1944 AL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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American
Team W L WPct GB
Tampa Bay 94 68 .580 --
Seattle 94 68 .580 --
Detroit 93 69 .574 1
New York (A) 90 72 .556 4
Oakland 78 84 .481 16
Cleveland 70 92 .432 24
Minnesota 62 100 .383 32
Boston (A) 60 102 .370 34
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Cincinnati Reds
AL League Series (4-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Seattle Mariners
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
SEM 6.0 978 162 5594 1580 298 50 140 796 763 .282 .372 .429 .801
TAM 5.3 855 162 5712 1603 279 47 109 642 545 .281 .353 .403 .757
OAK 5.1 827 162 5787 1589 339 41 97 584 547 .275 .341 .398 .739
DET 5.0 805 162 5577 1534 290 28 136 693 597 .275 .355 .410 .765
NYA 4.9 798 162 5544 1497 307 47 95 594 544 .270 .341 .394 .734
CLE 4.8 772 162 5554 1455 284 43 130 660 632 .262 .340 .399 .739
MIN 4.3 703 162 5568 1438 302 49 98 496 813 .258 .319 .383 .702
BOS 4.0 652 162 5473 1317 257 42 107 624 721 .241 .318 .362 .680
Totals 4.9 6390 1296 44809 12013 2356 347 912 5089 5162 .268 .343 .397 .740
Average   799 162 5601 1502 294 43 114 636 645  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
TAM 4.3 695 162 3.90 1469.0 1525 9.4 484 3.0 586 3.6 29
NYA 4.5 727 162 4.08 1448.3 1460 9.0 556 3.4 653 4.0 29
DET 4.5 737 162 4.10 1455.7 1407 8.7 616 3.8 724 4.5 29
OAK 5.0 803 162 4.48 1480.0 1509 9.3 652 4.0 816 5.0 25
CLE 5.1 833 162 4.82 1444.7 1515 9.4 702 4.3 638 3.9 24
MIN 5.3 859 162 4.89 1423.3 1523 9.4 742 4.6 593 3.7 34
SEM 5.4 872 162 4.98 1440.0 1582 9.8 617 3.8 666 4.1 28
BOS 5.9 951 162 5.36 1434.7 1605 9.9 783 4.8 511 3.2 23
Totals 5.0 6477 1296 4.57 11595.6 12126 9.4 5152 4.0 5187 4.0 221
Average   810 162   1449 1516   644   648   28
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 88 74 5 7 12 10 1 1 16 0.93 0.96 2,246,440   Ted Lyons
TAM 96 66 -2 5 18 0 5 4 20 1.03 0.85 2,427,884   Ricky Sanford
NYA 88 74 2 4 12 1 4 2 23 1.13 1.44 1,971,119   Jason Spiegel
SEM 89 73 5 4 16 8 0 1 14 0.96 1.11 2,330,817   Peter Fletcher
CLE 75 87 -5 2 10 3 2 2 17 0.94 1.03 1,974,145   Gary Davis
BOS 54 108 6 1 9 0 1 1 18 1.04 0.91 1,405,930   Brian Rodgers
MIN 66 96 -4 1 8 1 1 1 16 0.99 0.95 1,117,242   Walter Johnson
OAK 83 79 -5 1 15 0 1 0 16 1.00 0.86 2,285,625   Pat Flaherty
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
TAM 282 120.66 111.12 50.20 5.14 3.42 8.73 8.00 8.40 16.52
SEM 282 178.59 68.46 34.93 1.61 3.05 6.43 8.05 6.50 9.31
DET 279 129.07 104.54 45.37 11.98 4.19 6.51 2.49 6.65 13.54
NYA 270 103.90 115.47 50.61 7.21 2.94 6.10 8.53 9.96 15.87
OAK 234 109.32 83.95 40.71 10.99 3.16 5.93 5.90 4.99 9.75
CLE 210 104.80 69.15 36.01 8.97 2.33 4.38 5.20 5.69 9.46
