1944 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1944 American League Yankee Stadium New York City 83 71 y 3rd Estate of Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy WINS (AM)(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater) The 1944 New York Yankees season was the team's 42nd season in New York. 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 Prior to the 1944 season: Jim Greengrass was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference Spring training 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.Steve Gietschier It happens every spring The Sporting News March 21, 1994 12 217 Atlantic City Armory New Camps for Yanks The Evening Independent November 18, 1943 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19431118&id=6_1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ClUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4893,1832189 September 17, 2011 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.Tom Wilk Waltz Through Time: The Old Ballgame http://www.atlanticcitynj.net/view.php?id=4199&issue_id=124 Atlantic City Weekly April 20, 2006 June 10, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723020848/http://www.atlanticcitynj.net/view.php?id=4199&issue_id=124 July 23, 2011 dead mdy-all Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1944 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 21 Bill Bevens 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 21,28 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 14 Monk Dubiel 18 Johnny Johnson 24 Al Lyons 16 Joe Page 16 Mel Queen 26 Steve Roser 30 Jim Turner 17 Bill Zuber Catchers 11 Rip Collins 22 Bill Drescher 10 Mike Garbark 27 Rollie Hemsley Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  7 Oscar Grimes 12 Mike Milosevich  6 Don Savage  2 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders 21 Johnny Cooney 22 Russ Derry  9 Ed Levy  8 Johnny Lindell 9,19 Hersh Martin  3 Bud Metheny 19,25 Larry Rosenthal 1,9 Tuck Stainback Other batters 24 Paul Waner Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher 32 Johnny Neun 33 Johnny Schulte Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Mike Garbark 89 299 23 78 .261 1 33 0 1B Nick Etten 154 573 88 168 .293 22 91 4 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 154 643 125 205 .319 8 43 55 3B Oscar Grimes 116 387 44 108 .279 5 46 6 SS Mike Milosevich 94 312 27 77 .247 0 32 1 OF Johnny Lindell 149 594 91 178 .300 18 103 5 OF Bud Metheny 137 518 72 124 .239 14 67 5 OF Hersh Martin 85 328 49 99 .302 9 47 5https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1944.shtml 1944 New York Yankees Statistics Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Rollie Hemsley 81 284 23 76 .268 2 26 0 Don Savage 71 239 31 63 .264 4 24 1 Frankie Crosetti 55 197 20 47 .239 5 30 3 Ed Levy 40 153 12 37 .242 4 29 1 Russ Derry 38 114 14 29 .254 4 14 1 Larry Rosenthal 36 101 9 20 .198 0 9 1 Tuck Stainback 30 78 13 17 .218 0 5 1 Johnny Cooney 10 8 1 1 .125 0 1 0 Paul Waner 9 7 1 1 .143 0 1 1 Bill Drescher 4 7 0 1 .143 0 0 0 Rip Collins Rip Collins (catcher) 3 3 0 1 .333 0 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 Hank Borowy 35 252.2 17 12 2.64 107 Monk Dubiel 30 232.0 13 13 3.38 79 Tiny Bonham 26 213.2 12 9 2.99 54 Joe Page 19 102.2 5 7 4.56 63 Mel Queen Mel Queen (pitcher) 10 81.2 6 3 3.31 30 Spud Chandler 1 6.0 0 0 4.50 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 Atley Donald 30 159.0 13 10 3.34 48 Bill Zuber 22 107.0 5 7 4.21 59 Steve Roser 16 84.0 4 3 3.86 34 Bill Bevens 8 43.2 4 1 2.68 16 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 Jim Turner Jim Turner (baseball) 35 4 4 7 3.46 13 Johnny Johnson Johnny Johnson (baseball) 22 0 2 3 4.05 11 Al Lyons 11 0 0 0 4.54 14 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Kansas City Blues American Association Jack Saltzgaver AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Gene Martin B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Garland Braxton D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Solly MishkinLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BinghamtonJohnson, 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 Yankees at Baseball Reference 1944 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx