1944 Washington Senators season

Template:MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 The 1944 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Farm system
4 References
5 External links

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	--
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25

Roster

1944 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

27 Roy Valdés

Manager

30 Ossie Bluege

Coaches

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	Ferrell, RickRick Ferrell	99	339	94	.277	0	25
1B	Kuhel, JoeJoe Kuhel	139	518	144	.278	4	51
2B	Myatt, GeorgeGeorge Myatt	140	538	153	.284	0	40
SS	Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	138	471	118	.251	0	30
OF	Spence, StanStan Spence	153	592	187	.316	18	100
OF	Case, GeorgeGeorge Case	119	464	116	.250	2	32

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
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz	85	316	80	.253	5	35
Guerra, MikeMike Guerra	75	210	59	.281	1	29
Layne, HillisHillis Layne	33	87	17	.195	0	8
Boland, EdEd Boland	19	59	16	.271	0	14
Clift, HarlondHarlond Clift	12	44	7	.159	0	3
Monteagudo, RenéRené Monteagudo	10	38	11	.289	0	4
Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik	14	36	7	.194	0	9
Evans, AlAl Evans	14	22	2	.091	0	0
Yost, EddieEddie Yost	7	14	2	.143	0	0
Gómez, PrestonPreston Gómez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Valdés, RoyRoy Valdés	1	1	0	.000	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
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	32	229.1	14	14	3.06	62
Haefner, MickeyMickey Haefner	31	228	12	15	3.04	86
Wynn, EarlyEarly Wynn	33	207.2	8	17	3.38	65
Niggeling, JohnnyJohnny Niggeling	24	206	10	8	2.32	121
Ortiz, BabyBaby Ortiz	2	13	0	2	6.23	4

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
Wolff, RogerRoger Wolff	33	155	4	15	4.99	73
Carrasquel, AlexAlex Carrasquel	43	134	8	7	3.43	35
Candini, MiloMilo Candini	28	103	6	7	4.11	31
Thesenga, JugJug Thesenga	5	12.1	0	0	5.11	2
Curtis, VernVern Curtis	3	9.2	0	1	2.79	2

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
Lefebvre, BillBill Lefebvre	24	2	4	3	4.52	18
Ullrich, SandySandy Ullrich	3	0	0	0	9.31	2
Zinser, BillBill Zinser	2	0	0	0	27.00	1
Holborow, WallyWally Holborow	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Scrappy Moore
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Ray Kolp

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References

External links

1944 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
1944 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1944 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1944 All-Star Game 1944 World Series

Minnesota Twins

Formerly the Washington Nationals and the Washington Senators
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Plant Field
Tinker Field
Hammond Stadium

Culture

Important figures

Senators Hall of Famers	Herb Carneal Goose Goslin Bucky Harris Walter Johnson Arch McDonald Sam Rice

Wall of Fame members	Rick Aguilera Bob Allison Earl Battey Bert Blyleven George Brophy Rod Carew Bob Casey Gary Gaetti Calvin Griffith Kent Hrbek Jim Kaat Tom Kelly Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Carl Pohlad Kirby Puckett Brad Radke Jim Rantz Zoilo Versalles Frank Viola

Retired numbers

Championships

Pennants

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles

Western: 1969; 1970; 1987; 1991
Central: 2002; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2009; 2010

Seasons (114)

1900s	1900 . 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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1944 Washington Senators season