1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

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]

1944 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	11–11	8–14	9–13	11–11–1	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14–1	8–14	10–12	16–6	4–18	4–18
Chicago	11–11	14–8–1	—	9–13–1	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	6–16
Cincinnati	14–8	14–8	13–9–1	—	15–7	13–19	12–10	8–14
	13–9	12–10	12–10	7–15	—	10–12	7–15–1	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11–1	6–16	9–13	9–13	12–10	—	9–12	5–17
Pittsburgh	13–9	18–4	10–12–1	10–12	15–7–1	12–9	—	12–10–3
St. Louis	14–8	18–4	16–6	14–8	16–6	17–5	10–12–3	—

1944 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

= Indicates team leader

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	Ernie Lombardi	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	Mel Ott	120	399	115	.288	26	82
OF	Joe Medwick	128	490	165	.337	7	85
OF	Johnny Rucker	144	587	143	.244	6	39

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
Roy Nichols	11	9	2	.222	0	0

= Indicates league leader

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
Johnny Allen	18	84.0	4	7	4.07	33
Cliff Melton	13	64.1	2	2	4.06	15

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

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ace Adams	65	8	11	13	4.25	32
Lou Polli	19	0	2	3	4.54	6
Bob Barthelson	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
Frank Rosso	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
Walter Ockey	2	0	0	0	3.38	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Gabby Hartnett
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Ben Chapman and Taylor Sanford
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	Hal Gruber
D	Springfield Giants	Ohio State League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Erie Sailors	PONY League	Bill Harris

^ "1944 New York Giants at Baseball-Reference". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2007.
^ 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