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1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1944
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	5th
owners	Horace Stoneham
managers	Mel Ott
radio	WINS
(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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(Don Dunphy, Bill Slater) |}} The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 67–87 record, 38 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1944 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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		117	373	95	.255	10	58
1B	Phil Weintraub	104	361	114	.316	13	77
2B	George Hausmann	131	466	124	.266	1	30
SS	Buddy Kerr	150	548	146	.266	9	63
3B	Hal Luby	111	323	82	.254	2	35
OF		120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF		128	490	165	.337	7	85
OF	Johnny Rucker	144	587	143	.244	6	39

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
Nap Reyes	116	374	108	.289	8	53
Billy Jurges	85	246	52	.211	1	23
Gus Mancuso	78	195	49	.251	1	25
Red Treadway	50	170	51	.300	0	5
Danny Gardella	47	112	28	.250	6	14
Bruce Sloan	59	104	28	.269	1	9
Charlie Mead	39	78	14	.179	1	8
Steve Filipowicz	15	41	8	.195	0	7
Ray Berres	16	17	8	.471	1	2
	11	9	2	.222	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
Bill Voiselle	43	312.2	21	16	3.02	161
Harry Feldman	40	205.1	11	13	4.16	70
Ewald Pyle	31	164.0	7	10	4.34	79
	18	84.0	4	7	4.07	33
Cliff Melton	13	64.1	2	2	4.06	15

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
Rube Fischer	38	128.2	6	14	5.18	39
Frank Seward	25	78.1	3	2	5.40	16
Jack Brewer	14	55.0	1	4	5.56	21
Andy Hansen	23	52.2	3	3	6.49	15
Ken Brondell	7	19.1	0	1	8.38	1

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
	65	8	11	13	4.25	32
Lou Polli	19	0	2	3	4.54	6
	7	1	1	0	4.66	4
Whitey Miller	4	0	1	0	0.00	2
Johnny Gee	4	0	0	0	0.00	3
	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Walter Ockey	2	0	0	0	3.38	1

Farm system

References

"1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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