1944 Chicago White Sox season

The 1944 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 44th season in the major leagues, and their 45th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–83, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

1944 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersGrace Comiskey
General managersHarry Grabiner
ManagersJimmy Dykes
RadioWIND (AM)
(Walt Lochman)
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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 89 65 .578 54‍–‍23 35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 88 66 .571 1 43‍–‍34 45‍–‍32
New York Yankees 83 71 .539 6 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 77 77 .500 12 47‍–‍30 30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 72 82 .468 17 39‍–‍38 33‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 72 82 .468 17 39‍–‍37 33‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 71 83 .461 18 41‍–‍36 30‍–‍47
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 25 40‍–‍37 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS 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


1944 Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1944 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Eddie Carnett, LF,1B,CF,RF 126 457 51 126 18 8 1 60 26 35 .276 5
Vince Castino, C 29 78 8 18 5 0 0 3 10 13 .231 0
Grey Clarke, 3B 63 169 14 44 10 1 0 27 22 6 .260 0
Tony Cuccinello, 3B,2B 38 130 5 34 3 0 0 17 8 16 .262 0
Guy Curtright, LF,RF 72 198 22 50 8 2 2 23 23 21 .253 4
Johnny Dickshot, LF 62 162 18 41 8 5 0 15 13 10 .253 2
Myril Hoag, CF 17 48 5 11 1 0 0 4 10 1 .229 1
Ralph Hodgin, 3B,LF 121 465 56 137 25 7 1 51 21 14 .295 3
Tom Jordan, C 14 45 2 12 1 1 0 3 1 0 .267 0
William Metzig, 2B 5 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 .125 0
Cass Michaels, SS 27 68 4 12 4 1 0 5 2 5 .176 0
Wally Moses, RF 136 535 82 150 26 9 3 34 52 22 .280 21
Roy Schalk, 2B 146 587 47 129 14 4 1 44 45 52 .220 5
Mike Tresh, C 93 312 22 81 8 1 0 25 37 15 .260 0
Hal Trosky, 1B 135 497 55 120 32 2 10 70 62 30 .241 3
Thurman Tucker, CF 124 446 59 128 15 6 2 46 57 40 .287 13
Tom Turner, C 36 113 9 26 6 0 2 13 5 16 .230 0
Skeeter Webb, SS 139 513 44 108 19 6 0 30 20 39 .211 7
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bill Dietrich, P 36 77 8 9 0 0 1 4 5 33 .117 0
Orval Grove, P 34 77 4 8 1 1 0 4 5 25 .104 0
Don Hanski, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joe Haynes, P 33 50 6 10 3 0 0 2 3 5 .200 2
Johnny Humphries, P 30 53 5 10 2 0 0 2 3 16 .189 0
Thornton Lee, P 15 42 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 8 .095 0
Eddie Lopat, P 30 81 8 25 1 1 0 6 5 5 .309 0
Gordon Maltzberger, P 46 22 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 10 .136 0
Buck Ross, P 20 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 0
Jake Wade, P 19 24 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 .292 0
Team Totals
154 5292 543 1307 210 55 23 494 439 448 .247 66

Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Eddie Carnett 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 1
Bill Dietrich 16 17 3.62 36 36 0 246.0 269 132 99 15 68 70
Orval Grove 14 15 3.72 34 33 0 234.2 237 112 97 11 71 105
Don Hanski 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 0 2 0
Joe Haynes 5 6 2.57 33 12 2 154.1 148 55 44 5 43 44
Johnny Humphries 8 10 3.67 30 20 1 169.0 170 75 69 9 57 42
Thornton Lee 3 9 3.02 15 14 0 113.1 105 51 38 3 25 39
Eddie Lopat 11 10 3.26 27 25 0 210.0 217 96 76 12 59 75
Gordon Maltzberger 10 5 2.96 46 0 12 91.1 81 31 30 2 19 49
Buck Ross 2 7 5.18 20 9 0 90.1 97 56 52 7 35 20
Floyd Speer 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 1
Jake Wade 2 4 4.82 19 5 2 74.2 75 46 40 3 41 35
Team Totals
71 83 3.58 154 154 17 1390.2 1411 662 553 68 420 481
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