# 1944 Boston Red Sox season

The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

## Offseason

* October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Browns | 89 | 65 | .578 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 66 | .571 | 1 | 43‍–‍34 | 45‍–‍32 |
| New York Yankees | 83 | 71 | .539 | 6 | 47‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 12 | 47‍–‍30 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 72 | 82 | .468 | 17 | 39‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 82 | .468 | 17 | 39‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 71 | 83 | .461 | 18 | 41‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 25 | 40‍–‍37 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1944 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| 26 | Skeeter Newsome | SS |
| 2 | Catfish Metkovich | 1B |
| 19 | Ford Garrison | RF |
| 8 | Bob Johnson | LF |
| 1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
| 5 | Jim Tabor | 3B |
| 11 | Leon Culberson | CF |
| 6 | Roy Partee | C |
| 18 | Yank Terry | P |

### Roster
## 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 | Roy Partee | 89 | 280 | 68 | .243 | 2 | 41 |
| 1B | Lou Finney | 68 | 251 | 72 | .287 | 0 | 32 |
| 2B | Bobby Doerr | 125 | 468 | 152 | .325 | 15 | 81 |
| SS | Skeeter Newsome | 136 | 472 | 114 | .242 | 0 | 41 |
| 3B | Jim Tabor | 116 | 438 | 125 | .285 | 13 | 72 |
| OF | George Metkovich | 134 | 549 | 152 | .277 | 9 | 59 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 144 | 525 | 170 | .324 | 17 | 106 |
| OF | Pete Fox | 121 | 496 | 156 | .315 | 1 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Leon Culberson | 75 | 282 | 67 | .238 | 2 | 21 |
| Jim Bucher | 80 | 277 | 76 | .274 | 4 | 31 |
| Hal Wagner | 66 | 223 | 74 | .332 | 1 | 38 |
| Tom McBride | 71 | 216 | 53 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
| Joe Cronin | 76 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 5 | 28 |
| Eddie Lake | 57 | 126 | 26 | .206 | 0 | 8 |
| Ford Garrison | 13 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Conroy | 19 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Lazor | 16 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 4 | 4 | 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 |
| Tex Hughson | 28 | 203.1 | 18 | 5 | 2.26 | 112 |
| Joe Bowman | 26 | 168.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.81 | 53 |
| Emmett O'Neill | 28 | 151.2 | 6 | 11 | 4.63 | 68 |
| Rex Cecil | 11 | 61.0 | 4 | 5 | 5.16 | 33 |
| Clem Dreisewerd | 7 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.07 | 9 |
| Stan Partenheimer | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Pinky Woods | 38 | 170.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.27 | 56 |
| Mike Ryba | 42 | 138.0 | 12 | 7 | 3.33 | 50 |
| Clem Hausmann | 32 | 137.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.42 | 43 |
| Yank Terry | 27 | 132.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.21 | 30 |
| Oscar Judd | 9 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 9 |
| Vic Johnson | 7 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.26 | 7 |
| Joe Wood | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Barrett | 38 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3.69 | 80 |
| Eddie Lake | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 7 |
| Lou Lucier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Louisville Colonels | American Association | Nemo Leibold |
| A | Scranton Red Sox | Eastern League | Heinie Manush |
| B | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | Eddie Popowski |
| D | Middletown Red Sox | Ohio State League | Red Barnes |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville