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
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
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Third base)
(Pitching) (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 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 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LouisvilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1944 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1944 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com