MIN 186 83.94 66.70 35.33 6.83 2.14 3.51 2.23 9.83 10.79
BOS 180 78.94 64.70 36.33 6.44 3.86 4.22 4.71 7.07 10.05
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Ted Williams DET .345, 43 HR, 147 RBI
Platinum Arm: Dizzy Dean NYA 24-10, 3.19, 327.0 IP, 158 K
Bronze Rookie: Gene Woodling BOS .320, 21 HR, 92 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Ted Wilks SEM .978, 18 PO, 71 A, 2 E
C Gil Hodges NYA .981, 574 PO, 48 A, 12 E
41.5% (17-41) Runners Thrown Out
1B Tommy Henrich NYA .995, 1312 PO, 117 A, 7 E
2B Buddy Blattner BOS .969, 360 PO, 612 A, 31 E
3B Johnny Pesky TAM .976, 106 PO, 341 A, 11 E
SS Red Barkley BOS .964, 226 PO, 608 A, 31 E
LF Barney McCosky NYA .994, 326 PO, 4 A, 2 E
CF Pete Reiser TAM .983, 398 PO, 13 A, 7 E
RF Ted Williams DET .991, 315 PO, 7 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
RolfeSEM.349*
WilliamsDET.345
BollingDET.343
ReiserTAM.325
HackOAK.324
On-Base Pct
WilliamsDET.472
WoodlingBOS.436
ReiserTAM.434
CullenbineDET.425
FlemingTAM.418
Slugging Pct
WilliamsDET.684
OttSEM.584
GreenbergSEM.567
WoodlingBOS.540
VaughanNYA.530
OPS
WilliamsDET1.156
WoodlingBOS.976
GreenbergSEM.973
OttSEM.968
ReiserTAM.948
XR
WilliamsDET156.3
GreenbergSEM126.6
OttSEM124.0
ReiserTAM116.6
VaughanNYA115.0
Games
HackOAK159
LavagettoTAM158
CaseMIN157
GreenbergSEM157
KeltnerOAK157
At-Bats
LavagettoTAM637
CaseMIN614
McCoskyNYA611
KeltnerOAK607
RizzoMIN605
Runs
WilliamsDET138
GreenbergSEM136
OttSEM135
LavagettoTAM121
VaughanNYA118
Hits
LavagettoTAM204
BollingDET193
HackOAK192
WilliamsDET190
VaughanNYA187
Total Bases
WilliamsDET377
OttSEM346
GreenbergSEM323
VaughanNYA307
LavagettoTAM285
Singles
LavagettoTAM161
ArchieTAM141
HackOAK136
PeskyTAM134
BollingDET133
Doubles
BollingDET48
KeltnerOAK48
KoyMIN48
WilliamsDET48
VaughanNYA45
Triples
MyattSEM10
ArchieTAM9
ReiserTAM9
VaughanNYA9
CaseMIN8
Homeruns
WilliamsDET43
OttSEM42
GreenbergSEM40
KampourisCLE22
KellerCLE22
RBIs
WilliamsDET147
OttSEM145
GreenbergSEM132
ReiserTAM127
TroskyTAM110
Stolen Bases
MyattSEM45
HoppBOS26
StirnweissSEM26
LewisNYA20
ReiserTAM17
Caught Stealing
HoppBOS19
McCoskyNYA17
MyattSEM15
LavagettoTAM12
VaughanNYA10
Walks
WilliamsDET137
KellerCLE130
FlemingTAM126
GreenbergSEM120
LakeSEM113
Strikeouts
GreenbergSEM131
OrengoDET117
KoyMIN112
BarkleyBOS108
KellerCLE102
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
BithornTAM2.99
DeanNYA3.19
SalvesonCLE3.21
Birkofer 3.45
JacobsTAM3.56
Wins
DeanNYA 24
WilksSEM 22
KrakauskasDET 21
RigneyNYA 20
BauersNYA 19
Losses
FrenchBOS 23
ByrneBOS 21
RaffensbergerCLE 21
CooperOAK 20
BowlerBOS 19
Winning Pct
BithornTAM.737
DeanNYA.706
WilksSEM.688
KrakauskasDET.656
JacobsTAM.621
Saves
SchanzDET 20
HeadOAK 18
FerrickTAM 16
