1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season

March 2026 August 2023 Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg 1944 National League Ebbets Field Brooklyn, New York 63 91 y 7th James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company Branch Rickey Leo Durocher WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers saw a constant roster turnover as players left for service in World War II. The team finished the season in seventh place in the National League. Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Dodgers Record vs. opponents BRO Notable transactions June 6, 1944: Bob Chipman was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Stanky.Eddie Stanky page at Baseball Reference August 12, 1944: Frank Drews was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Mike Sandlock and cash.Frank Drews page at Baseball Reference Roster 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers Roster Pitchers 13 Ralph Branca  5 Ben Chapman 12 Bob Chipman 27 Claude Crocker 26 Curt Davis 25 Wes Flowers -- Jack Franklin 19 Charlie Fuchs  3 Art Herring 18 Clyde King 22 Bill Lohrman 28 Hal Gregg 19 Ed Head 14 Rube Melton 34 Cal McLish 20 Charlie Osgood 27 Fritz Ostermueller 19 Tom Sunkel 13,20 Tommy Warren 31 Les Webber -- John Wells -- Frank Wurm 17 Whit Wyatt 38 Albert Zachary Catchers 15 Stan Andrews 32 Fats Dantonio 32 Ray Hayworth 34 Roy Jarvis 10 Mickey Owen Infielders 16 Pat Ankenman  3 Eddie Basinski  6 Jack Bolling 33 Frenchy Bordagaray 15 Bobby Bragan  3 Tommy Brown  4 Gil English  6 Bill Hart 16 Barney Koch  3 Gene Mauch 16 Eddie Miksis -- Lou Rochelli  8 Howie Schultz 12 Eddie Stanky Outfielders 19 Morrie Aderholt 18 Johnny Cooney -- Red Durrett 24 Augie Galan 21 Luis Olmo 35 Goody Rosen 11 Dixie Walker  9 Lloyd Waner  1 Paul Waner Other batters  5 Clancy Smyres Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches 30 Red Corriden  7 Charlie Dressen Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 Mickey Owen 130 461 126 .273 1 42 1B Howie Schultz 138 526 134 .255 11 83 2B Eddie Stanky 89 261 72 .276 0 16 3B Frenchy Bordagaray 130 501 141 .281 6 51 SS Bobby Bragan 94 266 71 .267 0 17 OF Augie Galan 151 547 174 .318 12 93 OF Dixie Walker 147 535 191 .357 13 91 OF Goody Rosen 89 264 69 .261 0 23 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 Luis Olmo 136 520 134 .258 9 85 Tommy Brown Tommy Brown (baseball) 46 146 24 .164 0 8 Paul Waner 83 136 39 .287 0 16 Jack Bolling 56 131 46 .351 1 25 Eddie Basinski 39 105 27 .257 0 9 Barney Koch 33 96 21 .219 0 1 Eddie Miksis 26 91 20 .220 0 11 Bill Hart Bill Hart (infielder) 29 90 16 .178 0 4 Gil English 27 79 12 .152 1 7 Morrie Aderholt 17 59 16 .271 0 10 Red Durrett 11 32 5 .156 1 1 Pat Ankenman 13 24 6 .250 0 3 Lou Rochelli 5 17 3 .176 0 2 Gene Mauch 5 15 2 .133 0 2 Lloyd Waner 15 14 4 .286 0 1 Ray Hayworth 7 10 0 .000 0 0 Stan Andrews 4 8 1 .125 0 1 Fats Dantonio 3 7 1 .143 0 0 Johnny Cooney 7 4 3 .750 0 1 Clancy Smyres 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Roy Jarvis 1 1 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 Hal Gregg 39 197.2 9 16 5.46 92 Curt Davis 31 194.0 10 11 3.34 49 Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 11 79.1 5 3 3.40 37 Ed Head 9 63.1 4 3 2.70 17 Whit Wyatt 9 37.2 2 6 7.17 4 Frank Wurm 1 0.1 0 0 108.00 1 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 Melton 37 187.1 9 13 3.46 91 Les Webber 48 140.1 7 8 4.94 42 Cal McLish 23 84.0 3 10 7.82 24 Tommy Warren 22 68.2 1 4 4.98 18 Art Herring 12 55.1 3 4 3.42 19 Clyde King 14 43.2 2 1 3.09 14 Fritz Ostermueller 10 41.2 2 1 3.24 17 Bob Chipman 11 36.1 3 1 4.21 20 Tom Sunkel 12 24.0 1 3 7.50 6 John Wells John Wells (baseball) 4 15.0 0 2 5.40 7 Albert Zachary 4 10.1 0 2 9.58 3 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 Ralph Branca 21 0 2 1 7.05 16 Wes Flowers 9 1 1 0 7.79 3 Charlie Fuchs 8 1 0 0 5.74 5 Bill Lohrman 3 0 0 0 0.00 1 Claude Crocker 2 0 0 0 10.80 1 Charlie Osgood 1 0 0 0 3.00 0 Jack Franklin 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Awards and honors 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Augie Galan starter Dixie Walker starter Mickey Owen reserve TSN Major League All-Star Team Dixie Walker Farm system AA Montreal Royals International League Bruno Betzel AA St. Paul Saints American Association Ray Blades A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Fresco Thompson B Newport News Dodgers Piedmont League Jake Pitler B Trenton Packers Interstate League Joe Bird/Walter Alston D Olean Oilers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League John Fitzpatrick D Zanesville Dodgers Ohio–Indiana League Jack Knight Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform Brooklyn Dodgers reference site https://web.archive.org/web/20091025002014/http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html October 25, 2009 Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ 2007-09-13 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Dodgers season Brooklyn Category:1940s in Brooklyn Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn