# 1944 Boston Braves season

The 1944 Boston Braves season was the 74th season of the franchise.
On August 10, 1944, pitcher Red Barrett pitched a complete-game 2-hit shutout against the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, winning 2–0, requiring only 58 pitches and lasting only 1 hour 15 minutes. It was the fewest number of pitches thrown in a 9-inning complete game and was the quickest night game in MLB history.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Clyde Kluttz | 81 | 229 | 64 | .279 | 2 | 19 |
| 1B | Buck Etchison | 109 | 308 | 66 | .214 | 8 | 33 |
| 2B | Connie Ryan | 88 | 332 | 98 | .295 | 4 | 25 |
| SS | Whitey Wietelmann | 125 | 417 | 100 | .240 | 2 | 32 |
| 3B | Dee Phillips | 140 | 489 | 126 | .258 | 1 | 53 |
| OF | Chuck Workman | 140 | 418 | 87 | .208 | 11 | 53 |
| OF | Tommy Holmes | 155 | 631 | 195 | .309 | 13 | 73 |
| OF | Butch Nieman | 134 | 468 | 124 | .265 | 16 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Max Macon | 106 | 366 | 100 | .273 | 3 | 36 |
| Phil Masi | 89 | 251 | 69 | .275 | 3 | 23 |
| Ab Wright | 71 | 195 | 50 | .256 | 7 | 35 |
| Stew Hofferth | 66 | 180 | 36 | .200 | 1 | 26 |
| Chet Ross | 54 | 154 | 35 | .227 | 5 | 26 |
| Frank Drews | 46 | 141 | 29 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
| Roland Gladu | 21 | 66 | 16 | .242 | 1 | 7 |
| Warren Huston | 33 | 55 | 11 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shemo | 18 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Sandlock | 30 | 30 | 3 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
| Dick Culler | 8 | 28 | 2 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Poland | 8 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 2 |
| Chet Clemens | 19 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| Ben Geraghty | 11 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Capri | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Jim Tobin | 43 | 299.1 | 18 | 19 | 3.01 | 83 |
| Nate Andrews | 37 | 257.1 | 16 | 15 | 3.22 | 76 |
| Al Javery | 40 | 254.0 | 10 | 19 | 3.54 | 137 |
| Red Barrett | 42 | 230.1 | 9 | 16 | 4.06 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Ira Hutchinson | 40 | 119.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.21 | 22 |
| Ben Cardoni | 22 | 75.2 | 0 | 6 | 3.93 | 24 |
| Johnny Hutchings | 14 | 56.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.21 | 22 |
| Woody Rich | 7 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.76 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Stan Klopp | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.27 | 17 |
| Jim Hickey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 3 |
| Carl Lindquist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 4 |
| George Woodend | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Max Macon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 |
| Harry MacPherson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Hartford Laurels | Eastern League | Del Bissonette |