 0 3.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Al Todd B Lancaster Red Roses Interstate League Lena Blackburne LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster References 2 External links 1944 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1944 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oak Category:1940s in Philadelphia