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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Other pitchers  




2.2.2  Relief pitchers  








3 Awards and honors  




4 Farm system  




5 References  




6 External links  













1944 Cleveland Indians season






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1944 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersRoger Peckinpaugh
ManagersLou Boudreau
RadioWCLE · WHK
(Jack Graney, Lew Henry)
← 1943 Seasons 1945 →

The 1944 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 72–82–1.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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    • American League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    St. Louis Browns 89 65 0.578 — 54–23 35–42
    Detroit Tigers 88 66 0.571 1 43–34 45–32
    New York Yankees 83 71 0.539 6 47–31 36–40
    Boston Red Sox 77 77 0.500 12 47–30 30–47
    Cleveland Indians 72 82 0.468 17 39–38 33–44
    Philadelphia Athletics 72 82 0.468 17 39–37 33–45
    Chicago White Sox 71 83 0.461 18 41–36 30–47
    Washington Senators 64 90 0.416 25 40–37 24–53

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1944 American League record
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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 —


    Roster[edit]

    1944 Cleveland Indians
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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 Buddy Rosar 99 331 87 .263 0 30
    1B Mickey Rocco 155 653 174 .266 13 70
    2B Ray Mack 83 284 66 .232 0 29
    SS Lou Boudreau 150 584 191 .327 3 67
    3B Ken Keltner 149 573 169 .295 13 91
    OF Oris Hockett 124 457 132 .289 1 50
    OF Pat Seerey 101 342 80 .234 15 39
    OF Roy Cullenbine 154 571 162 .284 16 80

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    Rusty Peters 88 282 63 .223 1 24
    Myril Hoag 67 277 79 .285 1 27
    Paul O'Dea 76 173 55 .318 0 13
    Jeff Heath 60 151 50 .331 5 33
    Norm Schlueter 49 122 15 .123 0 11
    Jimmy Grant 61 99 27 .273 1 12
    George Susce 29 61 14 .230 0 4
    Jim McDonnell 20 43 10 .233 0 4
    Russ Lyon 7 11 2 .182 0 0
    Hank Ruszkowski 3 8 3 .375 0 1
    Steve Biras 2 2 2 1.000 0 2
    Jim Devlin 1 1 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching[edit]

    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
    Steve Gromek 35 203.2 10 9 2.56 115
    Mel Harder 30 196.1 12 10 3.71 64
    Al Smith 28 181.2 7 13 3.42 44
    Allie Reynolds 28 158.0 11 8 3.30 84
    Jim Bagby 13 79.0 4 5 4.33 12
    Vern Kennedy 12 59.0 2 5 5.03 17

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Earl Henry 2 17.2 1 1 4.58 5
    Mike Naymick 7 13.0 0 0 9.69 4
    Bill Bonness 2 7.0 0 1 7.71 1
    Paul O'Dea 3 4.1 0 0 2.08 0
    Red Embree 3 3.1 0 1 13.50 4

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Joe Heving 63 8 3 10 1.96 46
    Ed Klieman 47 11 13 5 3.38 44
    Ray Poat 36 4 8 1 5.13 40
    Paul Calvert 35 1 3 0 4.56 31
    Hal Kleine 11 1 2 0 5.75 13

    Awards and honors[edit]

    All-Star Game

    Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

    Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder

    Oris Hockett, Outfielder

    Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    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[edit]

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

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