1944 Boston Red Sox season explained

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.^[1]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

26	Skeeter Newsome	SS
2		1B
19		RF
8	Bob Johnson	LF
1		2B
5		3B
11		CF
6		C
18		P

Roster

1944 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (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		89	280	68	.243	2	41
1B		68	251	72	.287	0	32
2B		125	468	152	.325	15	81
SS		136	472	114	.242	0	41
3B		116	438	125	.285	13	72
OF		134	549	152	.277	9	59
OF		144	525	170	.324	17	106
OF		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
	75	282	67	.238	2	21
	80	277	76	.274	4	31
	66	223	74	.332	1	38
	71	216	53	.245	0	24
	76	191	46	.241	5	28
	57	126	26	.206	0	8
	13	49	12	.245	0	2
	19	47	10	.213	0	4
	16	24	2	.083	0	0
	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
	28	203.1	18	5	2.26	112
	26	168.1	12	8	4.81	53
	28	151.2	6	11	4.63	68
	11	61.0	4	5	5.16	33
	7	48.2	2	4	4.07	9
	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
	38	170.2	4	8	3.27	56
	42	138.0	12	7	3.33	50
	32	137.0	4	7	3.42	43
	27	132.2	6	10	4.21	30
	9	30.0	1	1	3.60	9
	7	27.1	0	3	6.26	7
	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
	6	0	0	0	4.19	7
	3	0	0	0	5.06	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville^[2]

External links

• 1944 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1944 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007