1944 Washington Senators

64-90 • .416 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
.416 Win %
8th Rank
592 R 664 RA
Diff -72

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⚡ Quick Stats

592 Runs Scored
664 Runs Allowed
-72 Run Diff
661K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 equal to the 1944 league average (.259)
OBP .323 equal to the 1944 league average (.325)
SLG .329 7% below the 1944 league average (.352)
Team ERA 3.49 2% worse than the 1944 league average (3.43)
Runs Scored 592 6% below the 1944 league average (632 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 661,889
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Avg per Game 8,595

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1944

Batting Avg

1 Stan Spence 0.316 2 George Myatt 0.284 3 Mike Guerra 0.281 4 Joe Kuhel 0.278 5 Rick Ferrell 0.277

Home Runs

1 Stan Spence 18 2 Roberto Ortiz 5 3 Joe Kuhel 4 4 George Case 2 5 Mike Guerra 1

RBI

1 Stan Spence 100 2 Gil Torres 58 3 Joe Kuhel 51 4 George Myatt 40 5 Jake Powell 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Spence 153 592 83 187 31 8 18 100 69 28 3 0.316
George Myatt 140 538 86 153 19 6 0 40 54 44 26 0.284
Gil Torres 134 524 42 140 20 6 0 58 21 24 10 0.267
Joe Kuhel 139 518 90 144 26 7 4 51 68 40 11 0.278
John Sullivan 138 471 49 118 12 1 0 30 52 43 3 0.251
George Case 119 464 63 116 14 2 2 32 49 22 49 0.250
Jake Powell 96 367 29 88 9 1 1 37 16 26 7 0.240
Rick Ferrell 99 339 14 94 11 1 0 25 46 13 2 0.277
Roberto Ortiz 85 316 36 80 11 4 5 35 19 47 4 0.253
Mike Guerra 75 210 29 59 7 2 1 29 13 14 8 0.281
Fred Vaughn 30 109 10 28 2 1 1 21 9 24 2 0.257
Early Wynn 43 92 4 19 2 0 1 6 3 21 0 0.207
Hillis Layne 33 87 6 17 2 0 0 8 6 10 2 0.195
Dutch Leonard 32 79 6 18 1 0 0 1 4 10 0 0.228
Mickey Haefner 31 70 4 11 1 0 0 6 6 12 0 0.157
Johnny Niggeling 24 69 2 9 0 1 0 3 4 17 0 0.130
Bill LeFebvre 60 62 4 16 2 2 0 8 12 9 0 0.258
Ed Boland 19 59 4 16 4 0 0 14 0 6 0 0.271
Roger Wolff 33 55 6 12 0 0 0 3 3 12 0 0.218
Harlond Clift 12 44 4 7 3 0 0 3 3 3 0 0.159
Ed Butka 15 41 1 8 1 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.195
Rene Monteagudo 10 38 2 11 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0.289
Alex Carrasquel 43 36 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 13 0 0.194
Joe Vosmik 14 36 2 7 2 0 0 9 2 3 0 0.194
Milo Candini 28 32 5 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.312
Al Evans 14 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.091
Eddie Yost 7 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
George Binks 5 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Preston Gomez 8 7 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.286
Oliverio Ortiz 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Sandy Ullrich 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Vern Curtis 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Luis Suarez 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jug Thesenga 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roy Valdes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wally Holborow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Zinser 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1944

ERA

1 Johnny Niggeling 2.32 2 Mickey Haefner 3.04 3 Dutch Leonard 3.06 4 Early Wynn 3.38 5 Alex Carrasquel 3.43

Wins

1 Dutch Leonard 14 2 Mickey Haefner 12 3 Johnny Niggeling 10 4 Alex Carrasquel 8 5 Early Wynn 8

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Niggeling 121 2 Mickey Haefner 86 3 Roger Wolff 73 4 Early Wynn 65 5 Dutch Leonard 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dutch Leonard 14 14 3.06 32 31 0 229.1 222 78 37 62
Mickey Haefner 12 15 3.04 31 28 1 228.0 221 77 71 86
Early Wynn 8 17 3.38 33 25 2 207.2 221 78 67 65
Johnny Niggeling 10 8 2.32 24 24 0 206.0 164 53 88 121
Roger Wolff 4 15 4.99 33 21 2 155.0 186 86 60 73
Alex Carrasquel 8 7 3.43 43 7 2 134.0 143 51 50 35
Milo Candini 6 7 4.11 28 10 1 103.0 110 47 49 31
Bill LeFebvre 2 4 4.52 24 4 3 69.2 86 35 21 18
Oliverio Ortiz 0 2 6.23 2 2 0 13.0 13 9 6 4
Jug Thesenga 0 0 5.11 5 1 0 12.1 18 7 12 2
Vern Curtis 0 1 2.79 3 1 0 9.2 8 3 3 2
Sandy Ullrich 0 0 9.31 3 0 0 9.2 17 10 4 2
Wally Holborow 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 2 1
Bill Zinser 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0.2 1 2 5 1

👥 Roster (37)

George Binks Ed Boland Ed Butka Milo Candini Alex Carrasquel George Case Harlond Clift Vern Curtis Al Evans Rick Ferrell Preston Gomez Mike Guerra +25 more

37 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1944 Washington Senators

What was the 1944 Washington Senators record?
The 1944 Washington Senators finished 64-90 (.416 win pct).
Who led the 1944 Washington Senators in home runs?
Stan Spence led the 1944 Washington Senators with 18 home runs.
What was the 1944 Washington Senators team ERA?
The 1944 Washington Senators posted a team ERA of 3.49.
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