| 1944 MLB season | |
| League: | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series: |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | AL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | St. Louis Browns |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1944 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Finals Runner-Up: | St. Louis Browns |
| Seasonslist: | List of MLB seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1943 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1943 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1945 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1945 |
The 1944 major league baseball season began on April 18, 1944. The regular season ended on October 1, with the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In an all-St. Louis postseason, the postseason began with Game 1 of the 41st World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 6 on October 9. The Cardinals defeated the Browns, four games to two.
The 12th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 11, hosted by the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the National League winning, 7–1.
See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1944 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.
Opening Day took place on April 18, featuring fourteen teams. The final day of the regular season was on October 1, which saw all sixteen teams play, continuing the trend since the previous season. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 9.
An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at
| Team | Former Manager | New Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | Jimmie Wilson | Roy Johnson | |
| Chicago Cubs | Roy Johnson | Charlie Grimm |
| Total | |||
| Lou Boudreau (CLE) | .327 | ||
| Nick Etten (NYY) | 22 | ||
| Vern Stephens (SLB) | 109 | ||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss (NYY) | 125 | ||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss (NYY) | 205 | ||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss (NYY) | 55 |
| Total | |||
| Hal Newhouser (DET) | 29 | ||
| 17 | |||
| Dizzy Trout (DET) | 2.12 | ||
| Hal Newhouser (DET) | 187 | ||
| Dizzy Trout (DET) | 352.1 | ||
| Joe Berry (PHA) George Caster (SLB) Gordon Maltzberger (CWS) | 12 |
| Total | |||
| Dixie Walker (BKN) | .357 | ||
| Bill Nicholson (CHC) | 33 | ||
| Bill Nicholson (CHC) | 122 | ||
| Bill Nicholson (CHC) | 116 | ||
| Phil Cavarretta (CHC) Stan Musial (SLC) | 197 | ||
| Johnny Barrett (PIT) | 28 |
| Total | |||
| Bucky Walters (CIN) | 23 | ||
| Ken Raffensberger (PHP) | 20 | ||
| Ed Heusser (CIN) | 2.38 | ||
| Bill Voiselle (NYG) | 161 | ||
| Bill Voiselle (NYG) | 312.2 | ||
| Ace Adams (NYG) | 13 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers[1] | 88 | 12.8% | 923,176 | 52.3% | 11,836 | |
| New York Yankees[2] | 83 | −15.3% | 789,995 | 27.8% | 10,128 | |
| New York Giants[3] | 67 | 21.8% | 674,483 | 44.7% | 8,993 | |
| Chicago Cubs[4] | 75 | 1.4% | 640,110 | 25.9% | 8,207 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers[5] | 63 | −22.2% | 605,905 | −8.4% | 7,869 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[6] | 90 | 12.5% | 604,278 | 21.2% | 7,460 | |
| Chicago White Sox[7] | 71 | −13.4% | 563,539 | 10.7% | 7,319 | |
| Washington Senators[8] | 64 | −23.8% | 525,235 | −8.6% | 6,821 | |
| St. Louis Browns[9] | 89 | 23.6% | 508,644 | 137.2% | 6,606 | |
| Boston Red Sox[10] | 77 | 13.2% | 506,975 | 41.5% | 6,500 | |
| Philadelphia Athletics[11] | 72 | 46.9% | 505,322 | 34.1% | 6,649 | |
| Cleveland Indians[12] | 72 | −12.2% | 475,272 | 8.3% | 6,093 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[13] | 105 | 0.0% | 461,968 | −10.7% | 6,000 | |
| Cincinnati Reds[14] | 89 | 2.3% | 409,567 | 8.0% | 5,251 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 61 | −4.7% | 369,586 | −20.9% | 4,678 | |
| Boston Braves[16] | 65 | −4.4% | 208,691 | −23.1% | 2,676 |