1944 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1944 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 77–77 (.500) 4th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WAAB (Jim Britt)WNAC(Tom Hussey) bos BOS The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns. Offseason October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup 26 Skeeter Newsome     SS 2 Catfish Metkovich 1B19 Ford Garrison RF 8 Bob Johnson     LF  1 Bobby Doerr 2B  5 Jim Tabor 3B11 Leon Culberson CF 6 Roy Partee C18 Yank Terry P Roster 1944 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 17 Frank Barrett 28 Joe Bowman 14 Rex Cecil 29 Clem Dreisewerd 21 Clem Hausmann 27 Tex Hughson 16 Vic Johnson 29 Oscar Judd 24 Lou Lucier 15 Emmett O'Neill  6 Stan Partenheimer 20 Mike Ryba 18 Yank Terry 17 Joe Wood 10 Pinky Woods Catchers 23 Bill Conroy  6 Roy Partee 23 Johnny Peacock 19 Hal Wagner Infielders 24 Jim Bucher  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr  8 Lou Finney  7 Eddie Lake 26 Skeeter Newsome  5 Jim Tabor Outfielders 11 Leon Culberson 12 Pete Fox 19 Ford Garrison  8 Bob Johnson 14 Johnny Lazor 25 Tom McBride  2 Catfish Metkovich Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Bill Burwell (Third base) 32 Tom Daly 31 Frank Shellenback (Pitching) 22 Larry Woodall (First base) 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 Roy Partee 89 280 68 .243 2 41 1B Lou Finney 68 251 72 .287 0 32 2B Bobby Doerr 125 468 152 .325 15 81 SS Skeeter Newsome 136 472 114 .242 0 41 3B Jim Tabor 116 438 125 .285 13 72 OF George Metkovich 134 549 152 .277 9 59 OF Bob Johnson 144 525 170 .324 17 106 OF Pete Fox 121 496 156 .315 1 64 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 Leon Culberson 75 282 67 .238 2 21 Jim Bucher 80 277 76 .274 4 31 Hal Wagner 66 223 74 .332 1 38 Tom McBride 71 216 53 .245 0 24 Joe Cronin 76 191 46 .241 5 28 Eddie Lake 57 126 26 .206 0 8 Ford Garrison 13 49 12 .245 0 2 Bill Conroy 19 47 10 .213 0 4 Johnny Lazor 16 24 2 .083 0 0 Johnny Peacock 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 Tex Hughson 28 203.1 18 5 2.26 112 Joe Bowman 26 168.1 12 8 4.81 53 Emmett O'Neill 28 151.2 6 11 4.63 68 Rex Cecil 11 61.0 4 5 5.16 33 Clem Dreisewerd 7 48.2 2 4 4.07 9 Stan Partenheimer 1 1.0 0 0 18.00 0 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 Pinky Woods 38 170.2 4 8 3.27 56 Mike Ryba 42 138.0 12 7 3.33 50 Clem Hausmann 32 137.0 4 7 3.42 43 Yank Terry 27 132.2 6 10 4.21 30 Oscar Judd 9 30.0 1 1 3.60 9 Vic Johnson 7 27.1 0 3 6.26 7 Joe Wood 3 9.2 0 1 6.52 5 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 Frank Barrett Frank Barrett (baseball) 38 8 7 8 3.69 80 Eddie Lake 6 0 0 0 4.19 7 Lou Lucier 3 0 0 0 5.06 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Louisville Colonels American Association Nemo Leibold A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Heinie Manush B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Eddie Popowski D Middletown Red Sox Ohio State League Red BarnesLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LouisvilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1944 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1944 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1940s in Boston