1944 Cincinnati Reds season

1944 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Warren Giles
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local radio	WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) WKRC (Lee Allen, Waite Hoyt)
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The 1944 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League, although finishing in third place. They had 89 wins and 65 losses.

Offseason

• Prior to 1944 season (exact date unknown)
  • Kent Peterson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[1]
  • Kermit Wahl was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.^[2]

Regular season

On June 10, Joe Nuxhall made his major league debut. At age 15, he is (as of the 2010 season) the youngest confirmed player ever to play Major League Baseball. He pitched just two-thirds of an inning, giving up 5 runs on 2 hits and 5 walks. He would not appear in the majors again until 1952.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	54–22	51–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	14½	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	89	65	0.578	16	45–33	44–32
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	30	35–42	40–37
New York Giants	67	87	0.435	38	39–36	28–51
Boston Braves	65	89	0.422	40	38–40	27–49
Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	0.409	42	37–39	26–52
Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	0.399	43½	29–49	32–43

Record vs. opponents

1944 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	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

1944 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 43 Joe Beggs 33 Arnold Carter 42 Tommy de la Cruz 28 Jake Eisenhart 39 Bob Ferguson 44 Howie Fox 37 Harry Gumbert 34 Ed Heusser 35 Bob Katz 35 Jim Konstanty 43 Bill Lohrman 38 Bob Malloy 43 Joe Nuxhall 39 Kent Peterson 41 Elmer Riddle 29,36 Clyde Shoun 31 Bucky Walters		Catchers  5 Joe Just  7 Ray Mueller  6 Len Rice  6 Johnny Riddle Infielders 14 Chuck Aleno -- Jodie Beeler 18 Buck Fausett 10 Frank McCormick 16 Steve Mesner 11 Eddie Miller 12 Kermit Wahl 17 Woody Williams		Outfielders 20 Dain Clay  3 Estel Crabtree 22 Tony Criscola 21 Max Marshall 24 Chucho Ramos 23 Eric Tipton 27 Gee Walker 21 Jo-Jo White Other batters 26 Mike Kosman  4 Al Lakeman		Manager  1 Bill McKechnie Coaches  3 Estel Crabtree  2 Hans Lobert    Jimmie Wilson

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	Mueller, RayRay Mueller	155	555	159	.286	10	73
1B	McCormick, FrankFrank McCormick	153	581	177	.305	20	102
2B	Williams, WoodyWoody Williams	155	653	157	.240	1	35
3B	Mesner, SteveSteve Mesner	121	414	100	.242	1	47
SS	Miller, EddieEddie Miller	155	536	112	.209	4	55

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
Crabtree, EstelEstel Crabtree	58	98	28	.286	0	11
Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl	4	1	0	.000	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
Beggs, JoeJoe Beggs	1	9	1	0	2.00	2

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
de la Cruz, TommyTommy de la Cruz	34	191.1	9	9	3.25	65
Carter, ArnoldArnold Carter	33	148.2	11	7	2.60	33
Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson	9	16	0	3	9.00	9
Lohrman, BillBill Lohrman	2	1.2	0	1	27.00	0

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
Malloy, BobBob Malloy	9	1	1	0	3.09	4
Peterson, KentKent Peterson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Nuxhall, JoeJoe Nuxhall	1	0	0	0	67.50	0
Eisenhart, JakeJake Eisenhart	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A1	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Johnny Riddle and Ted Petoskey

^[3]

References

1. Kent Peterson page at Baseball-Reference
2. Kermit Wahl page at Baseball-Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1944 Cincinnati Reds at Baseball-Reference