1944 Brooklyn Dodgers

63-91 • .409 Win% • 7th in NL

The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers went 63-91 (.409) finishing 7th in the NL. The club scored 690 runs, allowed 832, and played home games at Ebbets Field. Team leaders included Dixie Walker (13 HR, 91 RBI) and Curt Davis (10-11, 3.34 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
.409 Win %
7th Rank
690 R 832 RA
Diff -142

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690 Runs Scored
832 Runs Allowed
-142 Run Diff
701K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 NL Average

Batting Avg .268 3% above the 1944 league average (.260)
OBP .330 1% above the 1944 league average (.326)
SLG .366 1% above the 1944 league average (.363)
Team ERA 4.68 29% worse than the 1944 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 690 4% above the 1944 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumEbbets Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 701,067
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Avg per Game 9,104

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1944

Batting Avg

1 Dixie Walker 0.357 2 Jack Bolling 0.351 3 Augie Galan 0.318 4 Paul Waner 0.287 5 Frenchy Bordagaray 0.281

Home Runs

1 Dixie Walker 13 2 Augie Galan 12 3 Howie Schultz 11 4 Luis Olmo 9 5 Frenchy Bordagaray 6

RBI

1 Augie Galan 93 2 Dixie Walker 91 3 Luis Olmo 85 4 Howie Schultz 83 5 Frenchy Bordagaray 51
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Augie Galan 151 547 96 174 43 9 12 93 101 23 4 0.318
Dixie Walker 147 535 77 191 37 8 13 91 72 27 6 0.357
Howie Schultz 138 526 59 134 32 3 11 83 24 67 6 0.255
Luis Olmo 136 520 65 134 20 5 9 85 17 37 10 0.258
Frenchy Bordagaray 130 501 85 141 26 4 6 51 36 22 3 0.281
Mickey Owen 130 461 43 126 20 3 1 42 36 17 4 0.273
Bobby Bragan 94 266 26 71 8 4 0 17 13 14 2 0.267
Goody Rosen 89 264 38 69 8 3 0 23 26 27 0 0.261
Eddie Stanky 89 261 32 72 9 2 0 16 44 13 3 0.276
Tommy Brown 46 146 17 24 4 0 0 8 8 17 0 0.164
Paul Waner 83 136 16 39 4 1 0 16 27 7 0 0.287
Jack Bolling 56 131 21 46 14 1 1 25 14 4 0 0.351
Eddie Basinski 39 105 13 27 4 1 0 9 6 10 1 0.257
Barney Koch 33 96 11 21 2 0 0 1 3 9 0 0.219
Eddie Miksis 26 91 12 20 2 0 0 11 6 11 4 0.220
Bill Hart 29 90 8 16 4 2 0 4 9 7 1 0.178
Gil English 27 79 4 12 3 0 1 7 6 7 0 0.152
Hal Gregg 42 68 5 14 0 0 0 2 1 13 0 0.206
Curt Davis 31 63 3 10 1 0 0 4 2 19 0 0.159
Morrie Aderholt 17 59 9 16 2 3 0 10 4 4 0 0.271
Rube Melton 37 57 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 21 0 0.123
Tommy Warren 41 43 1 11 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0.256
Les Webber 48 39 4 8 0 0 1 3 2 8 0 0.205
Ben Chapman 20 38 11 14 4 0 0 11 5 4 1 0.368
Red Durrett 11 32 3 5 1 0 1 1 7 10 0 0.156
Cal McLish 31 32 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.219
Pat Ankenman 13 24 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.250
Ed Head 9 19 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.263
Lou Rochelli 5 17 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 6 0 0.176
Art Herring 12 15 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Gene Mauch 5 15 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.133
Lloyd Waner 15 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.286
Fritz Ostermueller 11 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.154
Whit Wyatt 11 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.154
Bob Chipman 11 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.182
Ray Hayworth 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Clyde King 14 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Stan Andrews 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.125
John Dantonio 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Ralph Branca 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Wes Flowers 9 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.600
Johnny Cooney 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.750
Tom Sunkel 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
John Wells 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Albert Zachary 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Clancy Smyres 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Claude Crocker 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Charlie Fuchs 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Roy Jarvis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Franklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Lohrman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Osgood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Wurm 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1944

