The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 67–87 record, 38 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Offseason Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster 1944 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 117 373 95 .255 10 58 1B Phil Weintraub 104 361 114 .316 13 77 2B George Hausmann 131 466 124 .266 1 30 SS Buddy Kerr 150 548 146 .266 9 63 3B Hal Luby 111 323 82 .254 2 35 OF 120 399 115 .288 26 82 OF 128 490 165 .337 7 85 OF Johnny Rucker 144 587 143 .244 6 39
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 Nap Reyes 116 374 108 .289 8 53 Billy Jurges 85 246 52 .211 1 23 Gus Mancuso 78 195 49 .251 1 25 Red Treadway 50 170 51 .300 0 5 Danny Gardella 47 112 28 .250 6 14 Bruce Sloan 59 104 28 .269 1 9 Charlie Mead 39 78 14 .179 1 8 Steve Filipowicz 15 41 8 .195 0 7 Ray Berres 16 17 8 .471 1 2 11 9 2 .222 0 0
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Bill Voiselle 43 312.2 21 16 3.02 161 Harry Feldman 40 205.1 11 13 4.16 70 Ewald Pyle 31 164.0 7 10 4.34 79 18 84.0 4 7 4.07 33 Cliff Melton 13 64.1 2 2 4.06 15
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 Rube Fischer 38 128.2 6 14 5.18 39 Frank Seward 25 78.1 3 2 5.40 16 Jack Brewer 14 55.0 1 4 5.56 21 Andy Hansen 23 52.2 3 3 6.49 15 Ken Brondell 7 19.1 0 1 8.38 1
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 65 8 11 13 4.25 32 Lou Polli 19 0 2 3 4.54 6 7 1 1 0 4.66 4 Whitey Miller 4 0 1 0 0.00 2 Johnny Gee 4 0 0 0 0.00 3 2 0 0 0 9.00 1 Walter Ockey 2 0 0 0 3.38 1
Farm system
Johnson, 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 Giants season at Baseball Reference 1944 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac