The 1944 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

Spring training The Athletics considered using the Bader Field ballpark in Atlantic City for their 1944 spring training site. On November 17, 1943, Connie Mack examined Bader Field and the National Guard Armory as one possibility. But he knew the New York Yankees were already considering it. The A's went to McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland when the Yankees chose Atlantic City.

Notable transactions October 11, 1943: Don Heffner and Bob Swift were traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference February 17, 1944: Sam Zoldak and Barney Lutz (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Frankie Hayes.Sam Zoldak page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 15, 1944: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Al Simmons page at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1944 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 155 581 144 .248 13 78 1B Dick Siebert 132 468 143 .306 6 52 2B Irv Hall 143 559 150 .268 0 45 SS Ed Busch 140 484 131 .271 0 40 3B George Kell 139 514 138 .268 0 44 OF Jo-Jo White 85 267 59 .221 1 21 OF Ford Garrison 121 449 121 .269 4 37 OF 140 506 151 .298 7 60

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 Bill McGhee 77 287 83 .289 1 19 Hal Epps 67 229 60 .262 0 13 Joe Rullo 35 96 16 .167 0 5 Bill Burgo 27 88 21 .239 1 3 28 75 18 .240 1 8 Woody Wheaton 30 59 11 .186 0 5 Larry Rosenthal 32 54 11 .204 1 6 Charlie Metro 24 40 4 .100 0 1 19 35 4 .114 0 2 Bobby Wilkins 24 25 6 .240 0 3 Bob Garbark 18 23 6 .261 0 2 Hal Peck 2 8 2 .250 0 1 4 6 3 .500 0 2 Jim Pruett 3 4 1 .250 0 0 5 4 1 .250 0 0 Hal Wagner 5 4 1 .250 0 0 Tony Parisse 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 Bobo Newsom 37 265.0 13 15 2.82 142 35 215.1 14 14 2.97 84 Luke Hamlin 29 190.0 6 12 3.74 58 27 185.2 9 11 3.39 65 29 177.1 10 12 4.06 78 Lum Harris 23 174.1 10 9 3.30 33

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 53 10 8 12 1.94 44 Carl Scheib 15 0 0 0 4.21 13 Woody Wheaton 11 0 1 0 3.55 15 John McGillen 2 0 0 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster

References

External links 1944 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1944 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com