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1944 Minnesota Twins
Record: 62-100
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 859
Exp W-L: 66-96
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,117,242
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
AA: 84-53, 1st in the AL
A: 70-67, 3rd 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
LF  George Case 28 157 614 83 163 22 8 7 54 1 1 36 88 .265 .306 .362 .667 66.0 6.8 2.6
RF  Johnny Rizzo 31 155 605 89 177 42 7 16 86 1 0 43 83 .293 .340 .464 .805 89.9 14.8 3.0
1B  Fred Sington 34 156 529 82 131 39 6 15 91 0 2 83 91 .248 .350 .429 .779 77.3 11.2 1.9
2B #Johnny Lucadello 25 149 507 78 135 26 2 6 53 0 0 91 67 .266 .378 .361 .739 72.5 11.1 2.5
LF  Ernie Koy 34 148 543 73 148 48 7 13 72 1 1 28 112 .273 .310 .459 .769 69.9 9.9 3.5
C *Don Padgett 32 151 519 62 142 28 3 5 58 0 0 48 58 .274 .333 .368 .701 58.2 6.6 5.5
3B  Hank Majeski 27 147 496 57 118 31 6 18 78 0 0 38 52 .238 .294 .433 .728 58.6 6.5 1.8
SS  Creepy Crespi 26 124 361 40 94 15 5 6 42 1 0 30 60 .260 .318 .380 .698 42.3 5.0 6.7
2B  Billy Myers 33 123 253 35 62 14 1 3 28 0 0 27 47 .245 .323 .344 .667 28.4 3.0 2.4
3B  Hal Luby 31 106 159 16 44 7 0 2 21 0 0 19 9 .277 .352 .358 .710 19.2 2.5 0.9
LF *Chet Morgan 34 56 161 12 36 5 0 0 19 0 0 10 9 .224 .270 .255 .525 10.8 0.0 1.1
SS  Odell Hale 35 80 145 16 42 10 1 2 17 0 0 6 23 .290 .316 .414 .730 17.1 2.3 0.8
C  Bob Garbark 34 34 110 9 29 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 11 .264 .300 .309 .609 10.0 0.4 1.2
CF  Joe Dimaggio 29 26 102 13 30 6 1 4 15 0 0 8 4 .294 .342 .490 .833 15.9 2.6 0.6
P  Clay Bryant 32 39 76 8 20 2 0 0 9 1 0 2 6 .263 .282 .289 .572 6.2 0.2 0.0
P  Jack Hallett 29 34 69 4 12 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 20 .174 .197 .174 .371 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 26 31 63 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 12 .206 .242 .254 .496 4.4 0.0 0.0
2B *Lonny Frey 33 39 66 11 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 11 6 .227 .338 .258 .595 6.7 0.6 0.6
P *Bob Chipman 25 29 39 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .154 .175 .205 .380 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Gregg 22 15 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .120 .115 .120 .235 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Al Milnar 30 71 26 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .192 .340 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 28 8 20 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .300 .300 .300 .600 1.8 0.1 0.0
LF  Bud Hafey 31 10 19 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .053 .095 .053 .148 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Mickey Owen 28 7 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .150 .190 .150 .340 -0.1 0.0 0.2
P  Hank Borowy 28 18 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Oscar Judd 36 29 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .364 .727 1.4 0.4 0.0
P  Hank Wyse 26 48 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Lanning 33 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Nick Strincevich 29 77 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 33 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2118 5568 703 1438 302 49 98 678 5 4 496 813 .258 .319 .383 .702 656.7 83.9 35.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 7 7 3 2 6 7 8 1 8 8 7 7 7 7 7  
