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.

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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1944 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 89 299 23 78 .261 1 33 0 1B 154 573 88 168 .293 22 91 4 2B 154 643 125 205 .319 8 43 55 3B 116 387 44 108 .279 5 46 6 SS 94 312 27 77 .247 0 32 1 OF 149 594 91 178 .300 18 103 5 OF 137 518 72 124 .239 14 67 5 OF 85 328 49 99 .302 9 47 5

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 81 284 23 76 .268 2 26 0 71 239 31 63 .264 4 24 1 55 197 20 47 .239 5 30 3 40 153 12 37 .242 4 29 1 38 114 14 29 .254 4 14 1 36 101 9 20 .198 0 9 1 30 78 13 17 .218 0 5 1 10 8 1 1 .125 0 1 0 9 7 1 1 .143 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 .143 0 0 0 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 35 252.2 17 12 2.64 107 30 232.0 13 13 3.38 79 26 213.2 12 9 2.99 54 19 102.2 5 7 4.56 63 10 81.2 6 3 3.31 30 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 30 159.0 13 10 3.34 48 22 107.0 5 7 4.21 59 16 84.0 4 3 3.86 34 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 35 4 4 7 3.46 13 22 0 2 3 4.05 11 11 0 0 0 4.54 14

Farm system

LEAGUE 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

External links 1944 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1944 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com