1944 Seattle Mariners
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 978
Runs Allowed: 872
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,330,817
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 2nd in the AL
AA: 80-57, 2nd in the AL
A: 66-71, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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
1B  Hank Greenberg 33 157 570 136 161 34 4 40 132 1 1 120 131 .282 .406 .567 .973 126.6 28.6 2.8
3B *Mel Ott 35 154 592 135 176 38 3 42 145 10 4 83 99 .297 .384 .584 .968 124.0 27.8 5.2
SS  Eddie Lake 28 156 514 93 123 22 2 17 92 2 0 113 77 .239 .375 .389 .764 82.5 14.1 5.5
RF *Phil Cavarretta 27 153 544 86 168 44 5 10 102 15 2 57 33 .309 .372 .463 .836 88.1 18.1 2.5
RF *George Myatt 30 130 503 93 145 24 10 2 55 45 15 61 24 .288 .370 .388 .757 76.5 14.2 3.0
3B *Red Rolfe 35 144 452 76 158 24 5 7 95 0 0 47 16 .350 .409 .471 .880 75.0 16.5 4.4
LF *Dixie Walker 33 137 422 91 142 32 5 2 70 1 0 54 47 .336 .410 .450 .860 72.3 16.5 1.6
C *Dolph Camilli 37 123 375 71 108 16 1 9 67 1 0 77 101 .288 .410 .408 .818 66.1 13.5 1.0
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 25 111 289 60 90 10 6 4 36 26 9 53 43 .311 .419 .429 .848 55.4 12.3 3.7
C  Phil Masi 28 83 227 28 56 16 4 1 42 0 0 33 14 .247 .340 .366 .705 28.8 4.5 0.5
LF  Dib Williams 34 76 224 22 58 6 2 2 24 0 0 18 35 .259 .316 .330 .646 23.8 2.6 2.7
1B  Billy Werber 36 104 181 29 40 8 1 0 19 1 5 41 15 .221 .363 .276 .639 19.5 1.6 0.8
CF  Fern Bell 31 59 182 22 51 11 0 0 15 0 0 23 21 .280 .361 .341 .702 20.5 2.9 0.6
P  Van Mungo 33 43 101 6 18 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 18 .178 .178 .198 .376 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 28 41 92 4 12 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 25 .130 .137 .141 .278 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Monte Pearson 35 32 69 7 20 3 1 0 9 0 0 2 6 .290 .310 .362 .672 7.6 0.9 0.0
P  Hal Manders 27 33 74 2 8 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 26 .108 .120 .149 .269 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C *Butch Nieman 26 26 66 10 23 2 0 3 16 0 0 7 6 .348 .405 .515 .921 12.9 2.8 0.3
C  Ray Mueller 32 13 40 4 12 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .300 .349 .475 .824 5.9 1.3 0.1
P *Mickey Harris 27 75 31 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .097 .125 .097 .222 -0.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Dick Culler 29 9 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 .313 .267 .579 0.6 0.0 0.1
P  Jake Mooty 31 66 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Matuzak 34 46 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.1 0.0
P  Dick Fowler 23 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Krist 28 78 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Podgajny 24 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Norm Branch 29 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2095 5594 978 1580 298 50 140 954 102 36 796 763 .282 .371 .429 .800 886.0 178.6 34.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 7 1 7 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Van Mungo 33 19 13 .594 43 43 0 284.3 273 161 26 158 159 5.10 11.8
 Ted Wilks 28 22 10 .688 41 41 0 274.7 280 123 29 76 89 4.03 17.9
 Hal Manders 27 14 11 .560 33 33 0 216.7 236 105 24 56 91 4.36 11.5
 Monte Pearson 35 12 12 .500 32 32 0 207.7 214 126 30 114 125 5.46 7.2
*Mickey Harris 27 11 7 .611 75 9 4 150.3 173 75 15 56 74 4.49 9.1
 Howie Krist 28 7 2 .778 78 1 5 96.7 113 59 6 55 44 5.49 4.3
 Jake Mooty 31 2 2 .500 66 0 5 84.0 100 35 5 32 32 3.75 6.1
 Harry Matuzak 34 4 5 .444 46 0 12 57.3 88 45 12 29 21 7.06 0.0
 Norm Branch 29 2 4 .333 26 0 1 28.3 30 20 3 21 22 6.35 0.5
 Dick Fowler 23 1 1 .500 9 3 1 25.0 46 27 4 12 3 9.72 0.0
 Johnny Podgajny 24 0 1 .000 11 0 0 16.0 29 20 3 8 6 11.25 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 94 68 .580 460 162 28 1441.0 1582 796 157 617 666 4.97 68.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 5 1 6 7 8 7 4 3 7  
* - 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.Camilli 869.3 95 108 437 28 7 0 .985 23.3
P.Masi 494.7 58 60 229 11 3 0 .988 20.0
R.Mueller 57.0 7 7 38 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Nieman 20.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 178 708 39 10 0 .987 20.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
H.Greenberg 1326.3 150 151 1658 129 8 168 .996 12.13
B.Nieman 37.7 4 4 50 2 1 3 .981 12.43
R.Mueller 25.0 3 3 27 1 1 2 .966 10.08
S.Stirnweiss 18.0 2 2 29 1 0 2 1.000 15.00
P.Cavarretta 18.0 2 2 26 2 0 1 1.000 14.00
B.Werber 13.0 1 2 13 1 0 2 1.000 9.69
D.Camilli 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Bell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 166 1805 136 10 179 .995 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
R.Rolfe 887.0 98 104 212 393 5 99 .992 6.14
E.Lake 490.0 60 61 123 213 10 54 .971 6.17
B.Werber 30.0 1 9 6 12 0 3 1.000 5.40
D.Culler 21.0 2 3 4 12 1 2 .941 6.86
G.Myatt 12.0 1 4 6 7 0 2 1.000 9.75
D.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 182 351 637 16 160 .984 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
M.Ott 860.0 96 97 62 234 19 25 .940 3.10
S.Stirnweiss 539.0 64 64 46 152 4 12 .980 3.31
R.Rolfe 19.0 0 10 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.79
B.Werber 13.0 1 3 0 4 1 0 .800 2.77
D.Williams 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Lake 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 176 110 398 24 38 .955 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
E.Lake 790.0 92 93 124 347 23 65 .953 5.37
D.Williams 554.0 70 71 83 264 17 51 .953 5.64
R.Rolfe 49.0 0 19 8 23 0 2 1.000 5.69
S.Stirnweiss 38.3 0 20 5 16 0 4 1.000 4.93
D.Culler 8.7 0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.16
P.Cavarretta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 209 221 653 41 122 .955 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
D.Walker 836.3 93 104 189 6 9 1 .956 2.10
B.Werber 280.0 32 40 67 1 1 0 .986 2.19
P.Cavarretta 262.7 30 41 53 4 0 0 1.000 1.95
B.Nieman 42.0 5 6 5 1 1 0 .857 1.29
F.Bell 17.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
H.Greenberg 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 197 321 12 11 1 .968 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
G.Myatt 970.3 108 110 266 9 4 5 .986 2.55
F.Bell 376.7 46 48 71 4 6 0 .926 1.79
D.Walker 42.0 3 12 5 1 2 1 .750 1.29
P.Cavarretta 30.0 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Nieman 20.0 2 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.70
P.Masi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 180 357 14 13 6 .966 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
P.Cavarretta 823.3 92 93 191 9 0 1 1.000 2.19
M.Ott 448.0 51 53 99 4 3 0 .972 2.07
G.Myatt 96.7 11 11 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.07
B.Werber 40.0 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Nieman 26.0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.12
H.Greenberg 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Mueller 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 167 339 16 3 1 .992 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
V.Mungo 284.3 43 43 14 44 1 4 .983 1.84
T.Wilks 274.7 41 41 18 71 2 6 .978 2.92
H.Manders 216.7 33 33 14 37 4 2 .927 2.12
M.Pearson 207.7 32 32 11 31 1 0 .977 1.82
M.Harris 150.3 9 75 8 24 0 3 1.000 1.92
H.Krist 96.7 1 78 12 24 0 3 1.000 3.35
J.Mooty 84.0 0 66 11 14 0 0 1.000 2.68
H.Matuzak 57.3 0 46 2 8 2 1 .833 1.57
N.Branch 28.3 0 26 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.59
D.Fowler 25.0 3 9 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.52
J.Podgajny 16.0 0 11 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1441.0 162 460 92 267 10 20 .973 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rolfe .349
On-Base Pct Rolfe .408
Slugging Pct Ott .584
OPS Greenberg .973
XR Greenberg 126.6
Games Greenberg 157
At-Bats Ott 592
Runs Greenberg 136
Hits Ott 176
Total Bases Ott 346
Singles Rolfe 122
Doubles Cavarretta 44
Triples Myatt 10
Homeruns Ott 42
RBIs Ott 145
Stolen Bases Myatt 45
Caught Stealing Myatt 15
Walks Greenberg 120
Strikeouts Greenberg 131
ERA Wilks 4.03
Wins Wilks 22
Losses Mungo 13
Winning Pct Wilks .688
Saves Matuzak 12
Games Pitched Krist 78
Games Started Mungo 43
Complete Games Wilks 4
Shutouts Mungo 3
Innings Pitched Mungo 284.3
Hits Allowed Wilks 280
Homeruns Allowed Pearson 30
Strikeouts Mungo 159
Walks Allowed Mungo 158
Walks per 9IP Manders 2.3
Hits per 9IP Mungo 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Pearson 5.4
WHiP Wilks 1.30
OAVG Mungo .254
OOBP Wilks .314
OSLG Mungo .391
OOPS Wilks .724
Team All-Stars
Hank Greenberg
Mel Ott
Red Rolfe
Ted Wilks
Player Salaries
Mel Ott $ 13,500,000
Hank Greenberg $ 11,250,000
Van Mungo $ 8,100,000
Dixie Walker $ 5,700,000
Dolph Camilli $ 5,200,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 4,500,000
Monte Pearson $ 4,000,000
George Myatt $ 2,600,000
Red Rolfe $ 2,270,000
Ray Mueller $ 1,600,000
Billy Werber $ 1,400,000
Harry Matuzak $ 1,000,000
Fern Bell $ 775,714
Dib Williams $ 300,000
Butch Nieman $ 300,000
Phil Masi $ 300,000
Hal Manders $ 300,000
Eddie Lake $ 300,000
Howie Krist $ 300,000
Mickey Harris $ 300,000
Johnny Podgajny $ 300,000
Dick Fowler $ 300,000
Dick Culler $ 300,000
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 300,000
Ted Wilks $ 300,000
Norm Branch $ 300,000
Jake Mooty $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ralph Winegarner Tampa Bay Cy Blanton
2/1 Traded Tommy Heath New York (N) Eddie Wilson
2/2 Signed     Van Mungo
2/4 Signed     Ed Linke
2/10 Signed     Ray Mueller
2/12 Signed     Billy Werber
3/3 Traded Ellis Clary
Cy Blanton
Al Benton
Rene Monteagudo
Eddie Wilson
San Diego Mel Ott
4/2 Released Ed Linke    
4/2 Released Tommy Warren    
6/1 Released Catfish Metkovich