1944 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 60-102
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 652
Runs Allowed: 951
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,405,930
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 8th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 5th in the AL
A: 77-60, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
1B *Johnny Hopp 27 155 557 95 162 35 8 12 70 26 19 95 34 .291 .395 .447 .842 94.5 14.9 3.9
LF  Monte Irvin 25 156 545 95 152 26 3 14 78 15 2 79 59 .279 .369 .415 .784 86.4 13.3 2.8
CF  Peanuts Lowrey 26 153 572 76 138 32 6 8 34 1 2 33 45 .241 .282 .360 .642 55.7 4.2 3.7
SS  Buddy Blattner 24 154 523 56 149 24 5 10 88 4 2 73 57 .285 .372 .407 .779 74.6 10.0 3.8
LF *Gene Woodling 21 152 491 81 157 33 6 21 92 0 1 104 49 .320 .436 .540 .976 109.6 21.8 2.6
1B *Eddie Robinson 23 143 497 82 125 32 2 21 60 0 0 48 73 .252 .319 .451 .769 70.8 9.6 2.6
3B  Red Barkley 30 149 448 28 67 21 1 2 36 0 0 47 108 .150 .229 .214 .443 15.9 0.0 5.6
LF *Enos Slaughter 28 137 321 32 64 11 4 3 31 1 1 45 40 .199 .295 .287 .581 29.7 0.5 1.4
C  Red Hayworth 29 91 306 18 65 7 0 1 28 0 0 8 11 .212 .228 .245 .473 13.8 0.0 3.4
C #George Dickey 28 82 245 20 52 4 0 5 22 0 0 25 55 .212 .283 .290 .573 22.0 0.5 2.8
2B #Heinie Mueller 31 80 149 18 29 6 0 3 18 0 0 23 25 .195 .301 .295 .596 13.2 0.2 1.2
P  Larry French 36 40 88 4 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 22 .136 .174 .136 .310 0.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Tony Piet 37 87 96 6 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 6 26 .115 .165 .188 .353 1.5 0.0 1.6
P *Tommy Byrne 24 40 90 8 21 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 20 .233 .247 .322 .570 6.7 0.0 0.0
RF  Maurice Van Robays 29 69 91 6 26 7 2 1 14 0 0 4 12 .286 .316 .440 .755 11.2 1.4 0.2
3B *Buddy Blair 33 81 86 3 25 4 1 0 11 0 0 8 4 .291 .351 .360 .712 10.7 1.6 0.3
RF *Ned Harris 27 97 83 9 19 2 2 2 15 0 0 7 9 .229 .286 .373 .659 8.4 0.3 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 23 39 69 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .072 .086 .087 .173 -2.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Hank Steinbacher 31 37 69 5 14 4 0 1 8 0 0 9 9 .203 .295 .304 .599 6.5 0.4 0.4
P  Grant Bowler 36 41 62 3 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 24 .161 .188 .242 .429 2.5 0.0 0.0
C  Bill Baker 33 9 29 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .138 .138 .138 .276 -0.7 0.0 0.3
P  Virgil Trucks 27 6 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .286 .552 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Red Lynn 30 46 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Whitey Hilcher 35 73 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Lefty West 28 91 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Smith 29 31 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Paul Erickson 28 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2287 5473 652 1317 257 42 107 627 47 28 624 721 .241 .317 .362 .679 632.8 78.9 36.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 6 5 8 4 5 5 6 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
*Larry French 36 14 23 .378 40 40 0 282.0 329 180 36 134 59 5.74 9.3
*Tommy Byrne 24 9 21 .300 40 40 0 262.7 286 182 21 176 108 6.24 4.0
 Bud Byerly 23 12 14 .462 39 39 0 239.0 263 112 12 85 83 4.22 17.7
 Grant Bowler 36 6 19 .240 41 34 0 215.7 248 130 21 124 89 5.43 6.6
*Lefty West 28 8 5 .615 91 0 5 118.3 123 64 9 65 43 4.87 9.6
 Whitey Hilcher 35 1 2 .333 73 0 1 94.7 111 52 11 54 36 4.94 5.5
 Red Lynn 30 2 3 .400 46 2 1 82.3 71 42 7 46 28 4.59 5.9
 Paul Erickson 28 4 3 .571 48 0 4 58.3 73 42 3 43 39 6.48 0.9
 Virgil Trucks 27 2 4 .333 7 6 0 41.7 54 29 5 22 18 6.27 1.0
 Dave Smith 29 2 8 .200 31 1 12 41.7 47 22 2 34 8 4.75 4.3
Team Totals 29.6 60 102 .370 456 162 23 1436.3 1605 855 127 783 511 5.36 64.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
R.Hayworth 747.3 87 89 266 32 5 1 .983 35.5
G.Dickey 624.7 67 79 240 22 3 0 .989 27.3
B.Baker 63.3 8 8 32 1 1 0 .971 50.0
H.Steinbacher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1436.3 162 177 538 55 9 1 .985 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
E.Robinson 978.3 112 113 1310 102 9 130 .994 12.99
M.Irvin 442.0 50 56 614 51 3 69 .996 13.54
J.Hopp 11.0 0 4 15 2 0 1 1.000 13.91
B.Blattner 5.0 0 3 5 3 0 1 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1436.3 162 176 1944 158 12 201 .994 13.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
B.Blattner 1268.3 145 147 360 612 31 145 .969 6.90
H.Mueller 151.0 17 25 32 70 2 21 .981 6.08
T.Piet 17.0 0 10 3 13 0 3 1.000 8.47
Team Total 1436.3 162 182 395 695 33 169 .971 6.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
P.Lowrey 1171.7 148 149 76 353 19 28 .958 3.30
H.Mueller 176.3 13 43 10 62 2 5 .973 3.67
B.Blair 71.3 0 38 1 20 1 2 .955 2.65
T.Piet 15.0 1 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.80
H.Steinbacher 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1436.3 162 235 89 442 22 35 .960 3.33
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
R.Barkley 1192.7 147 149 226 608 31 124 .964 6.29
T.Piet 236.7 15 70 47 136 7 31 .963 6.96
B.Blattner 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
B.Blair 2.0 0 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 22.50
Team Total 1436.3 162 224 276 749 38 158 .964 6.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
M.Irvin 810.0 91 94 160 3 2 2 .988 1.81
G.Woodling 391.3 44 46 64 3 0 0 1.000 1.54
E.Slaughter 101.0 12 15 17 2 1 0 .950 1.69
M.Van Robays 95.0 11 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
H.Mueller 37.0 4 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.73
J.Hopp 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 177 258 9 3 2 .989 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
J.Hopp 1294.3 147 147 348 12 3 3 .992 2.50
H.Steinbacher 139.0 15 16 37 0 1 0 .974 2.40
P.Lowrey 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 164 386 12 4 3 .990 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
G.Woodling 846.0 95 100 188 2 1 0 .995 2.02
E.Slaughter 534.3 64 68 115 6 4 0 .968 2.04
E.Robinson 23.0 3 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
M.Irvin 13.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
M.Van Robays 10.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Hopp 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
N.Harris 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Steinbacher 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.3 162 187 311 8 5 0 .985 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
L.French 282.0 40 40 21 52 2 4 .973 2.33
T.Byrne 262.7 40 40 13 48 5 2 .924 2.09
B.Byerly 239.0 39 39 8 32 1 3 .976 1.51
G.Bowler 215.7 34 41 29 32 1 4 .984 2.55
L.West 118.3 0 91 9 25 0 1 1.000 2.59
W.Hilcher 94.7 0 73 5 22 1 1 .964 2.57
R.Lynn 82.3 2 46 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.08
P.Erickson 58.3 0 48 2 15 2 0 .895 2.62
D.Smith 41.7 1 31 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.30
V.Trucks 41.7 6 6 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.02
Team Total 1436.3 162 455 95 257 12 18 .967 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Woodling .320
On-Base Pct Woodling .436
Slugging Pct Woodling .540
OPS Woodling .976
XR Woodling 109.6
Games Irvin 156
At-Bats Lowrey 572
Runs Hopp, Irvin 95
Hits Hopp 162
Total Bases Woodling 265
Singles Blattner 110
Doubles Hopp 35
Triples Hopp 8
Homeruns Robinson, Woodling 21
RBIs Woodling 92
Stolen Bases Hopp 26
Caught Stealing Hopp 19
Walks Woodling 104
Strikeouts Barkley 108
ERA Byerly 4.22
Wins French 14
Losses French 23
Winning Pct Byerly .462
Saves Smith 12
Games Pitched West 91
Games Started Byrne, French 40
Complete Games French 10
Shutouts Byrne 2
Innings Pitched French 282.0
Hits Allowed French 329
Homeruns Allowed French 36
Strikeouts Byrne 108
Walks Allowed Byrne 176
Walks per 9IP Byerly 3.2
Hits per 9IP Byrne 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Bowler 3.7
WHiP Byerly 1.46
OAVG Byerly .277
OOBP Byerly .335
OSLG Byerly .397
OOPS Byerly .732
Team All-Stars
Gene Woodling
Player Salaries
Johnny Hopp $ 3,721,429
Enos Slaughter $ 2,600,000
Heinie Mueller $ 1,685,714
Tony Piet $ 1,500,000
George Selkirk $ 750,000
Whitey Hilcher $ 450,000
Larry French $ 410,000
Red Barkley $ 350,000
Grant Bowler $ 350,000
Red Lynn $ 350,000
Bill Baker $ 350,000
Buddy Blair $ 300,000
Buddy Blattner $ 300,000
Bud Byerly $ 300,000
Tommy Byrne $ 300,000
George Dickey $ 300,000
Paul Erickson $ 300,000
Monte Irvin $ 300,000
Red Hayworth $ 300,000
Dave Smith $ 300,000
Lefty West $ 300,000
Gene Woodling $ 300,000
Peanuts Lowrey $ 300,000
Maurice Van Robays $ 300,000
Virgil Trucks $ 300,000
Eddie Robinson $ 300,000
Hank Steinbacher $ 300,000
Ned Harris $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     George Selkirk
2/10 Signed     Larry French
2/12 Signed     Whitey Hilcher
3/3 Traded Chuck Aleno Tampa Bay Enos Slaughter