1944 Boston Red Sox

77-77 • .500 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

77 Wins
77 Losses
.500 Win %
4th Rank
739 R 676 RA
Diff +63

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739 Runs Scored
676 Runs Allowed
+63 Run Diff
541K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 4% above the 1944 league average (.259)
OBP .336 3% above the 1944 league average (.325)
SLG .380 8% above the 1944 league average (.352)
Team ERA 3.82 11% worse than the 1944 league average (3.43)
Runs Scored 739 17% above the 1944 league average (632 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 541,118
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Avg per Game 6,937

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1944

Batting Avg

1 Hal Wagner 0.332 2 Bobby Doerr 0.325 3 Bob Johnson 0.324 4 Pete Fox 0.315 5 Lou Finney 0.287

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 17 2 Bobby Doerr 15 3 Jim Tabor 13 4 George Metkovich 9 5 Joe Cronin 5

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 106 2 Bobby Doerr 81 3 Jim Tabor 72 4 Pete Fox 64 5 George Metkovich 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Metkovich 134 549 94 152 28 8 9 59 31 57 13 0.277
Bob Johnson 144 525 106 170 40 8 17 106 95 67 2 0.324
Pete Fox 121 496 70 156 37 6 1 64 27 34 10 0.315
Skeeter Newsome 136 472 41 114 26 3 0 41 33 21 4 0.242
Bobby Doerr 125 468 95 152 30 10 15 81 58 31 5 0.325
Jim Tabor 116 438 58 125 25 3 13 72 31 38 4 0.285
Leon Culberson 75 282 41 67 11 5 2 21 20 20 6 0.238
Roy Partee 89 280 18 68 12 0 2 41 37 29 0 0.243
Jim Bucher 80 277 39 76 9 2 4 31 19 13 3 0.274
Lou Finney 68 251 37 72 11 2 0 32 23 7 1 0.287
Hal Wagner 66 223 21 74 13 4 1 38 29 14 1 0.332
Tom McBride 71 216 29 53 7 3 0 24 8 13 4 0.245
Joe Cronin 76 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 34 19 1 0.241
Eddie Lake 57 126 21 26 5 0 0 8 23 22 5 0.206
Joe Bowman 59 100 7 20 5 2 0 16 5 19 1 0.200
Tex Hughson 28 66 6 10 0 0 0 4 8 15 0 0.152
Emmett O'Neill 28 55 5 10 1 0 0 3 3 18 0 0.182
Ford Garrison 13 49 5 12 3 0 0 2 6 4 0 0.245
Pinky Woods 38 48 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0.146
Bill Conroy 19 47 6 10 2 0 0 4 11 9 0 0.213
Yank Terry 27 47 3 11 0 0 0 5 4 12 0 0.234
Mike Ryba 42 41 2 6 1 0 0 3 4 5 0 0.146
Clem Hausmann 32 38 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.079
Frank Barrett 38 28 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 0.143
Johnny Lazor 16 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.083
Rex Cecil 11 18 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.278
Clem Dreisewerd 7 16 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 9 0 0.188
Oscar Judd 10 11 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.182
Vic Johnson 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Peacock 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Wood 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lou Lucier 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Stan Partenheimer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1944

ERA

1 Tex Hughson 2.26 2 Pinky Woods 3.27 3 Mike Ryba 3.33 4 Clem Hausmann 3.42 5 Oscar Judd 3.60

Wins

1 Tex Hughson 18 2 Joe Bowman 12 3 Mike Ryba 12 4 Frank Barrett 8 5 Emmett O'Neill 6

Strikeouts

1 Tex Hughson 112 2 Emmett O'Neill 68 3 Pinky Woods 56 4 Joe Bowman 53 5 Mike Ryba 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tex Hughson 18 5 2.26 28 23 5 203.1 172 51 41 112
Pinky Woods 4 8 3.27 38 20 0 170.2 171 62 88 56
Joe Bowman 12 8 4.81 26 24 0 168.1 175 90 64 53
Emmett O'Neill 6 11 4.63 28 22 0 151.2 154 78 89 68
Mike Ryba 12 7 3.33 42 7 2 138.0 119 51 39 50
Clem Hausmann 4 7 3.42 32 12 2 137.0 139 52 69 43
Yank Terry 6 10 4.21 27 17 0 132.2 142 62 65 30
Frank Barrett 8 7 3.69 38 2 8 90.1 93 37 42 40
Rex Cecil 4 5 5.16 11 9 0 61.0 72 35 33 33
Clem Dreisewerd 2 4 4.07 7 7 0 48.2 52 22 9 9
Oscar Judd 1 1 3.60 9 6 0 30.0 30 12 15 9
Vic Johnson 0 3 6.26 7 5 0 27.1 42 19 15 7
Eddie Lake 0 0 4.19 6 0 0 19.1 20 9 11 7
Joe Wood 0 1 6.52 3 1 0 9.2 13 7 3 5
Lou Lucier 0 0 5.06 3 0 0 5.1 7 3 7 2
Stan Partenheimer 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 1.0 3 2 2 0

👥 Roster (33)

Frank Barrett Joe Bowman Jim Bucher Rex Cecil Bill Conroy Joe Cronin Leon Culberson Bobby Doerr Clem Dreisewerd Lou Finney Pete Fox Ford Garrison +21 more

33 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1944 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1944 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1944 Boston Red Sox finished 77-77 (.500 win pct).
Who led the 1944 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Bob Johnson led the 1944 Boston Red Sox with 17 home runs.
What was the 1944 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1944 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 3.82.
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