1944 Chicago White Sox season

1944 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Grace Comiskey
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local radio	WIND (AM) (Bob Elson)
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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 71–83, good enough for 7th place in the American League, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	--
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

• Skeeter Webb, ss
• Myril Hoag, cf
• Johnny Dickshot, lf
• Hal Trosky, 1b
• Guy Curtright, rf
• Grey Clarke, 3b
• Roy Schalk, 2b
• Tom Turner, c
• Orval Grove, p

Roster

1944 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 34 Don Hanski 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 48 Ed Lopat 37 Gordon Maltzberger 19 Buck Ross 39 Floyd Speer 46 Jake Wade		Catchers 14 Vince Castino 17 Tom Jordan 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Grey Clarke 47 Tony Cuccinello 25 Ralph Hodgin 29 William Metzig 28 Cass Michaels  6 Roy Schalk  7 Hal Trosky  2 Skeeter Webb		Outfielders 24 Eddie Carnett 12 Guy Curtright 36 Johnny Dickshot 28 Myril Hoag  9 Wally Moses  8 Thurman Tucker		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 22 Mule Haas 33 Bing Miller 38 Muddy Ruel

Player stats

Batting

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 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 External links 1944 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference