1944 Washington Senators season

1944 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Griffith Stadium (since 1911)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Clark Griffith and George H. Richardson
Manager(s)	Ossie Bluege
Local radio	none
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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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	--
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	10–12–2	11–11	11–11	10–12	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	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	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

1944 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers 14 Milo Candini 18 Alex Carrasquel 27 Vern Curtis 10 Mickey Haefner 19 Wally Holborow 20 Bill Lefebvre 16 Dutch Leonard 12 Johnny Niggeling -- Baby Ortiz 11 Jug Thesenga 19 Sandy Ullrich 15 Roger Wolff 11 Early Wynn 41 Bill Zinser		Catchers 27 Al Evans  8 Rick Ferrell  9 Mike Guerra Infielders 26 Ed Butka  3 Harlond Clift 21 Preston Gómez  5 Joe Kuhel 22 Hillis Layne 24 George Myatt  6 Luis Suárez  7 John Sullivan 25 Gil Torres 21 Fred Vaughn  6 Eddie Yost		Outfielders  6 George Binks 3,17 Ed Boland  1 George Case 17 René Monteagudo  1 Roberto Ortiz 23 Jake Powell  2 Stan Spence  6 Joe Vosmik Other batters 27 Roy Valdés		Manager 30 Ossie Bluege Coaches 33 Nick Altrock 29 Joe Fitzgerald 31 Clyde Milan 32 George Uhle

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	Ferrell, RickRick Ferrell	99	339	94	.277	0	25
1B	Kuhel, JoeJoe Kuhel	139	518	144	.278	4	51
2B	Myatt, GeorgeGeorge Myatt	140	538	153	.284	0	40
SS	Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	138	471	118	.251	0	30
OF	Spence, StanStan Spence	153	592	187	.316	18	100
OF	Case, GeorgeGeorge Case	119	464	116	.250	2	32

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
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz	85	316	80	.253	5	35
Guerra, MikeMike Guerra	75	210	59	.281	1	29
Layne, HillisHillis Layne	33	87	17	.195	0	8
Boland, EdEd Boland	19	59	16	.271	0	14
Clift, HarlondHarlond Clift	12	44	7	.159	0	3
Monteagudo, RenéRené Monteagudo	10	38	11	.289	0	4
Vosmik, JoeJoe Vosmik	14	36	7	.194	0	9
Evans, AlAl Evans	14	22	2	.091	0	0
Yost, EddieEddie Yost	7	14	2	.143	0	0
Gómez, PrestonPreston Gómez	8	7	2	.286	0	2
Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Valdés, RoyRoy Valdés	1	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
Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard	32	229.1	14	14	3.06	62
Haefner, MickeyMickey Haefner	31	228	12	15	3.04	86
Wynn, EarlyEarly Wynn	33	207.2	8	17	3.38	65
Niggeling, JohnnyJohnny Niggeling	24	206	10	8	2.32	121
Ortiz, BabyBaby Ortiz	2	13	0	2	6.23	4

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
Wolff, RogerRoger Wolff	33	155	4	15	4.99	73
Carrasquel, AlexAlex Carrasquel	43	134	8	7	3.43	35
Candini, MiloMilo Candini	28	103	6	7	4.11	31
Thesenga, JugJug Thesenga	5	12.1	0	0	5.11	2
Curtis, VernVern Curtis	3	9.2	0	1	2.79	2

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
Lefebvre, BillBill Lefebvre	24	2	4	3	4.52	18
Ullrich, SandySandy Ullrich	3	0	0	0	9.31	2
Zinser, BillBill Zinser	2	0	0	0	27.00	1
Holborow, WallyWally Holborow	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

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

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References

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

External links

• 1944 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1944 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com