page_title: 1944 in Michigan
section_title: Baseball
hierarchical_section_title: 1944 in Michigan / Sports / Baseball
caption_attribution_description: English: Rudy York in 1945
context_page_description: Events from the year 1944 in Michigan.
context_section_description: 1944 Detroit Tigers season – The Tigers compiled an 88–66 record and finished one game behind the St. Louis Browns. The team had one the best pitching staff's in club history. Hal Newhouser was selected as the American League Most Valuable Player after compiling a 29-9 record and leading the league with 187 strikeouts. Dizzy Trout finished second in the AL MVP voting after leading the league with a 2.12 earned run average, 33 complete games, and seven shutouts. The team's batting leaders included first baseman Rudy York with 18 home runs and 98 RBIs and Dick Wakefield with a .355 batting average.
  1944 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Ray Fisher, the Wolverines compiled a 15–4–1 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship. Howard Wike was the team captain.
caption: Rudy York
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