1944 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1944
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
Managers:	Mel Ott
Radio:	WINS (Don Dunphy, Bill Slater)
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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.^[1]

Offseason

• Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Roster

1944 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		117	373	95	.255	10	58
1B		104	361	114	.316	13	77
2B		131	466	124	.266	1	30
SS		150	548	146	.266	9	63
3B		111	323	82	.254	2	35
OF		120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF		128	490	165	.337	7	85
OF		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
	116	374	108	.289	8	53
	85	246	52	.211	1	23
	78	195	49	.251	1	25
	50	170	51	.300	0	5
	47	112	28	.250	6	14
	59	104	28	.269	1	9
	39	78	14	.179	1	8
	15	41	8	.195	0	7
	16	17	8	.471	1	2
	11	9	2	.222	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
	43	312.2	21	16	3.02	161
	40	205.1	11	13	4.16	70
	31	164.0	7	10	4.34	79
	18	84.0	4	7	4.07	33
	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
	38	128.2	6	14	5.18	39
	25	78.1	3	2	5.40	16
	14	55.0	1	4	5.56	21
	23	52.2	3	3	6.49	15
	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
	19	0	2	3	4.54	6
	7	1	1	0	4.66	4
	4	0	1	0	0.00	2
	4	0	0	0	0.00	3
	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
	2	0	0	0	3.38	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1944 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference
• 1944 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference . November 1, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071013201335/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1944.shtml. October 13, 2007 . live.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007