ERA

1 Ed Head 2.70 2 Clyde King 3.09 3 Fritz Ostermueller 3.24 4 Curt Davis 3.34 5 Ben Chapman 3.40

Wins

1 Curt Davis 10 2 Hal Gregg 9 3 Rube Melton 9 4 Les Webber 7 5 Ben Chapman 5

Strikeouts

1 Hal Gregg 92 2 Rube Melton 91 3 Curt Davis 49 4 Les Webber 42 5 Ben Chapman 37
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hal Gregg 9 16 5.46 39 31 2 197.2 201 120 137 92
Curt Davis 10 11 3.34 31 23 4 194.0 207 72 39 49
Rube Melton 9 13 3.46 37 23 0 187.1 178 72 96 91
Les Webber 7 8 4.94 48 9 3 140.1 157 77 64 42
Cal McLish 3 10 7.82 23 13 0 84.0 110 73 48 24
Ben Chapman 5 3 3.40 11 9 0 79.1 75 30 33 37
Tommy Warren 1 4 4.98 22 4 0 68.2 74 38 40 18
Ed Head 4 3 2.70 9 8 0 63.1 54 19 19 17
Art Herring 3 4 3.42 12 6 1 55.1 59 21 17 19
Ralph Branca 0 2 7.05 21 1 1 44.2 46 35 32 16
Clyde King 2 1 3.09 14 3 0 43.2 42 15 12 14
Fritz Ostermueller 2 1 3.24 10 4 1 41.2 46 15 12 17
Whit Wyatt 2 6 7.17 9 9 0 37.2 51 30 16 4
Bob Chipman 3 1 4.21 11 3 0 36.1 38 17 24 20
Tom Sunkel 1 3 7.50 12 3 1 24.0 39 20 10 6
Wes Flowers 1 1 7.79 9 1 0 17.1 26 15 13 3
Charlie Fuchs 1 0 5.74 8 0 0 15.2 25 10 9 5
John Wells 0 2 5.40 4 2 0 15.0 18 9 11 7
Albert Zachary 0 2 9.58 4 2 0 10.1 10 11 7 3
Claude Crocker 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 3.1 6 4 5 1
Charlie Osgood 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 3 0
Bill Lohrman 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.2 4 0 4 1
Jack Franklin 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 3 4 0
Frank Wurm 0 0 108.00 1 1 0 0.1 1 4 5 1

👥 Roster (53)

Morrie Aderholt Stan Andrews Pat Ankenman Eddie Basinski Jack Bolling Frenchy Bordagaray Bobby Bragan Ralph Branca Tommy Brown Ben Chapman Bob Chipman Johnny Cooney +41 more

53 players

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The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers in brief

The record for the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers reads 63 wins and 91 losses, good for 7th in the NL. The run column shows 690 for and 832 against. The team batting average of .268 was 3% above the 1944 league mark of .260. Pitchers allowed 4.68 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.62. Measured against the 662-run league average, the offense was 4% ahead.

The home park, Ebbets Field, recorded 701,067 in attendance, about 9,104 a game. For power, Dixie Walker led the way with 13 homers. Augie Galan drove in a team-high 93 runs. Curt Davis was the top winner, with 10 victories. Hal Gregg struck out 92, the most on the club. The 1944 roster runs to 53 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers

What was the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers record?
The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers finished 63-91 (.409 win pct).
Who led the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers in home runs?
Dixie Walker led the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers with 13 home runs.
What was the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers team ERA?
The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers posted a team ERA of 4.68.
Did the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series?
No. The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers play?
The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers played home games at Ebbets Field.
Who led the 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Dixie Walker (13 HR, 91 RBI) and Curt Davis (10-11, 3.34 ERA).
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