1944 New York (N) Giants
Record: 85-77
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 867
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,855,500
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
A: 59-78, 7th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B  Eddie Stanky 27 156 568 93 147 20 2 5 40 0 0 131 57 .259 .397 .327 .725 84.2 12.1 4.7
CF *Wally Judnich 27 155 599 117 203 44 5 22 117 0 1 57 61 .339 .392 .539 .931 116.1 23.4 2.6
2B *Cecil Travis 30 156 571 76 164 33 4 1 58 0 0 36 51 .287 .331 .364 .695 61.0 7.1 5.9
CF *Elmer Valo 23 147 507 117 145 22 8 12 73 25 8 101 16 .286 .406 .432 .838 89.0 15.6 2.5
C  Ernie Lombardi 36 147 533 60 114 24 1 22 94 0 0 44 88 .214 .271 .386 .658 54.4 2.9 4.9
CF  Joe Dimaggio 29 129 509 99 166 44 5 21 95 0 0 59 9 .326 .395 .556 .951 99.0 20.1 3.2
LF *Hank Edwards 25 144 435 59 141 40 5 9 98 0 0 48 28 .324 .388 .501 .889 78.3 15.0 2.5
3B  Jim Tabor 27 103 355 64 122 21 1 19 66 3 0 33 53 .344 .396 .569 .965 73.1 14.9 3.2
LF  Wally Berger 38 99 247 31 78 14 2 6 40 1 1 14 37 .316 .348 .462 .810 36.8 5.9 0.9
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 31 98 205 26 55 10 0 3 24 0 1 17 14 .268 .323 .361 .684 23.0 2.6 1.9
LF *Babe Young 28 97 171 23 48 8 2 6 42 0 0 21 4 .281 .359 .456 .815 26.0 3.7 0.5
1B  Frank McCormick 33 116 158 16 50 6 0 4 21 0 0 6 9 .316 .337 .430 .768 21.8 3.0 0.3
1B  Bob Repass 26 69 132 17 36 13 1 2 15 0 0 11 14 .273 .329 .432 .760 16.1 2.1 1.5
P  Joe Haynes 26 44 125 11 28 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 16 .224 .254 .232 .486 7.5 0.0 0.0
P  Red Embree 26 41 120 5 23 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 16 .192 .198 .225 .423 3.8 0.0 0.0
C *Ken Sears 26 46 112 16 32 0 0 3 13 0 0 14 5 .286 .365 .366 .731 14.2 1.6 1.3
P  Ken Heintzelman 28 38 99 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 26 .111 .136 .121 .257 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Chet Ross 27 35 85 9 15 5 1 2 6 0 0 7 19 .176 .247 .329 .577 6.2 0.0 0.7
P *Ralph Birkofer 35 22 58 5 20 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .345 .345 .345 .690 6.8 0.7 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 27 54 43 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 .163 .217 .233 .450 1.7 0.0 0.0
RF  Johnny Dickshot 34 52 31 10 14 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 1 .452 .500 .581 1.081 8.0 1.7 0.0
C  Buddy Rosar 29 11 15 4 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 2 .600 .650 .600 1.250 5.3 1.5 0.2
CF  Ben Chapman 35 13 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Baker 31 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Muncrief 28 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Gomez 35 39 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Creepy Crespi 26 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Calvert 26 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Oscar Judd 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Gregg 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2140 5700 867 1633 310 38 139 841 29 11 619 557 .286 .355 .427 .782 833.1 133.9 36.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 3 1 1 7 3 2 6 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joe Haynes 26 22 15 .595 44 44 0 343.0 393 144 12 75 87 3.78 23.1
 Red Embree 26 18 15 .545 41 41 0 315.0 307 140 21 100 177 4.00 19.5
*Ken Heintzelman 28 15 16 .484 38 38 0 288.0 310 147 16 119 89 4.59 10.9
*Ralph Birkofer 35 8 8 .500 22 22 0 161.3 143 71 12 64 86 3.96 11.0
 Allie Reynolds 27 12 6 .667 54 16 0 152.3 141 72 12 83 88 4.25 8.8
 Tom Baker 31 3 2 .600 38 1 7 46.3 39 19 2 29 12 3.69 5.1
 Paul Calvert 26 2 5 .286 37 0 7 43.3 48 29 7 24 14 6.02 0.5
*Lefty Gomez 35 2 1 .667 39 0 0 41.7 45 15 3 27 23 3.24 3.5
 Claude Passeau 35 2 5 .286 34 0 12 33.7 43 25 3 13 13 6.68 0.8
 Hal Gregg 22 1 2 .333 9 6 0 9.3 6 4 0 7 5 3.86 0.7
 Bob Muncrief 28 0 2 .000 6 0 0 8.7 17 6 2 5 1 6.23 0.0
*Oscar Judd 36 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 29.6 85 77 .525 363 168 26 1445.0 1493 672 90 547 595 4.19 84.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 4 3 5 4 1 3 4 4 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.7
E.Lombardi 1174.0 132 135 484 45 3 2 .994 23.5
K.Sears 243.7 27 35 112 14 0 0 1.000 33.3
B.Rosar 38.4 7 7 17 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1456.1 166 177 613 61 3 2 .996 26.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 12.40
W.Judnich 1099.0 124 127 1458 116 7 136 .996 12.89
B.Young 195.0 23 27 251 22 2 32 .993 12.60
F.McCormick 148.7 15 26 194 12 4 23 .981 12.47
E.Lombardi 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 181 1906 150 13 192 .994 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.23
E.Stanky 1296.3 150 155 340 614 30 145 .970 6.62
B.Repass 135.0 12 27 30 54 3 14 .966 5.60
C.Ross 10.3 0 6 6 6 1 3 .923 10.45
C.Travis 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 190 377 674 34 162 .969 6.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.02
J.Tabor 865.0 101 103 42 241 16 21 .946 2.94
J.Outlaw 487.0 55 70 35 126 7 7 .958 2.98
B.Repass 70.0 6 17 6 18 0 3 1.000 3.09
E.Valo 15.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Travis 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Crespi 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 162 197 83 389 23 31 .954 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.62
C.Travis 1277.7 147 152 219 622 41 120 .954 5.92
B.Repass 133.3 15 21 31 69 5 16 .952 6.75
J.Outlaw 25.0 0 15 5 11 1 4 .941 5.76
F.McCormick 6.7 0 2 2 2 0 2 1.000 5.41
C.Crespi 4.7 4 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.74
J.Tabor 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1449.4 166 195 260 708 47 143 .954 6.01
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
H.Edwards 933.7 104 119 220 5 0 2 1.000 2.17
W.Berger 450.7 56 58 75 4 2 1 .975 1.58
B.Young 29.0 1 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
J.Dickshot 14.7 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
C.Ross 11.7 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
B.Chapman 2.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.83
E.Valo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.9 162 200 304 9 2 3 .994 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.68
J.Dimaggio 1103.5 123 128 294 7 6 1 .980 2.45
W.Judnich 219.0 25 25 62 2 0 1 1.000 2.63
C.Ross 82.0 11 11 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.62
W.Berger 32.0 3 6 15 0 1 0 .938 4.22
H.Edwards 11.0 0 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 4.09
B.Young 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Chapman 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
C.Crespi 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 175 408 11 7 3 .984 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
E.Valo 1170.7 135 137 238 8 6 2 .976 1.89
C.Ross 105.0 13 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
B.Young 76.7 7 12 15 0 1 0 .938 1.76
J.Outlaw 35.0 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Edwards 33.7 1 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
J.Dickshot 13.7 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
C.Travis 5.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
F.McCormick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Chapman 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Berger 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.1 162 191 293 8 7 2 .977 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
J.Haynes 343.0 44 44 31 79 1 8 .991 2.89
R.Embree 315.0 41 41 16 55 1 2 .986 2.03
K.Heintzelman 288.0 38 38 12 61 1 6 .986 2.28
R.Birkofer 161.3 22 22 9 29 2 2 .950 2.12
A.Reynolds 152.3 16 54 7 43 5 4 .909 2.95
T.Baker 46.3 1 38 2 14 0 1 1.000 3.11
P.Calvert 43.3 0 37 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.25
L.Gomez 41.7 0 39 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.94
C.Passeau 33.7 0 34 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.67
H.Gregg 9.3 6 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Muncrief 8.7 0 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
O.Judd 2.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.85
Team Total 1445.0 168 363 84 304 10 25 .975 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Judnich .339
On-Base Pct Valo .406
Slugging Pct Dimaggio .556
OPS Dimaggio .951
XR Judnich 116.1
Games Stanky, Travis 156
At-Bats Judnich 599
Runs Valo, Judnich 117
Hits Judnich 203
Total Bases Judnich 323
Singles Judnich 132
Doubles Dimaggio, Judnich 44
Triples Valo 8
Homeruns Lombardi, Judnich 22
RBIs Judnich 117
Stolen Bases Valo 25
Caught Stealing Valo 8
Walks Stanky 131
Strikeouts Lombardi 88
ERA Haynes 3.78
Wins Haynes 22
Losses Heintzelman 16
Winning Pct Reynolds .667
Saves Passeau 12
Games Pitched Reynolds 54
Games Started Haynes 44
Complete Games Embree 13
Shutouts Heintzelman 2
Innings Pitched Haynes 343.0
Hits Allowed Haynes 393
Homeruns Allowed Embree 21
Strikeouts Embree 177
Walks Allowed Heintzelman 119
Walks per 9IP Haynes 2.0
Hits per 9IP Embree 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Embree 5.1
WHiP Embree 1.29
OAVG Embree .255
OOBP Embree .312
OSLG Haynes .384
OOPS Embree .707
Team All-Stars
Joe Dimaggio
Wally Judnich
Player Salaries
Ernie Lombardi $ 12,353,020
Joe Dimaggio $ 11,000,000
Frank McCormick $ 5,000,000
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Ken Heintzelman $ 3,300,000
Bob Muncrief $ 3,000,000
Babe Young $ 2,685,714
Wally Judnich $ 2,414,286
Wally Berger $ 1,950,000
Mace Brown $ 1,500,000
Jim Tabor $ 1,250,000
Willard Hershberger $ 800,000
Ben Chapman $ 770,000
Lefty Mills $ 750,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 500,000
Joe Haynes $ 300,000
Paul Calvert $ 300,000
Johnny Dickshot $ 300,000
Elmer Valo $ 300,000
Hank Edwards $ 300,000
Lefty Gomez $ 300,000
Bob Repass $ 300,000
Tom Baker $ 300,000
Eddie Stanky $ 300,000
Ken Sears $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Allie Reynolds $ 300,000
Red Embree $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Eddie Wilson Seattle Tommy Heath
4/2 Traded Steve Filipowicz
Skippy Roberge
Bobby Wilkins
St. Louis Jimmy Outlaw
Round Draft Pick.
4/2 Signed     Eddie Mayo
4/2 Signed     Terry Moore
4/2 Signed     Babe Dahlgren
5/1 Traded Creepy Crespi
Hal Gregg
Al Gionfriddo
Oscar Judd
Minnesota Joe Dimaggio
Tom Baker
7/1 Traded Ralph Birkofer
Claude Passeau
Buddy Rosar
Tampa Bay Bob Muncrief
Mace Brown
Willard Hershberger
Ben Chapman
Lefty Mills