| 1944 MLB season | |
| League: | Major League Baseball |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | April 18 – October 9, 1944 |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| 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 |
| 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 was contested from April 18 to October 9, 1944. The St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In an all-St. Louis postseason, the Cardinals then defeated the Browns in the World Series, four games to two.
| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cronin | |||
| Jimmy Dykes | |||
| Lou Boudreau | |||
| Del Baker | Finished 2nd | ||
| Joe McCarthy | Finished 3rd | ||
| Connie Mack | |||
| St. Louis Browns | Luke Sewell | Won Pennant | |
| Washington Senators | Ossie Bluege |
| Team | Manager | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | Bob Coleman | ||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 3rd | |
| Chicago Cubs | Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson and Charlie Grimm | ||
| Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | Finished 2nd | |
| New York Giants | Mel Ott | ||
| Philadelphia Phillies | Freddie Fitzsimmons | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Frankie Frisch | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | Won World Series |
| 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 |