1944 Detroit Tigers season

1944 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Briggs Stadium (since 1912);
	Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter Briggs, Sr.
Manager(s)	Steve O'Neill
Local radio	WXYZ; (Harry Heilmann)
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The 1944 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, just one game behind the first place St. Louis Browns.

Offseason

October 11, 1943: Rip Radcliff was traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics for Don Heffner and Bob Swift.^[1]
Prior to 1944 season: Joe Ginsberg was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[2]

Regular season

On April 19, first baseman Rudy York recorded his 1,000th career hit.

On September 18, the Tigers found themselves in first place for the first time all season. The Yankees lost two games to the Athletics, while the Browns split two games with the White Sox. With the Tigers sweeping Cleveland, the Tigers jumped over the Yankees and Browns for first place.^[3] The Browns were a half game back, while the Yankees were two games back.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	--
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25

Roster

1944 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

25 John McHale

Manager

32 Steve O'Neill

Coaches

30 Art Mills
31 Al Vincent

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Swift, BobBob Swift	80	247	63	.255	1	19
Heffner, DonDon Heffner	6	19	4	.211	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Beck, Boom-BoomBoom-Boom Beck	28	1	2	1	3.89	25
Mooty, JakeJake Mooty	15	0	0	0	4.45	7
Eaton, ZebZeb Eaton	6	0	0	0	5.74	4

Awards and honors

1944 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

Notes

^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 94, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

References

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Baseball portal

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1944 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

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[1] Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference

[2] Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference

[p94-3] As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 94, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

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