1944 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
ManagersMel Ott
RadioWINS
(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
Seasons

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]

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


Sources:
Team BSN BRO CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
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
1BPhil Weintraub104361114.3161377
2BGeorge Hausmann131466124.266130
SSBuddy Kerr150548146.266963
3BHal Luby11132382.254235
OFMel Ott120399115.2882682
OFJoe Medwick128490165.337785
OFJohnny Rucker144587143.244639

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
Nap Reyes116374108.289853
Billy Jurges8524652.211123
Gus Mancuso7819549.251125
Red Treadway5017051.30005
Danny Gardella4711228.250614
Bruce Sloan5910428.26919
Charlie Mead397814.17918
Steve Filipowicz15418.19507
Ray Berres16178.47112
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
Bill Voiselle43312.221163.02161
Harry Feldman40205.111134.1670
Ewald Pyle31164.07104.3479
Johnny Allen1884.0474.0733
Cliff Melton1364.1224.0615

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
Rube Fischer38128.26145.1839
Frank Seward2578.1325.4016
Jack Brewer1455.0145.5621
Andy Hansen2352.2336.4915
Ken Brondell719.1018.381

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
Lou Polli190234.546
Bob Barthelson71104.664
Whitey Miller40100.002
Johnny Gee40000.003
Frank Rosso20009.001
Walter Ockey20003.381

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]

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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