1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

1944 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)	Mel Ott
Local radio	WINS (Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with an 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	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	--	.682
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	14.5	.588
Cincinnati Reds	89	65	16	.578
Chicago Cubs	75	79	30	.487
New York Giants	67	87	38	.435
Boston Braves	65	89	40	.422
Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	42	.409
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	43.5	.399

Record vs. opponents

1944 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	8–14	9–13	11–11–1	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	16–6	4–18	4–18
Chicago	11–11	14–8–1	—	9–13–1	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	6–16
Cincinnati	14–8	14–8	13–9–1	—	15–7	13–19	12–10	8–14
New York	13–9	12–10	12–10	7–15	—	10–12	7–15–1	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11–1	6–16	9–13	9–13	12–10	—	9–12	5–17
Pittsburgh	13–9	18–4	10–12–1	10–12	15–7–1	12–9	—	12–10–3
St. Louis	14–8	18–4	16–6	14–8	16–6	17–5	10–12–3	—

Roster

1944 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 22 Johnny Allen 21 Bob Barthelson 32 Jack Brewer 23 Ken Brondell 14 Harry Feldman 15 Rube Fischer 20 Johnny Gee 24 Andy Hansen 16 Cliff Melton 21 Whitey Miller 20 Walter Ockey 26 Lou Polli 18 Ewald Pyle -- Frank Rosso 19 Frank Seward 17 Bill Voiselle		Catchers 29 Ray Berres  8 Ernie Lombardi  9 Gus Mancuso Infielders 12 George Hausmann  7 Billy Jurges 10 Buddy Kerr  2 Hal Luby 32 Roy Nichols  6 Nap Reyes  5 Phil Weintraub		Outfielders 34 Steve Filipowicz 33 Danny Gardella 24 Charlie Mead  4 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker 25 Bruce Sloan 26 Red Treadway		Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque

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
C	Lombardi, ErnieErnie Lombardi	117	373	95	.255	10	58
OF	Ott, MelMel Ott	120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF	Medwick, JoeJoe Medwick	128	490	165	.337	7	85

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
Nichols, RoyRoy Nichols	11	9	2	.222	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
Allen, JohnnyJohnny Allen	18	84	4	7	4.07	33

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
Adams, AceAce Adams	65	8	11	13	4.25	32
Barthelson, BobBob Barthelson	7	1	1	0	4.66	4
Rosso, FrankFrank Rosso	2	0	0	0	9.00	1

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

External links

• 1944 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac