1944 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1944 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 88 66 y 2nd Walter Briggs, Sr. Jack Zeller Steve O'Neill WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) In 1944, the Detroit Tigers finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, just one game behind the first place St. Louis Browns. Offseason October 11, 1943: Rip Radcliff was traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for Don Heffner and Bob Swift.Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference Prior to 1944 season: Joe Ginsberg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Joe Ginsberg at Baseball Reference Regular season On April 19, first baseman Rudy York recorded his 1,000th career hit. On September 17, the Tigers found themselves in first place for the first time all season. The Yankees lost two games to the Athletics, while the Browns split two games with the White Sox. With the Tigers sweeping Cleveland, the Tigers jumped over the Yankees and Browns for first place.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 94, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, 0-7385-3199-5 The Browns were a half game back, while the Yankees were two games back.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/1944/09/17/ 1944 Major League Scores, Standings, Box Scores for Sunday, September 17, 1944 Baseball-Reference.com At the end of twelve games from that day, the Tigers were in or tied for first place, which included being tied on the penultimate day on September 30 with St. Louis. On October 1, Detroit lost to Washington 4-1 while St. Louis defeated New York 5–2 to clinch the pennant.1944 Major League Scores, Standings, Box Scores for Saturday, September 30, 1944 Baseball-Reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/index.fcgi?date=1944-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20251015073957/https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/index.fcgi?date=1944-09-30 2026-08-01 2025-10-15 Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1944 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 23 Boom-Boom Beck 17,25 Zeb Eaton 12 Rufe Gentry 17 Bob Gillespie 15 Johnny Gorsica 21 Roy Henshaw  2 Elon Hogsett  5 Jake Mooty 16 Hal Newhouser 14 Joe Orrell 19 Stubby Overmire 11 Dizzy Trout Catchers 22 Hack Miller  9 Paul Richards  1 Bob Swift Infielders 7,35 Red Borom 25 Bubba Floyd  5 Don Heffner  6 Pinky Higgins 7,24 Joe Hoover  3 Eddie Mayo 24 Joe Orengo 18 Jackie Sullivan 30 Al Unser  4 Rudy York Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 26 Chuck Hostetler 21 Charlie Metro 27 Jimmy Outlaw 20 Don Ross  2 Dick Wakefield Other batters 25 John McHale Manager 32 Steve O'Neill Coaches 28 Art Mills 31 Al Vincent 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 Paul Richards Paul Richards (baseball) 95 300 71 .237 3 37 1B Rudy York 151 583 161 .276 18 98 2B Eddie Mayo 154 607 151 .249 5 63 SS Joe Hoover 120 441 104 .236 0 29 3B Pinky Higgins 148 543 161 .297 7 76 OF Doc Cramer 143 578 169 .292 2 42 OF Jimmy Outlaw 139 535 146 .273 3 57 OF Dick Wakefield 78 276 98 .355 12 53 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 Chuck Hostetler 90 265 79 .298 0 20 Bob Swift 80 247 63 .255 1 19 Don Ross Don Ross (baseball) 66 167 35 .210 2 15 Joe Orengo 46 154 31 .201 0 10 Charlie Metro 38 78 15 .192 0 5 Al Unser Al Unser (baseball) 11 25 3 .120 1 5 Don Heffner 6 19 4 .211 0 1 Red Borom 7 14 1 .071 0 1 Bubba Floyd 3 9 4 .444 0 0 Hack Miller 6 5 1 .200 1 3 John McHale John McHale (baseball) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Jackie Sullivan 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 Dizzy Trout 49 352.1 27 14 2.12 144 Hal Newhouser 47 312.1 29 9 2.22 187 Rufe Gentry 37 203.2 12 14 4.24 68 Stubby Overmire 32 199.2 11 11 3.07 57 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 Johnny Gorsica 34 162.0 6 14 4.11 47 Joe Orrell 10 22.1 2 1 2.42 10 Roy Henshaw 7 12.1 0 0 8.76 10 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 Boom-Boom Beck 28 1 2 1 3.89 25 Jake Mooty 15 0 0 0 4.45 7 Bob Gillespie 7 0 1 0 6.55 4 Zeb Eaton 6 0 0 0 5.74 4 Elon Hogsett 3 0 0 0 0.00 5 Awards and honors 1944 MLB All-Star Game Pinky Higgins Hal Newhouser Dizzy Trout Rudy York Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bucky Harris B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Herb Brett D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Ollie CarnegieLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1944 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1944 in Detroit