1944 Cleveland Indians season

1944 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau
Local radio	WCLE · WHK
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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	—

Roster

1944 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 22 Jim Bagby 30 Bill Bonness 33 Paul Calvert 30 Red Embree 25 Steve Gromek 18 Mel Harder 34 Earl Henry 11 Joe Heving 12 Vern Kennedy 15 Hal Kleine 39 Ed Klieman 31 Mike Naymick 35 Ray Poat 21 Allie Reynolds 32 Al Smith		Catchers  4 Jim Devlin 38 Russ Lyon 29 Jim McDonnell  2 Buddy Rosar 16 Hank Ruszkowski  4 Norm Schlueter 28 George Susce Infielders 37 Steve Biras  5 Lou Boudreau 36 Jimmy Grant  8 Ken Keltner 38 Ray Mack  3 Rusty Peters  9 Mickey Rocco		Outfielders  1 Roy Cullenbine 24 Jeff Heath 17 Myril Hoag 34 Oris Hockett  6 Paul O'Dea 23 Pat Seerey		Manager  5 Lou Boudreau Coaches 27 Del Baker 26 Burt Shotton 28 George Susce

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
SS	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau	150	584	191	.327	3	67

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
Susce, GeorgeGeorge Susce	29	61	14	.230	0	4

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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby	13	79	4	5	4.33	12

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Baltimore Orioles	International League	Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Eastern League	Jack Sanford
D	Batavia Clippers	PONY League	Jack Tighe

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Baltimore^[1]

References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1944 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1944 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac