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1944 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 103-59
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 869
Runs Allowed: 640
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 2,414,696
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
A: 84-53, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Cincinnati Reds
 
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
3B  Whitey Kurowski 26 150 554 103 150 27 5 23 114 0 0 84 55 .271 .366 .462 .828 91.0 18.5 4.1
RF  Hank Sauer 27 156 554 89 150 24 4 34 131 0 0 64 65 .271 .345 .513 .857 94.3 19.5 2.2
RF #Augie Galan 32 146 509 104 160 28 6 11 74 0 0 84 15 .314 .408 .458 .866 90.4 20.9 2.8
3B  Lee Handley 30 153 530 68 132 21 5 5 56 24 11 41 26 .249 .302 .336 .638 54.6 6.3 11.0
C  Bennie Warren 32 138 451 85 106 18 0 25 76 0 1 113 92 .235 .388 .441 .829 78.3 15.2 7.1
1B *Nick Etten 30 138 435 70 140 21 3 13 71 0 0 61 18 .322 .404 .474 .877 78.2 17.7 3.0
RF  Bobby Estalella 33 136 411 73 121 21 4 6 56 0 0 75 45 .294 .405 .409 .814 67.8 14.9 2.9
CF *Dom Dallessandro 30 118 368 63 101 16 2 4 36 0 0 57 43 .274 .369 .361 .731 52.9 10.3 2.5
2B *Stu Martin 30 120 375 38 89 18 2 3 49 1 1 24 18 .237 .282 .320 .602 31.6 2.5 4.8
2B  Don Gutteridge 32 121 312 44 87 10 2 5 40 0 5 28 18 .279 .337 .372 .709 34.6 5.1 4.3
CF  Buster Adams 29 85 253 43 83 13 2 6 35 0 0 30 33 .328 .396 .466 .863 42.5 9.8 2.0
P  Ernie White 27 40 123 13 31 2 1 0 12 0 1 2 13 .252 .264 .285 .549 8.5 0.0 0.0
C  Frankie Pytlak 35 50 121 11 31 6 3 0 21 8 2 10 5 .256 .316 .355 .671 13.0 1.6 1.5
P *Cliff Melton 32 39 115 9 22 3 1 0 7 1 0 3 24 .191 .208 .235 .443 5.7 0.0 0.0
P #Eddie Smith 30 40 113 9 29 1 0 0 13 0 0 1 18 .257 .261 .265 .526 6.9 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Logan 34 32 84 3 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 .155 .169 .179 .347 2.9 0.0 0.0
3B *Hillis Layne 26 41 81 10 19 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 2 .235 .303 .309 .612 6.4 0.3 0.8
RF *Bud Stewart 28 49 80 14 24 5 3 0 14 0 0 10 2 .300 .378 .438 .815 12.7 3.0 0.3
2B  Emil Verban 28 28 75 7 14 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 2 .187 .197 .267 .464 1.5 0.0 1.0
3B  Jimmy Pofahl 27 15 31 8 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 2 .355 .429 .452 .880 5.7 1.2 0.5
P  Roy Bruner 27 36 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Joe Glenn 35 11 11 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .364 .462 .545 1.007 2.1 0.7 0.1
P  Roger Wolff 33 46 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Les McCrabb 29 16 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.9 0.1 0.0
P *Al Brazle 30 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Earley 27 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Lamanna 24 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1982 5616 869 1523 244 45 137 836 34 21 706 516 .271 .351 .404 .755 783.6 147.7 50.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 2 4 5 1 4 3 5 5 1 2 4 3 5 3 3  
* - 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
*Eddie Smith 30 22 11 .667 40 40 0 328.3 302 114 18 141 115 3.12 27.8
*Cliff Melton 32 23 12 .657 39 39 0 323.7 301 112 24 58 187 3.11 27.0
*Ernie White 27 25 6 .806 40 39 0 316.3 291 117 26 93 177 3.33 27.7
*Bob Logan 34 17 8 .680 32 32 0 250.0 266 113 29 61 117 4.07 13.9
 Roy Bruner 27 2 7 .222 36 8 18 70.0 79 47 6 46 63 6.04 0.7
 Roger Wolff 33 7 5 .583 46 2 6 63.0 64 18 1 25 29 2.57 8.2
*Al Brazle 30 6 5 .545 49 0 2 61.3 76 31 3 31 15 4.55 2.4
 Les McCrabb 29 1 2 .333 16 2 0 31.0 34 14 3 8 11 4.06 1.5
 Tom Earley 27 0 1 .000 16 0 2 20.0 26 12 3 10 4 5.40 0.1
 Frank Lamanna 24 0 2 .000 13 0 0 17.0 18 7 0 8 5 3.71 0.7
 Bill Lee 34 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.7 103 59 .636 329 162 28 1482.7 1457 585 113 481 723 3.55 110.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
B.Warren 1184.7 132 134 609 42 3 0 .995 21.2
F.Pytlak 294.0 30 38 140 9 1 0 .993 62.5
J.Glenn 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1482.7 162 174 749 53 4 0 .995 30.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 12.40
N.Etten 955.7 105 115 1287 78 7 115 .995 12.85
B.Estalella 287.0 33 35 382 28 1 47 .998 12.86
D.Gutteridge 225.7 24 29 300 18 2 27 .994 12.68
J.Glenn 14.3 0 4 15 2 0 1 1.000 10.68
Team Total 1482.7 162 183 1984 126 10 190 .995 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.23
S.Martin 868.3 99 107 221 355 13 87 .978 5.97
D.Gutteridge 347.7 34 53 94 165 7 48 .974 6.70
E.Verban 169.0 20 22 30 84 0 13 1.000 6.07
J.Pofahl 84.0 9 13 19 34 0 7 1.000 5.68
H.Layne 8.7 0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.20
L.Handley 5.0 0 4 2 1 1 1 .750 5.40
Team Total 1482.7 162 204 370 640 21 157 .980 6.13
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.02
W.Kurowski 1286.3 142 146 77 365 27 30 .942 3.09
H.Layne 185.0 20 25 9 54 4 7 .940 3.06
B.Estalella 10.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Gutteridge 1.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1482.7 162 177 86 422 31 37 .942 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.62
L.Handley 1272.0 147 148 193 650 12 121 .986 5.96
D.Gutteridge 133.3 9 32 19 70 1 17 .989 6.01
S.Martin 49.0 5 10 6 18 2 2 .923 4.41
H.Layne 16.3 0 7 1 9 0 3 1.000 5.51
J.Pofahl 11.0 1 2 2 3 1 0 .833 4.09
E.Verban 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 200 221 750 16 143 .984 5.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
H.Sauer 1245.7 141 143 204 6 12 0 .946 1.52
B.Estalella 185.0 19 21 33 3 0 0 1.000 1.75
D.Gutteridge 27.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
N.Etten 8.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Stewart 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Galan 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Dallessandro 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Adams 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 181 249 9 12 0 .956 1.57
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.68
D.Dallessandro 743.7 86 97 194 2 6 2 .970 2.37
B.Adams 523.3 62 64 133 7 1 0 .993 2.41
B.Estalella 148.0 10 37 41 1 1 1 .977 2.55
B.Stewart 39.0 4 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
A.Galan 26.7 0 13 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Verban 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 221 386 11 9 3 .978 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
A.Galan 1115.3 122 128 215 4 4 2 .982 1.77
B.Estalella 285.3 31 34 62 5 1 0 .985 2.11
B.Stewart 76.0 9 10 12 1 1 1 .929 1.54
J.Glenn 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 173 289 10 6 3 .980 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
E.Smith 328.3 40 40 22 76 3 3 .970 2.69
C.Melton 323.7 39 39 25 76 5 6 .953 2.81
E.White 316.3 39 40 11 55 0 6 1.000 1.88
B.Logan 250.0 32 32 21 59 1 4 .988 2.88
R.Bruner 70.0 8 36 6 11 1 0 .944 2.19
R.Wolff 63.0 2 46 2 14 1 0 .941 2.29
A.Brazle 61.3 0 49 3 9 1 0 .923 1.76
L.McCrabb 31.0 2 16 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.32
T.Earley 20.0 0 16 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.70
F.Lamanna 17.0 0 13 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.65
B.Lee 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 329 94 315 12 21 .971 2.48
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Etten .322
On-Base Pct Galan .408
Slugging Pct Sauer .513
OPS Etten .877
XR Sauer 94.3
Games Sauer 156
At-Bats Kurowski, Sauer 554
Runs Galan 104
Hits Galan 160
Total Bases Sauer 284
Singles Galan 115
Doubles Galan 28
Triples Galan 6
Homeruns Sauer 34
RBIs Sauer 131
Stolen Bases Handley 24
Caught Stealing Handley 11
Walks Warren 113
Strikeouts Warren 92
ERA Melton 3.11
Wins White 25
Losses Melton 12
Winning Pct White .806
Saves Bruner 18
Games Pitched Brazle 49
Games Started Smith 40
Complete Games Smith 19
Shutouts Melton 4
Innings Pitched Smith 328.3
Hits Allowed Smith 302
Homeruns Allowed Logan 29
Strikeouts Melton 187
Walks Allowed Smith 141
Walks per 9IP Melton 1.6
Hits per 9IP Smith 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Melton 5.2
WHiP Melton 1.11
OAVG White .244
OOBP Melton .280
OSLG Smith .336
OOPS Melton .636
Team All-Stars
Roy Bruner
Whitey Kurowski
Cliff Melton
Eddie Smith
Ernie White
Player Salaries
Eddie Smith $ 6,500,000
Augie Galan $ 5,750,000
Cliff Melton $ 4,700,000
Dom Dallessandro $ 4,690,000
Ernie White $ 4,492,857
Stu Martin $ 3,600,000
Lee Handley $ 3,590,000
Bobby Estalella $ 3,500,000
Bob Logan $ 3,000,000
Nick Etten $ 2,321,429
Roger Wolff $ 1,828,571
Don Gutteridge $ 1,620,000
Bennie Warren $ 1,042,857
Joe Glenn $ 700,000
George Caster $ 650,000
Bill Lee $ 625,000
Tom Winsett $ 570,000
Frankie Pytlak $ 440,000
Bill Crouch $ 350,000
Cotton Pippen $ 350,000
Marty Marion $ 350,000
Al Brazle $ 300,000
Roy Bruner $ 300,000
Emil Verban $ 300,000
Tom Earley $ 300,000
Hillis Layne $ 300,000
Hank Sauer $ 300,000
Jimmy Pofahl $ 300,000
Jim Mertz $ 300,000
Whitey Kurowski $ 300,000
Frank Lamanna $ 300,000
Buster Adams $ 300,000
Les McCrabb $ 300,000
Bud Stewart $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Eddie Smith
2/17 Signed     Tom Winsett
2/25 Signed     Joe Glenn
 
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