1944 New York Yankees season

The 1944 New York Yankees season was the team's 42nd season in New York, and its 44th season overall. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 83–71, finishing 6 games behind the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

1944 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923) New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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Offseason

• Prior to 1944 season: Jim Greengrass was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[1]

Spring training

The Yankees trained in 1944 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The team made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters and practiced indoors at the Atlantic City Armory.[2][3]

They played their first exhibition game in Atlantic City on April 1, 1944, and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–1, behind a home run by Johnny Lindell. The following day, 4,000 fans saw the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4–3.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	89	65	0.578	—	54–23	35–42
Detroit Tigers	88	66	0.571	1	43–34	45–32
New York Yankees	83	71	0.539	6	47–31	36–40
Boston Red Sox	77	77	0.500	12	47–30	30–47
Cleveland Indians	72	82	0.468	17	39–38	33–44
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	0.468	17	39–37	33–45
Chicago White Sox	71	83	0.461	18	41–36	30–47
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	25	40–37	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOR	CHW	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	10–12–2	11–11	11–11	10–12	10–12
Chicago	5–17	—	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	8–14	16–6
Cleveland	14–8	8–14	—	10–12	8–14	12–10–1	10–12	10–12
Detroit	12–10–2	13–9	12–10	—	14–8	11–11	9–13	17–5
New York	11–11	12–10	14–8	8–14	—	13–9	10–12	15–7
Philadelphia	11–11	13–9	10–12–1	11–11	9–13	—	9–13	9–13
St. Louis	12–10	14–8	12–10	13–9	12–10	13–9	—	13–9
Washington	12–10	6–16	12–10	5–17	7–15	13–9	9–13	—

Roster

1944 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 21 Bill Bevens 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 21,28 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 14 Monk Dubiel 18 Johnny Johnson 24 Al Lyons 16 Joe Page 16 Mel Queen 26 Steve Roser 30 Jim Turner 17 Bill Zuber		Catchers 11 Rip Collins 22 Bill Drescher 10 Mike Garbark 27 Rollie Hemsley Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  7 Oscar Grimes 12 Mike Milosevich  6 Don Savage  2 Snuffy Stirnweiss		Outfielders 21 Johnny Cooney 22 Russ Derry  9 Ed Levy  8 Johnny Lindell 9,19 Hersh Martin  3 Bud Metheny 19,25 Larry Rosenthal 1,9 Tuck Stainback Other batters 24 Paul Waner		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher 32 Johnny Neun 33 Johnny Schulte

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Mike Garbark	89	299	23	78	.261	1	33	0
1B	Nick Etten	154	573	88	168	.293	22	91	4
2B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	154	643	125	205	.319	8	43	55
3B	Oscar Grimes	116	387	44	108	.279	5	46	6
SS	Mike Milosevich	94	312	27	77	.247	0	32	1
OF	Johnny Lindell	149	594	91	178	.300	18	103	5
OF	Bud Metheny	137	518	72	124	.239	14	67	5
OF	Hersh Martin	85	328	49	99	.302	9	47	5

[5]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Rollie Hemsley	81	284	23	76	.268	2	26	0
Don Savage	71	239	31	63	.264	4	24	1
Frankie Crosetti	55	197	20	47	.239	5	30	3
Ed Levy	40	153	12	37	.242	4	29	1
Russ Derry	38	114	14	29	.254	4	14	1
Larry Rosenthal	36	101	9	20	.198	0	9	1
Tuck Stainback	30	78	13	17	.218	0	5	1
Johnny Cooney	10	8	1	1	.125	0	1	0
Paul Waner	9	7	1	1	.143	0	1	1
Bill Drescher	4	7	0	1	.143	0	0	0
Rip Collins	3	3	0	1	.333	0	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
Hank Borowy	35	252.2	17	12	2.64	107
Monk Dubiel	30	232	13	13	3.38	79
Tiny Bonham	26	213.2	12	9	2.99	54
Joe Page	19	102.2	5	7	4.56	63
Mel Queen	10	81.2	6	3	3.31	30
Spud Chandler	1	6	0	0	4.50	1

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
Atley Donald	30	159	13	10	3.34	48
Bill Zuber	22	107	5	7	4.21	59
Steve Roser	16	84	4	3	3.86	34
Bill Bevens	8	43.2	4	1	2.68	16

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
Jim Turner	35	4	4	7	3.46	13
Johnny Johnson	22	0	2	3	4.05	11
Al Lyons	11	0	0	0	4.54	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Jack Saltzgaver
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Billy Meyer
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Gene Martin
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Garland Braxton
D	Wellsville Yankees	PONY League	Solly Mishkin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[6]

References

1. Jim Greengrass page at Baseball Reference
2. Gietschier, Steve (March 21, 1994). "It happens every spring". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
3. "Atlantic City Armory New Camps for Yanks", The Evening Independent, November 18, 1943, retrieved September 17, 2011
4. Wilk, Tom (April 20, 2006). "Waltz Through Time: The Old Ballgame". Atlantic City Weekly. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1944.shtml
6. 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 Yankees
• 1944 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com