1944 Detroit Tigers season

1944 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s) Jack Zeller
Manager(s) Steve O'Neill
Local radio WXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
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The 1944 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, just one game behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

Offseason

Regular season

On April 19, first baseman Rudy York recorded his 1,000th career hit.

On September 18, the Tigers found themselves in first place for the first time all season. The Yankees lost two games to the Athletics, while the Browns split two games with the White Sox. With the Tigers sweeping Cleveland, the Tigers jumped over the Yankees and Browns for first place.[3] The Browns were a half game back, while the Yankees were two games back.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Browns8965.578--
Detroit Tigers8866.5711
New York Yankees8371.5396
Boston Red Sox7777.50012
Cleveland Indians7282.46817
Philadelphia Athletics7282.46817
Chicago White Sox7183.46118
Washington Senators6490.41625

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOR CHW CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —17–58–1410–12–211–1111–1110–1210–12
Chicago 5–17—14–89–1310–129–138–1416–6
Cleveland 14–88–14—10–128–1412–10–110–1210–12
Detroit 12–10–213–912–10—14–811–119–1317–5
New York 11–1112–1014–88–14—13–910–1215–7
Philadelphia 11–1113–910–12–111–119–13—9–139–13
St. Louis 12–1014–812–1013–912–1013–9—13–9
Washington 12–106–1612–105–177–1513–99–13—

Roster

1944 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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

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
Bob Swift8024763.255119
Don Heffner6194.21101

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

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

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
Boom-Boom Beck281213.8925
Jake Mooty150004.457
Zeb Eaton60005.744

Awards and honors

1944 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bucky Harris
B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Herb Brett
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Ollie Carnegie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

Notes

  1. ↑ Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Joe Ginsberg at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 94, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1944 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference


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