# 1944 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1944 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 67–87 record, 38 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1944 season: Art Fowler was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.

## 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 | Ernie Lombardi | 117 | 373 | 95 | .255 | 10 | 58 |
| 1B | Phil Weintraub | 104 | 361 | 114 | .316 | 13 | 77 |
| 2B | George Hausmann | 131 | 466 | 124 | .266 | 1 | 30 |
| SS | Buddy Kerr | 150 | 548 | 146 | .266 | 9 | 63 |
| 3B | Hal Luby | 111 | 323 | 82 | .254 | 2 | 35 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 120 | 399 | 115 | .288 | 26 | 82 |
| OF | Joe Medwick | 128 | 490 | 165 | .337 | 7 | 85 |
| OF | Johnny Rucker | 144 | 587 | 143 | .244 | 6 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Nap Reyes | 116 | 374 | 108 | .289 | 8 | 53 |
| Billy Jurges | 85 | 246 | 52 | .211 | 1 | 23 |
| Gus Mancuso | 78 | 195 | 49 | .251 | 1 | 25 |
| Red Treadway | 50 | 170 | 51 | .300 | 0 | 5 |
| Danny Gardella | 47 | 112 | 28 | .250 | 6 | 14 |
| Bruce Sloan | 59 | 104 | 28 | .269 | 1 | 9 |
| Charlie Mead | 39 | 78 | 14 | .179 | 1 | 8 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 15 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 7 |
| Ray Berres | 16 | 17 | 8 | .471 | 1 | 2 |
| Roy Nichols | 11 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 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 |
| Bill Voiselle | 43 | 312.2 | 21 | 16 | 3.02 | 161 |
| Harry Feldman | 40 | 205.1 | 11 | 13 | 4.16 | 70 |
| Ewald Pyle | 31 | 164.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.34 | 79 |
| Johnny Allen | 18 | 84.0 | 4 | 7 | 4.07 | 33 |
| Cliff Melton | 13 | 64.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.06 | 15 |

#### 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 Fischer | 38 | 128.2 | 6 | 14 | 5.18 | 39 |
| Frank Seward | 25 | 78.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.40 | 16 |
| Jack Brewer | 14 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 5.56 | 21 |
| Andy Hansen | 23 | 52.2 | 3 | 3 | 6.49 | 15 |
| Ken Brondell | 7 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Ace Adams | 65 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 4.25 | 32 |
| Lou Polli | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.54 | 6 |
| Bob Barthelson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 | 4 |
| Whitey Miller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Johnny Gee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Frank Rosso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Walter Ockey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Gabby Hartnett |
| B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Ben Chapman and Taylor Sanford |
| D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Hal Gruber |
| D | Springfield Giants | Ohio State League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Erie Sailors | PONY League | Bill Harris |