1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

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. [1]

1944 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)Mel Ott
Local radioWINS
(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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Offseason

  • Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549 0.682 54–22 51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 14½ 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 8965 0.578 16 45–33 44–32
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 30 35–42 40–37
New York Giants 6787 0.435 38 39–36 28–51
Boston Braves 6589 0.422 40 38–40 27–49
Brooklyn Dodgers 6391 0.409 42 37–39 26–52
Philadelphia Phillies 6192 0.399 43½ 29–49 32–43

Record vs. opponents

1944 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOB BKN CHC CIN NYG PHP PIT SLC
Boston 9–1311–118–149–1311–11–19–138–14
Brooklyn 13–98–14–18–1410–1216–64–184–18
Chicago 11–1114–8–19–13–110–1213–912–10–16–16
Cincinnati 14–814–813–9–115–713–1912–108–14
New York 13–912–1012–107–1510–127–15–16–16
Philadelphia 11–11–16–169–139–1312–109–125–17
Pittsburgh 13–918–410–12–110–1215–7–112–912–10–3
St. Louis 14–818–416–614–816–617–510–12–3

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1944 New York Giants
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
CErnie Lombardi11737395.2551058
OFMel Ott120399115.2882682
OFJoe Medwick128490165.337785

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
Roy Nichols1192.22200

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
Johnny Allen1884474.0733

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
Ace Adams65811134.2532
Bob Barthelson71104.664
Frank Rosso20009.001

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Jersey City Giants International League Gabby Hartnett
B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Ben Chapman and Taylor Sanford
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Hal Gruber
D Springfield Giants Ohio State League Earl Wolgamot
D Erie Sailors PONY League Bill Harris

[3]

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References

  1. "1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
  2. Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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