WilshereNYA 14
FellerCLE 13
Games Pitched
SchanzDET 92
WestBOS 91
JoyceOAK 86
MulcahyCLE 83
KristSEM 78
Games Started
JacobsTAM 44
Vander MeerOAK 44
CooperOAK 43
MungoSEM 43
De La CruzDET 41
Complete Games
De La CruzDET 24
CooperOAK 14
BauersNYA 13
RigneyNYA 13
DeanNYA 12
Shutouts
BithornTAM 3
DeanNYA 3
JacobsTAM 3
MungoSEM 3
ByrneBOS 2
Innings Pitched
JacobsTAM341.0
CooperOAK333.3
De La CruzDET329.3
DeanNYA327.0
Vander MeerOAK317.7
Hits Allowed
De La CruzDET 373
RaffensbergerCLE 363
JacobsTAM 352
CooperOAK 329
FrenchBOS 329
Homeruns Allowed
FrenchBOS 36
CooperOAK 35
DeanNYA 31
PearsonSEM 30
WilksSEM 29
Strikeouts
Vander MeerOAK 283
PageDET 171
CooperOAK 165
MungoSEM 159
DeanNYA 158
Walks Allowed
KrakauskasDET 177
ByrneBOS 176
MungoSEM 158
Vander MeerOAK 153
BryantMIN 145
Walks per 9IP
RoeTAM1.5
De La CruzDET2.0
MandersSEM2.3
JacobsTAM2.4
DeanNYA2.5
Hits per 9IP
SalvesonCLE7.7
BithornTAM7.9
LanierDET7.9
Birkofer 7.9
PageDET8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
Vander MeerOAK8.0
PageDET5.8
SaylesMIN5.6
PearsonSEM5.4
ZuberOAK5.3
WHiP
SalvesonCLE1.21
BithornTAM1.22
DeanNYA1.24
Birkofer 1.28
BauersNYA1.29
OAVG
SalvesonCLE.229
PageDET.239
LanierDET.239
BithornTAM.240
Birkofer .240
OOBP
SalvesonCLE.297
DeanNYA.305
BithornTAM.309
BauersNYA.312
WilksSEM.314
OSLG
SalvesonCLE.331
MulcahyCLE.336
BauersNYA.346
LanierDET.352
ZuberOAK.353
OOPS
SalvesonCLE.628
BauersNYA.658
BithornTAM.669
LanierDET.674
Birkofer .680
   
League All-Stars
Russ Bauers Jack Bolling Roy Cullenbine
Dizzy Dean Tom Ferrick Hank Greenberg
Ed Head Gil Hodges Bucky Jacobs
Alex Kampouris Joe Krakauskas Max Lanier
Cookie Lavagetto Mel Ott Joe Page
Pete Reiser Johnny Rizzo Red Rolfe
Clyde Shoun Arky Vaughan Joe Vosmik
Ted Wilks Ted Williams Gene Woodling
Rudy York  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Rudy York CLE $ 15,000,000  
2.    Mel Ott SEM $ 13,500,000  
3.    Ralph Winegarner TAM $ 12,500,000  
4.    Hank Greenberg SEM $ 11,250,000  
5.    Paul Dean TAM $ 10,210,000  
6.    Johnny Mize CLE $ 10,000,000  
7.    Tommy Henrich NYA $ 9,750,000  
8.    Ralph Birkofer TAM $ 9,500,000  
9.    Johnny Rigney NYA $ 9,000,000  
10.    Arky Vaughan NYA $ 8,770,000  
11.    Van Mungo SEM $ 8,100,000  
12.    Johnny Vander Meer OAK $ 7,770,000  
13.    Ted Williams DET $ 7,021,429  
14.    Hal Trosky TAM $ 7,000,000  
15.    Hal Wagner OAK $ 6,750,000  
16.    Russ Bauers NYA $ 6,600,000  
17.    Jeff Heath OAK $ 6,500,000  
18.    Max Lanier DET $ 6,000,000  
  Don Padgett MIN $ 6,000,000  
20.    Dizzy Dean NYA $ 5,750,000  
21.    Dixie Walker SEM $ 5,700,000  
  Buddy Lewis NYA $ 5,700,000  
23.    Clay Bryant MIN $ 5,500,000  
  Al Milnar MIN $ 5,500,000  
25.    Stan Hack OAK $ 5,250,000