1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1944 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 67 87 y 5th Horace Stoneham Mel Ott WINS(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater) 1943 New York Giants (MLB) season 1945 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1944.shtml 1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference November 1, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071013201335/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1944.shtml October 13, 2007 live Offseason Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Opening Day lineup Roster 1944 New York Giants Roster Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 22 Johnny Allen 21 Bob Barthelson 32 Jack Brewer 23 Ken Brondell 14 Harry Feldman 15 Rube Fischer 20 Johnny Gee 24 Andy Hansen 16 Cliff Melton 21 Whitey Miller 20 Walter Ockey 26 Lou Polli 18 Ewald Pyle -- Frank Rosso 19 Frank Seward 17 Bill Voiselle Catchers 29 Ray Berres  8 Ernie Lombardi  9 Gus Mancuso Infielders 12 George Hausmann  7 Billy Jurges 10 Buddy Kerr  2 Hal Luby 32 Roy Nichols  6 Nap Reyes  5 Phil Weintraub Outfielders 34 Steve Filipowicz 33 Danny Gardella 24 Charlie Mead  4 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker 25 Bruce Sloan 26 Red Treadway Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 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 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 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 Roy Nichols (baseball) 11 9 2 .222 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 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 Johnny Allen (baseball) 18 84.0 4 7 4.07 33 Cliff Melton 13 64.1 2 2 4.06 15 Other 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 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 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 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 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 HarrisJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1944 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference 1944 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Category:1940s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan