1944 Chicago White Sox season

The 1944 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 44th season in the major leagues, and their 45th season overall. They finished with a record of 71–83, good enough for seventh place in the American League, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

1944 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Grace Comiskey
General managers	Harry Grabiner
Managers	Jimmy Dykes
Radio	WIND (AM) (Walt Lochman)
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	—	54‍–‍23	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1	43‍–‍34	45‍–‍32
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6	47‍–‍31	36‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12	47‍–‍30	30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍38	33‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17	39‍–‍37	33‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18	41‍–‍36	30‍–‍47
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25	40‍–‍37	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1944 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	10–12–2	11–11	11–11	10–12	10–12
Chicago	5–17	—	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	8–14	16–6
Cleveland	14–8	8–14	—	10–12	8–14	12–10–1	10–12	10–12
Detroit	12–10–2	13–9	12–10	—	14–8	11–11	9–13	17–5
New York	11–11	12–10	14–8	8–14	—	13–9	10–12	15–7
Philadelphia	11–11	13–9	10–12–1	11–11	9–13	—	9–13	9–13
St. Louis	12–10	14–8	12–10	13–9	12–10	13–9	—	13–9
Washington	12–10	6–16	12–10	5–17	7–15	13–9	9–13	—

1944 Opening Day lineup

• Skeeter Webb, SS
• Myril Hoag, CF
• Johnny Dickshot, LF
• Hal Trosky, 1B
• Guy Curtright, RF
• Grey Clarke, 3B
• Roy Schalk, 2B
• Tom Turner, C
• Orval Grove, P

Roster

1944 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 18 Bill Dietrich 45 Orval Grove 34 Don Hanski 35 Joe Haynes 26 Johnny Humphries 27 Thornton Lee 48 Ed Lopat 37 Gordon Maltzberger 19 Buck Ross 39 Floyd Speer 46 Jake Wade		Catchers 14 Vince Castino 17 Tom Jordan 15 Mike Tresh 17 Tom Turner Infielders  4 Grey Clarke 47 Tony Cuccinello 25 Ralph Hodgin 29 William Metzig 28 Cass Michaels  6 Roy Schalk  7 Hal Trosky  2 Skeeter Webb		Outfielders 24 Eddie Carnett 12 Guy Curtright 36 Johnny Dickshot 28 Myril Hoag  9 Wally Moses  8 Thurman Tucker		Manager  5 Jimmy Dykes Coaches 22 Mule Haas 33 Bing Miller 38 Muddy Ruel

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Eddie Carnett, LF,1B,CF,RF	126	457	51	126	18	8	1	60	26	35	.276	5
Vince Castino, C	29	78	8	18	5	0	0	3	10	13	.231	0
Grey Clarke, 3B	63	169	14	44	10	1	0	27	22	6	.260	0
Tony Cuccinello, 3B,2B	38	130	5	34	3	0	0	17	8	16	.262	0
Guy Curtright, LF,RF	72	198	22	50	8	2	2	23	23	21	.253	4
Johnny Dickshot, LF	62	162	18	41	8	5	0	15	13	10	.253	2
Myril Hoag, CF	17	48	5	11	1	0	0	4	10	1	.229	1
Ralph Hodgin, 3B,LF	121	465	56	137	25	7	1	51	21	14	.295	3
Tom Jordan, C	14	45	2	12	1	1	0	3	1	0	.267	0
William Metzig, 2B	5	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	.125	0
Cass Michaels, SS	27	68	4	12	4	1	0	5	2	5	.176	0
Wally Moses, RF	136	535	82	150	26	9	3	34	52	22	.280	21
Roy Schalk, 2B	146	587	47	129	14	4	1	44	45	52	.220	5
Mike Tresh, C	93	312	22	81	8	1	0	25	37	15	.260	0
Hal Trosky, 1B	135	497	55	120	32	2	10	70	62	30	.241	3
Thurman Tucker, CF	124	446	59	128	15	6	2	46	57	40	.287	13
Tom Turner, C	36	113	9	26	6	0	2	13	5	16	.230	0
Skeeter Webb, SS	139	513	44	108	19	6	0	30	20	39	.211	7

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bill Dietrich, P	36	77	8	9	0	0	1	4	5	33	.117	0
Orval Grove, P	34	77	4	8	1	1	0	4	5	25	.104	0
Don Hanski, P	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Joe Haynes, P	33	50	6	10	3	0	0	2	3	5	.200	2
Johnny Humphries, P	30	53	5	10	2	0	0	2	3	16	.189	0
Thornton Lee, P	15	42	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	8	.095	0
Eddie Lopat, P	30	81	8	25	1	1	0	6	5	5	.309	0
Gordon Maltzberger, P	46	22	2	3	0	0	0	3	2	10	.136	0
Buck Ross, P	20	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	0
Jake Wade, P	19	24	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	.292	0
Team Totals	154	5292	543	1307	210	55	23	494	439	448	.247	66

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Eddie Carnett	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1
Bill Dietrich	16	17	3.62	36	36	0	246.0	269	132	99	15	68	70
Orval Grove	14	15	3.72	34	33	0	234.2	237	112	97	11	71	105
Don Hanski	0	0	12.00	2	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	2	0
Joe Haynes	5	6	2.57	33	12	2	154.1	148	55	44	5	43	44
Johnny Humphries	8	10	3.67	30	20	1	169.0	170	75	69	9	57	42
Thornton Lee	3	9	3.02	15	14	0	113.1	105	51	38	3	25	39
Eddie Lopat	11	10	3.26	27	25	0	210.0	217	96	76	12	59	75
Gordon Maltzberger	10	5	2.96	46	0	12	91.1	81	31	30	2	19	49
Buck Ross	2	7	5.18	20	9	0	90.1	97	56	52	7	35	20
Floyd Speer	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1
Jake Wade	2	4	4.82	19	5	2	74.2	75	46	40	3	41	35
Team Totals	71	83	3.58	154	154	17	1390.2	1411	662	553	68	420	481

External links

• 1944 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference