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
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)	Mel Ott
Local radio	WINS (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	105	49	0.682	—	54–22	51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	14½	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	89	65	0.578	16	45–33	44–32
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	30	35–42	40–37
New York Giants	67	87	0.435	38	39–36	28–51
Boston Braves	65	89	0.422	40	38–40	27–49
Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	0.409	42	37–39	26–52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	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	—	9–13	11–11	8–14	9–13	11–11–1	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	16–6	4–18	4–18
Chicago	11–11	14–8–1	—	9–13–1	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	6–16
Cincinnati	14–8	14–8	13–9–1	—	15–7	13–19	12–10	8–14
New York	13–9	12–10	12–10	7–15	—	10–12	7–15–1	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11–1	6–16	9–13	9–13	12–10	—	9–12	5–17
Pittsburgh	13–9	18–4	10–12–1	10–12	15–7–1	12–9	—	12–10–3
St. Louis	14–8	18–4	16–6	14–8	16–6	17–5	10–12–3	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1944 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 22 Johnny Allen 21 Bob Barthelson 32 Jack Brewer 23 Ken Brondell 14 Harry Feldman 15 Rube Fischer 20 Johnny Gee 24 Andy Hansen 16 Cliff Melton 21 Whitey Miller 20 Walter Ockey 26 Lou Polli 18 Ewald Pyle -- Frank Rosso 19 Frank Seward 17 Bill Voiselle		Catchers 29 Ray Berres  8 Ernie Lombardi  9 Gus Mancuso Infielders 12 George Hausmann  7 Billy Jurges 10 Buddy Kerr  2 Hal Luby 32 Roy Nichols  6 Nap Reyes  5 Phil Weintraub		Outfielders 34 Steve Filipowicz 33 Danny Gardella 24 Charlie Mead  4 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker 25 Bruce Sloan 26 Red Treadway		Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque

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	Ernie Lombardi	117	373	95	.255	10	58
OF	Mel Ott	120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF	Joe Medwick	128	490	165	.337	7	85

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 Nichols	11	9	2	.222	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
Johnny Allen	18	84	4	7	4.07	33

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 Adams	65	8	11	13	4.25	32
Bob Barthelson	7	1	1	0	4.66	4
Frank Rosso	2	0	0	0	9.00	1

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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]

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

External links

• 1944 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac