1944 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 90-72
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 798
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,971,119
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 5th in the AL
AA: 58-79, 7th in the AL
A: 63-74, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
RF *Barney McCosky 27 150 611 93 164 31 4 3 66 11 17 70 25 .268 .344 .347 .691 71.7 8.2 4.7
3B *Arky Vaughan 32 157 579 118 187 45 9 19 99 15 10 89 20 .323 .412 .530 .943 115.0 23.1 9.2
RF *Buddy Lewis 27 154 584 82 179 30 7 9 95 20 8 57 52 .307 .365 .428 .793 88.3 14.4 4.4
1B *Tommy Henrich 31 147 535 79 134 44 4 17 90 4 0 73 86 .250 .338 .443 .781 79.6 11.8 2.8
SS  Lou Klein 25 146 533 65 141 30 3 8 73 7 5 45 58 .265 .324 .377 .701 61.3 7.0 5.1
C  Gil Hodges 20 139 508 76 130 26 4 21 91 1 0 71 78 .256 .344 .447 .790 77.1 11.0 6.1
CF *Tommy Holmes 27 129 484 77 131 28 3 4 62 1 1 56 12 .271 .349 .366 .715 59.0 7.4 5.0
3B *Lou Chiozza 34 107 302 40 89 13 5 2 36 4 0 18 24 .295 .339 .391 .729 36.9 5.2 3.9
LF  Dom Dimaggio 27 98 292 37 77 24 3 1 38 0 0 27 47 .264 .327 .377 .704 31.4 3.5 2.0
3B  Pinky May 33 112 287 39 86 12 1 1 32 0 0 24 8 .300 .354 .359 .713 35.8 5.3 4.2
1B *Ray Sanders 27 89 145 23 36 9 1 6 32 0 0 31 19 .248 .374 .448 .823 26.6 4.2 0.6
C  Al Evans 27 68 128 24 33 4 0 4 12 0 1 15 11 .258 .338 .383 .721 16.1 1.8 1.2
P  Dizzy Dean 34 41 110 12 22 2 1 0 10 0 0 5 16 .200 .235 .236 .471 5.9 0.0 0.0
P *Russ Bauers 30 39 99 6 19 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 23 .192 .214 .192 .406 4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Rigney 29 38 94 8 19 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 27 .202 .219 .245 .463 4.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Howdy Groskloss 37 41 94 11 26 5 1 0 12 0 0 5 5 .277 .304 .351 .655 10.3 0.9 1.2
P  Jack Kramer 26 42 74 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 21 .108 .120 .108 .228 -1.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Frank Secory 31 19 51 3 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .216 .245 .235 .481 2.5 0.0 0.2
P  Orie Arntzen 34 58 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 0.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Mike Chartak 28 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Mel Queen 26 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Wilshere 31 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Milo Candini 26 38 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P #Chet Covington 33 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1903 5544 798 1497 307 47 95 769 63 42 594 544 .270 .340 .394 .734 725.3 103.9 50.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 5 5 2 3 8 5 3 8 6 1 5 4 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Dizzy Dean 34 24 10 .706 41 41 0 327.0 315 116 31 90 158 3.19 34.7
 Russ Bauers 30 19 12 .613 39 39 0 309.0 293 123 12 106 140 3.58 27.5
 Johnny Rigney 29 20 14 .588 38 38 0 288.7 290 137 23 124 157 4.27 21.3
 Jack Kramer 26 14 17 .452 42 34 3 247.7 282 131 24 77 95 4.76 12.2
 Orie Arntzen 34 5 8 .385 58 7 4 99.7 109 61 8 52 37 5.51 4.9
*Chet Covington 33 1 4 .200 47 0 2 57.7 56 22 6 14 14 3.43 5.6
 Milo Candini 26 3 3 .500 38 0 3 54.3 61 30 6 30 22 4.97 3.6
*Whitey Wilshere 31 3 3 .500 34 1 14 39.3 35 28 4 38 19 6.41 2.5
 Mel Queen 26 1 1 .500 4 2 1 14.3 10 6 2 15 8 3.77 1.1
 Johnny Beazley 26 0 0 .000 7 0 2 11.7 9 2 0 10 3 1.54 2.2
Team Totals 29.5 90 72 .556 348 162 29 1449.3 1460 656 116 556 653 4.07 115.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 2  
* - 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 .988 35.2
G.Hodges 1174.7 131 131 574 48 12 0 .981 41.5
A.Evans 274.7 31 32 120 5 1 0 .992 10.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 163 694 53 13 0 .983 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
T.Henrich 1104.7 127 127 1312 117 7 139 .995 11.64
R.Sanders 233.7 22 46 284 21 3 26 .990 11.75
F.Secory 61.0 7 8 76 6 2 4 .976 12.10
T.Holmes 49.0 6 6 53 5 0 8 1.000 10.65
M.Chartak 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 188 1726 149 12 177 .994 11.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
L.Klein 1207.0 135 139 307 494 17 111 .979 5.97
L.Chiozza 138.0 16 20 27 66 1 8 .989 6.07
H.Groskloss 101.7 11 12 18 49 3 9 .957 5.93
B.McCosky 2.7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1449.3 162 173 352 610 21 129 .979 5.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
P.May 663.3 71 96 47 173 8 15 .965 2.98
L.Chiozza 574.3 71 74 35 152 11 8 .944 2.93
B.Lewis 152.0 17 17 11 30 1 4 .976 2.43
A.Evans 27.0 2 12 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67
H.Groskloss 24.7 1 10 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.28
A.Vaughan 8.0 0 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1449.3 162 214 97 371 20 28 .959 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
A.Vaughan 1299.3 146 147 235 584 27 128 .968 5.67
H.Groskloss 105.0 11 12 18 36 2 5 .964 4.63
T.Holmes 34.0 4 4 5 17 0 5 1.000 5.82
L.Klein 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.May 2.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 166 260 641 29 138 .969 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
B.McCosky 1274.7 144 147 326 4 2 3 .994 2.33
D.Dimaggio 95.0 11 11 22 0 1 0 .957 2.08
F.Secory 51.0 6 7 9 1 1 0 .909 1.76
T.Henrich 10.7 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
M.Chartak 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Lewis 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hodges 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Vaughan 3.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 182 360 5 4 3 .989 2.27
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
T.Holmes 888.7 98 103 278 9 2 1 .993 2.91
D.Dimaggio 552.7 64 67 143 3 12 0 .924 2.38
B.McCosky 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Chartak 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Chiozza 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 177 423 12 14 1 .969 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
B.Lewis 1183.3 132 132 261 14 11 1 .962 2.09
T.Henrich 148.0 17 17 38 1 2 0 .951 2.37
T.Holmes 62.0 7 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
R.Sanders 52.0 6 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Chartak 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1449.3 162 163 328 16 13 1 .964 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
D.Dean 327.0 41 41 20 55 1 7 .987 2.06
R.Bauers 309.0 39 39 18 61 2 2 .975 2.30
J.Rigney 288.7 38 38 19 48 2 6 .971 2.09
J.Kramer 247.7 34 42 18 47 5 2 .929 2.36
O.Arntzen 99.7 7 58 4 17 1 1 .955 1.90
C.Covington 57.7 0 47 5 11 0 2 1.000 2.50
M.Candini 54.3 0 38 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.15
W.Wilshere 39.3 1 34 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.52
M.Queen 14.3 2 4 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.77
J.Beazley 11.7 0 7 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.09
Team Total 1449.3 162 348 92 265 11 24 .970 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vaughan .323
On-Base Pct Vaughan .412
Slugging Pct Vaughan .530
OPS Vaughan .943
XR Vaughan 115.0
Games Vaughan 157
At-Bats McCosky 611
Runs Vaughan 118
Hits Vaughan 187
Total Bases Vaughan 307
Singles Lewis 133
Doubles Vaughan 45
Triples Vaughan 9
Homeruns Hodges 21
RBIs Vaughan 99
Stolen Bases Lewis 20
Caught Stealing McCosky 17
Walks Vaughan 89
Strikeouts Henrich 86
ERA Dean 3.19
Wins Dean 24
Losses Kramer 17
Winning Pct Dean .706
Saves Wilshere 14
Games Pitched Arntzen 58
Games Started Dean 41
Complete Games Bauers, Rigney 13
Shutouts Dean 3
Innings Pitched Dean 327.0
Hits Allowed Dean 315
Homeruns Allowed Dean 31
Strikeouts Dean 158
Walks Allowed Rigney 124
Walks per 9IP Dean 2.5
Hits per 9IP Bauers 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Rigney 4.9
WHiP Dean 1.24
OAVG Bauers .250
OOBP Dean .305
OSLG Bauers .346
OOPS Bauers .658
Team All-Stars
Russ Bauers
Dizzy Dean
Gil Hodges
Arky Vaughan
Player Salaries
Tommy Henrich $ 9,750,000
Johnny Rigney $ 9,000,000
Arky Vaughan $ 8,770,000
Russ Bauers $ 6,600,000
Dizzy Dean $ 5,750,000
Buddy Lewis $ 5,700,000
Lou Chiozza $ 3,500,000
Barney McCosky $ 2,807,143
Whitey Wilshere $ 1,000,000
Howdy Groskloss $ 900,000
Pinky May $ 812,001
Sammy Holbrook $ 500,000
Tommy Holmes $ 300,000
Lou Klein $ 300,000
Orie Arntzen $ 300,000
Jack Kramer $ 300,000
Al Evans $ 300,000
Dom Dimaggio $ 300,000
Mel Queen $ 300,000
Chet Covington $ 300,000
Ray Sanders $ 300,000
Mike Chartak $ 300,000
Milo Candini $ 300,000
Johnny Beazley $ 300,000
Frank Secory $ 300,000
Gil Hodges $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Pinky May
2/7 Signed     Howdy Groskloss
2/9 Signed     Whitey Wilshere
2/10 Signed     Tommy Henrich