* - 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
 Clay Bryant 32 9 18 .333 39 39 0 237.3 250 128 9 145 95 4.85 10.4
 Jack Hallett 29 13 14 .481 34 31 0 222.0 248 131 28 97 97 5.31 7.5
 Bill Sayles 26 10 16 .385 31 31 0 203.0 199 131 28 138 127 5.81 4.4
*Bob Chipman 25 10 8 .556 29 14 4 144.0 139 56 12 68 51 3.50 11.8
*Al Milnar 30 3 10 .231 71 7 7 131.3 141 65 2 72 41 4.45 7.9
 Hal Gregg 22 3 7 .300 15 9 0 99.0 109 51 8 40 56 4.64 4.3
 Nick Strincevich 29 5 3 .625 77 3 7 97.3 100 37 6 41 34 3.42 9.5
 Hank Wyse 26 1 4 .200 48 1 3 64.3 92 50 8 32 18 7.00 0.0
 Butch Wensloff 28 4 4 .500 8 8 0 64.0 65 27 6 16 30 3.80 4.9
 Joe Beggs 33 1 5 .167 39 0 6 50.3 50 20 2 23 6 3.58 4.7
*Oscar Judd 36 1 5 .167 29 2 4 47.0 48 33 9 32 16 6.32 0.8
 Hank Borowy 28 1 3 .250 18 5 0 44.3 58 33 7 23 19 6.70 0.0
 Johnny Lanning 33 1 3 .250 12 0 3 18.7 23 11 2 14 3 5.31 0.3
 Hal Luby 31 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.1 62 100 .383 451 150 34 1423.6 1523 773 127 742 593 4.89 66.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 1 7 8 5 6 5 7 6 6  
* - 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
D.Padgett 1130.0 128 131 507 59 12 2 .979 34.8
B.Garbark 254.0 29 30 104 10 1 2 .991 36.4
M.Owen 39.1 4 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1423.1 161 165 629 70 13 4 .982 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
F.Sington 1254.0 145 147 1510 111 17 154 .990 11.63
O.Hale 170.0 17 24 207 13 2 23 .991 11.65
Team Total 1424.0 162 171 1717 124 19 177 .990 11.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
J.Lucadello 1072.0 124 129 251 428 19 104 .973 5.70
B.Myers 175.0 20 25 39 81 3 16 .976 6.17
L.Frey 130.0 14 19 42 66 0 14 1.000 7.48
H.Luby 36.0 3 8 10 19 0 4 1.000 7.25
O.Hale 11.0 1 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 4.91
Team Total 1424.0 162 183 345 597 22 139 .977 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
H.Majeski 1145.3 135 138 82 267 24 31 .936 2.74
H.Luby 143.7 15 24 18 35 4 1 .930 3.32
J.Lucadello 102.0 10 19 4 19 2 0 .920 2.03
O.Hale 33.0 2 11 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.73
C.Crespi 6.6 0 4 0 5 0 1 1.000 6.82
Team Total 1430.6 162 196 106 334 30 33 .936 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
C.Crespi 934.9 120 120 177 438 9 78 .986 5.92
B.Myers 329.3 31 69 55 150 12 29 .945 5.60
H.Luby 69.3 3 24 21 26 4 15 .922 6.10
O.Hale 48.7 3 21 8 29 0 4 1.000 6.84
L.Frey 20.0 1 5 4 9 1 1 .929 5.85
H.Majeski 13.0 0 8 1 9 0 1 1.000 6.92
G.Case 4.0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1419.2 158 249 267 664 26 128 .973 5.90
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
G.Case 1213.3 147 153 279 2 10 0 .966 2.08
C.Morgan 78.0 9 14 25 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Koy 45.0 2 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Hafey 36.0 4 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
D.Padgett 29.7 0 17 8 0 1 0 .889 2.43
J.Rizzo 12.0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
F.Sington 10.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1424.0 162 218 325 5 11 1 .968 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
E.Koy 1071.0 123 123 326 14 17 3 .952 2.86
J.Dimaggio 214.1 25 26 57 1 1 0 .983 2.44
C.Morgan 127.0 14 15 35 2 1 1 .974 2.62
G.Case 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Hafey 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Crespi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.1 162 168 420 17 19 4 .958 2.77
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
J.Rizzo 1273.0 145 147 308 3 8 2 .975 2.20
C.Morgan 142.0 17 19 42 2 1 0 .978 2.79
B.Hafey 5.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
G.Case 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.0 162 170 350 5 10 2 .973 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
C.Bryant 237.3 39 39 9 40 5 2 .907 1.86
J.Hallett 222.0 31 34 15 48 1 7 .984 2.55
B.Sayles 203.0 31 31 16 37 1 3 .981 2.35
B.Chipman 144.0 14 29 5 32 0 2 1.000 2.31
A.Milnar 131.3 7 71 9 20 1 4 .967 1.99
H.Gregg 99.0 9 15 5 13 1 3 .947 1.64
N.Strincevich 97.3 3 77 5 28 0 3 1.000 3.05
H.Wyse 64.3 1 48 7 12 1 0 .950 2.66
B.Wensloff 64.0 8 8 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Beggs 50.3 0 39 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.50
O.Judd 47.0 2 29 4 11 0 1 1.000 2.87
H.Borowy 44.3 5 18 3 13 1 2 .941 3.25
J.Lanning 18.7 0 12 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.38
H.Luby 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.6 150 451 91 279 11 28 .971 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rizzo .293
On-Base Pct Lucadello .378
Slugging Pct Rizzo .464
OPS Rizzo .805
XR Rizzo 89.9
Games Case 157
At-Bats Case 614
Runs Rizzo 89
Hits Rizzo 177
Total Bases Rizzo 281
Singles Case 126
Doubles Koy 48
Triples Case 8
Homeruns Majeski 18
RBIs Sington 91
Stolen Bases Bryant, Case, Crespi, Koy, Rizzo 1
Caught Stealing Sington 2
Walks Lucadello 91
Strikeouts Koy 112
ERA Bryant 4.85
Wins Hallett 13
Losses Bryant 18
Winning Pct Chipman .556
Saves Milnar, Strincevich 7
Games Pitched Strincevich 77
Games Started Bryant 39
Complete Games Hallett 4
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Bryant 237.3
Hits Allowed Bryant 250
Homeruns Allowed Hallett, Sayles 28
Strikeouts Sayles 127
Walks Allowed Bryant 145
Walks per 9IP Hallett 3.9
Hits per 9IP Sayles 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Sayles 5.6
WHiP Hallett 1.55
OAVG Sayles .259
OOBP Hallett .355
OSLG Bryant .372
OOPS Bryant .738
Team All-Stars
Johnny Rizzo
Player Salaries
Don Padgett $ 6,000,000
Clay Bryant $ 5,500,000
Al Milnar $ 5,500,000
Bill Sayles $ 3,971,429
Johnny Rizzo $ 3,664,286
Ernie Koy $ 3,078,571
Odell Hale $ 3,000,000
Billy Myers $ 2,650,000
Jack Hallett $ 2,285,714
Fred Sington $ 2,250,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 2,035,714
Oscar Judd $ 1,640,000
Lonny Frey $ 1,250,000
Hank Majeski $ 990,000
Nick Strincevich $ 768,571
Joe Beggs $ 589,286
George Case $ 571,429
Chet Morgan $ 550,000
Hal Luby $ 375,000
Hank Wyse $ 300,000
Bud Hafey $ 300,000
Hal Gregg $ 300,000
Bob Garbark $ 300,000
Creepy Crespi $ 300,000
Bob Chipman $ 300,000
Hank Borowy $ 300,000
Johnny Lanning $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Traded Joe Dimaggio
Tom Baker		 New York (N) Creepy Crespi
Hal Gregg
Al Gionfriddo
Oscar Judd
5/1 Traded Butch Wensloff
Mickey Owen		 Pittsburgh Bob Chipman
 
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