# 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers saw a constant roster turnover as players left for service in World War II. The team finished the season in seventh place in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 54‍–‍22 | 51‍–‍27 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 14½ | 49‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 65 | .578 | 16 | 45‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 30 | 35‍–‍42 | 40‍–‍37 |
| New York Giants | 67 | 87 | .435 | 38 | 39‍–‍36 | 28‍–‍51 |
| Boston Braves | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 38‍–‍40 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 63 | 91 | .409 | 42 | 37‍–‍39 | 26‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | .399 | 43½ | 29‍–‍49 | 32‍–‍43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1944 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BRO | 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 |
| New York | 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 6, 1944: Bob Chipman was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Stanky.
* August 12, 1944: Frank Drews was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Mike Sandlock and cash.

### 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 | Mickey Owen | 130 | 461 | 126 | .273 | 1 | 42 |
| 1B | Howie Schultz | 138 | 526 | 134 | .255 | 11 | 83 |
| 2B | Eddie Stanky | 89 | 261 | 72 | .276 | 0 | 16 |
| 3B | Frenchy Bordagaray | 130 | 501 | 141 | .281 | 6 | 51 |
| SS | Bobby Bragan | 94 | 266 | 71 | .267 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Augie Galan | 151 | 547 | 174 | .318 | 12 | 93 |
| OF | Dixie Walker | 147 | 535 | 191 | .357 | 13 | 91 |
| OF | Goody Rosen | 89 | 264 | 69 | .261 | 0 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Luis Olmo | 136 | 520 | 134 | .258 | 9 | 85 |
| Tommy Brown | 46 | 146 | 24 | .164 | 0 | 8 |
| Paul Waner | 83 | 136 | 39 | .287 | 0 | 16 |
| Jack Bolling | 56 | 131 | 46 | .351 | 1 | 25 |
| Eddie Basinski | 39 | 105 | 27 | .257 | 0 | 9 |
| Barney Koch | 33 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Miksis | 26 | 91 | 20 | .220 | 0 | 11 |
| Bill Hart | 29 | 90 | 16 | .178 | 0 | 4 |
| Gil English | 27 | 79 | 12 | .152 | 1 | 7 |
| Morrie Aderholt | 17 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 10 |
| Red Durrett | 11 | 32 | 5 | .156 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Ankenman | 13 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Lou Rochelli | 5 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene Mauch | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Lloyd Waner | 15 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Hayworth | 7 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Andrews | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Fats Dantonio | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Cooney | 7 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 1 |
| Clancy Smyres | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Jarvis | 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 |
| Hal Gregg | 39 | 197.2 | 9 | 16 | 5.46 | 92 |
| Curt Davis | 31 | 194.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.34 | 49 |
| Ben Chapman | 11 | 79.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.40 | 37 |
| Ed Head | 9 | 63.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.70 | 17 |
| Whit Wyatt | 9 | 37.2 | 2 | 6 | 7.17 | 4 |
| Frank Wurm | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Melton | 37 | 187.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.46 | 91 |
| Les Webber | 48 | 140.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.94 | 42 |
| Cal McLish | 23 | 84.0 | 3 | 10 | 7.82 | 24 |
| Tommy Warren | 22 | 68.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.98 | 18 |
| Art Herring | 12 | 55.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.42 | 19 |
| Clyde King | 14 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.09 | 14 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 10 | 41.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.24 | 17 |
| Bob Chipman | 11 | 36.1 | 3 | 1 | 4.21 | 20 |
| Tom Sunkel | 12 | 24.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.50 | 6 |
| John Wells | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 7 |
| Albert Zachary | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.58 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Ralph Branca | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.05 | 16 |
| Wes Flowers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.79 | 3 |
| Charlie Fuchs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 5 |
| Bill Lohrman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Claude Crocker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 |
| Charlie Osgood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Jack Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
** Augie Galan starter
** Dixie Walker starter
** Mickey Owen reserve
* TSN Major League All-Star Team
** Dixie Walker

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Montreal Royals | International League | Bruno Betzel |
| AA | St. Paul Saints | American Association | Ray Blades |
| A1 | New Orleans Pelicans | Southern Association | Fresco Thompson |
| B | Newport News Dodgers | Piedmont League | Jake Pitler |
| B | Trenton Packers | Interstate League | Joe Bird/Walter Alston |
| D | Olean Oilers | Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League | John Fitzpatrick |
| D | Zanesville Dodgers | Ohio–Indiana League | Jack Knight |