1944 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1944 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 44th season in the major leagues, and their 45th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–83, good enough for seventh place in the American League , 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns .
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BOS
CHW
CLE
DET
NYY
PHA
SLB
WSH
Boston
—
17–5
8–14
10–12–2
11–11
11–11
10–12
10–12
Chicago
5–17
—
14–8
9–13
10–12
9–13
8–14
16–6
Cleveland
14–8
8–14
—
10–12
8–14
12–10–1
10–12
10–12
Detroit
12–10–2
13–9
12–10
—
14–8
11–11
9–13
17–5
New York
11–11
12–10
14–8
8–14
—
13–9
10–12
15–7
Philadelphia
11–11
13–9
10–12–1
11–11
9–13
—
9–13
9–13
St. Louis
12–10
14–8
12–10
13–9
12–10
13–9
—
13–9
Washington
12–10
6–16
12–10
5–17
7–15
13–9
9–13
—
1944 Opening Day lineup
Roster
1944 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
SB
Eddie Carnett , LF,1B,CF,RF
126
457
51
126
18
8
1
60
26
35
.276
5
Vince Castino , C
29
78
8
18
5
0
0
3
10
13
.231
0
Grey Clarke , 3B
63
169
14
44
10
1
0
27
22
6
.260
0
Tony Cuccinello , 3B,2B
38
130
5
34
3
0
0
17
8
16
.262
0
Guy Curtright , LF,RF
72
198
22
50
8
2
2
23
23
21
.253
4
Johnny Dickshot , LF
62
162
18
41
8
5
0
15
13
10
.253
2
Myril Hoag , CF
17
48
5
11
1
0
0
4
10
1
.229
1
Ralph Hodgin , 3B,LF
121
465
56
137
25
7
1
51
21
14
.295
3
Tom Jordan , C
14
45
2
12
1
1
0
3
1
0
.267
0
William Metzig , 2B
5
16
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
4
.125
0
Cass Michaels , SS
27
68
4
12
4
1
0
5
2
5
.176
0
Wally Moses , RF
136
535
82
150
26
9
3
34
52
22
.280
21
Roy Schalk , 2B
146
587
47
129
14
4
1
44
45
52
.220
5
Mike Tresh , C
93
312
22
81
8
1
0
25
37
15
.260
0
Hal Trosky , 1B
135
497
55
120
32
2
10
70
62
30
.241
3
Thurman Tucker , CF
124
446
59
128
15
6
2
46
57
40
.287
13
Tom Turner , C
36
113
9
26
6
0
2
13
5
16
.230
0
Skeeter Webb , SS
139
513
44
108
19
6
0
30
20
39
.211
7
Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
AVG
SB
Bill Dietrich , P
36
77
8
9
0
0
1
4
5
33
.117
0
Orval Grove , P
34
77
4
8
1
1
0
4
5
25
.104
0
Don Hanski , P
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Joe Haynes , P
33
50
6
10
3
0
0
2
3
5
.200
2
Johnny Humphries , P
30
53
5
10
2
0
0
2
3
16
.189
0
Thornton Lee , P
15
42
2
4
0
0
0
2
0
8
.095
0
Eddie Lopat , P
30
81
8
25
1
1
0
6
5
5
.309
0
Gordon Maltzberger , P
46
22
2
3
0
0
0
3
2
10
.136
0
Buck Ross , P
20
26
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
.077
0
Jake Wade , P
19
24
3
7
0
0
0
0
1
3
.292
0
Team Totals
154
5292
543
1307
210
55
23
494
439
448
.247
66
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
Eddie Carnett
0
0
9.00
2
0
0
2.0
3
2
2
1
0
1
Bill Dietrich
16
17
3.62
36
36
0
246.0
269
132
99
15
68
70
Orval Grove
14
15
3.72
34
33
0
234.2
237
112
97
11
71
105
Don Hanski
0
0
12.00
2
0
0
3.0
5
4
4
0
2
0
Joe Haynes
5
6
2.57
33
12
2
154.1
148
55
44
5
43
44
Johnny Humphries
8
10
3.67
30
20
1
169.0
170
75
69
9
57
42
Thornton Lee
3
9
3.02
15
14
0
113.1
105
51
38
3
25
39
Eddie Lopat
11
10
3.26
27
25
0
210.0
217
96
76
12
59
75
Gordon Maltzberger
10
5
2.96
46
0
12
91.1
81
31
30
2
19
49
Buck Ross
2
7
5.18
20
9
0
90.1
97
56
52
7
35
20
Floyd Speer
0
0
9.00
2
0
0
2.0
4
2
2
0
0
1
Jake Wade
2
4
4.82
19
5
2
74.2
75
46
40
3
41
35
Team Totals
71
83
3.58
154
154
17
1390.2
1411
662
553
68
420
481
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