# 1944 Chicago White Sox 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

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 | — |

### 1944 Opening Day lineup

* Skeeter Webb, SS
* Myril Hoag, CF
* Johnny Dickshot, LF
* Hal Trosky, 1B
* Guy Curtright, RF
* Grey Clarke, 3B
* Roy Schalk, 2B
* Tom Turner, C
* Orval Grove, P

### Roster
## 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 |