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1944 Washington Senators
1944 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Managers	Ossie Bluege

The 1944 Washington Senators won 64 games, lost 90, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Ossie Bluege and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League

W

L

GB

89

65

0.578

—

54–23

35–42

Detroit Tigers

88

66

0.571

1

43–34

45–32

New York Yankees

83

71

0.539

6

47–31

36–40

Boston Red Sox

77

0.500

12

47–30

30–47

Cleveland Indians

72

82

0.468

17

39–38

33–44

Philadelphia Athletics

72

82

0.468

17

39–37

33–45

Chicago White Sox

71

83

0.461

18

41–36

30–47

Washington Senators 64 90 0.416 25 40–37 24–53 Record vs. opponents edit

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team

BOS

CHW

CLE

DET

NYY

PHA

SLB

WSH

Boston

—

17–5

8–14

10–12–2

11–11

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

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

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 — Roster edit

1944 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

27 Roy Valdés

Manager

30 Ossie Bluege

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Rick Ferrell	99	339	94	.277	0	25
1B	Joe Kuhel	139	518	144	.278	4	51
2B	George Myatt	140	538	153	.284	0	40
SS	John Sullivan	138	471	118	.251	0	30
3B	Gil Torres	134	524	140	.267	0	58
OF	Jake Powell	96	367	88	.240	1	37
OF	Stan Spence	153	592	187	.316	18	100
OF	George Case	119	464	116	.250	2	32

Other batters edit

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
Roberto Ortiz	85	316	80	.253	5	35
Mike Guerra	75	210	59	.281	1	29
Fred Vaughn	30	109	28	.257	1	21
Hillis Layne	33	87	17	.195	0	8
Ed Boland	19	59	16	.271	0	14
Harlond Clift	12	44	7	.159	0	3
Ed Butka	15	41	8	.195	0	1
René Monteagudo	10	38	11	.289	0	4
Joe Vosmik	14	36	7	.194	0	9
Al Evans	14	22	2	.091	0	0
Eddie Yost	7	14	2	.143	0	0
George Binks	5	12	3	.250	0	0
Preston Gómez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Luis Suárez	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Roy Valdés	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dutch Leonard	32	229.1	14	14	3.06	62
Mickey Haefner	31	228.0	12	15	3.04	86
Early Wynn	33	207.2	8	17	3.38	65
Johnny Niggeling	24	206.0	10	8	2.32	121
Baby Ortiz	2	13.0	0	2	6.23	4

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Wolff	33	155.0	4	15	4.99	73
Alex Carrasquel	43	134.0	8	7	3.43	35
Milo Candini	28	103.0	6	7	4.11	31
Jug Thesenga	5	12.1	0	0	5.11	2
Vern Curtis	3	9.2	0	1	2.79	2

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Lefebvre	24	2	4	3	4.52	18
Sandy Ullrich	3	0	0	0	9.31	2
Bill Zinser	2	0	0	0	27.00	1
Wally Holborow	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Scrappy Moore
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Ray Kolp

^[1]

References edit

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007