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1944 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1944
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	77–77 (.500)
league_place	4th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Eddie Collins
managers	Joe Cronin
radio	WAAB
(Jim Britt)
WNAC
(Tom Hussey)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Jim Britt) WNAC (Tom Hussey) The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

Offseason

October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1944 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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	Roy Partee	89	280	68	.243	2	41
1B	Lou Finney	68	251	72	.287	0	32
2B	Bobby Doerr	125	468	152	.325	15	81
SS		136	472	114	.242	0	41
3B	Jim Tabor	116	438	125	.285	13	72
OF	George Metkovich	134	549	152	.277	9	59
OF	Bob Johnson	144	525	170	.324	17	106
OF	Pete Fox	121	496	156	.315	1	64

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
Leon Culberson	75	282	67	.238	2	21
Jim Bucher	80	277	76	.274	4	31
Hal Wagner	66	223	74	.332	1	38
Tom McBride	71	216	53	.245	0	24
	76	191	46	.241	5	28
Eddie Lake	57	126	26	.206	0	8
Ford Garrison	13	49	12	.245	0	2
Bill Conroy	19	47	10	.213	0	4
Johnny Lazor	16	24	2	.083	0	0
Johnny Peacock	4	4	0	.000	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
Tex Hughson	28	203.1	18	5	2.26	112
Joe Bowman	26	168.1	12	8	4.81	53
Emmett O'Neill	28	151.2	6	11	4.63	68
Rex Cecil	11	61.0	4	5	5.16	33
Clem Dreisewerd	7	48.2	2	4	4.07	9
Stan Partenheimer	1	1.0	0	0	18.00	0

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
Pinky Woods	38	170.2	4	8	3.27	56
Mike Ryba	42	138.0	12	7	3.33	50
Clem Hausmann	32	137.0	4	7	3.42	43
Yank Terry	27	132.2	6	10	4.21	30
Oscar Judd	9	30.0	1	1	3.60	9
Vic Johnson	7	27.1	0	3	6.26	7
Joe Wood	3	9.2	0	1	6.52	5

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
	38	8	7	8	3.69	80
Eddie Lake	6	0	0	0	4.19	7
Lou Lucier	3	0	0	0	5.06	2

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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