The 1944 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 72–82–1.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1944 Cleveland Indians 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 RBICBuddy Rosar9933187.2630301BMickey Rocco155653174.26613702BRay Mack8328466.232029 SS 150 584 191 .327 3 673BKen Keltner149573169.2951391OFOris Hockett124457132.289150OFPat Seerey10134280.2341539OF Roy Cullenbine154571162.2841680

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 RBIRusty Peters8828263.223124Myril Hoag6727779.285127Paul O'Dea7617355.318013Jeff Heath6015150.331533Norm Schlueter4912215.123011Jimmy Grant619927.273112 29 61 14 .230 0 4Jim McDonnell204310.23304Russ Lyon7112.18200Hank Ruszkowski383.37501Steve Biras2221.00002Jim Devlin110.00000

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 SOSteve Gromek35203.21092.56115Mel Harder30196.112103.7164Al Smith28181.27133.4244Allie Reynolds28158.01183.3084 13 79.0 4 5 4.33 12Vern Kennedy1259.0255.0317

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 SOEarl Henry217.2114.585Mike Naymick713.0009.694Bill Bonness27.0017.711Paul O'Dea34.1002.080Red Embree33.10113.504

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOJoe Heving6383101.9646Ed Klieman47111353.3844Ray Poat364815.1340Paul Calvert351304.5631Hal Kleine111205.7513

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder

Oris Hockett, Outfielder

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BaltimoreJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1944 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1944 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac