1944 Philadelphia Phillies season
1944 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter | |
General managers | Herb Pennock | |
Managers | Freddie Fitzsimmons | |
Radio | WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur) | |
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Offseason
[edit]Bill Veeck attempted to purchase the Phillies in late 1943. Veeck's plan was to sign players from the Negro leagues to make the Phillies competitive.[1]
The organization held a fan contest prior to the 1944 season to solicit a second nickname for the Phillies. Fans voted on Blue Jays and Elizabeth Crooks designed a logo of a blue jay perched on the Phillies word mark.[2][3]
Regular season
[edit]The Phillies got off to a 12–6 start, and on May 13 were 1.5 games out of first place. However, it was all downhill from there, as they finished with yet another losing season.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 54–22 | 51–27 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 14½ | 49–28 | 41–35 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 65 | .578 | 16 | 45–33 | 44–32 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 30 | 35–42 | 40–37 |
New York Giants | 67 | 87 | .435 | 38 | 39–36 | 28–51 |
Boston Braves | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 38–40 | 27–49 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 63 | 91 | .409 | 42 | 37–39 | 26–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | 92 | .399 | 43½ | 29–49 | 32–43 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BSN | BRO | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 4–18 | 4–18 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | — | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–19 | 12–10 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | 9–12 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 18–4 | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 15–7–1 | 12–9 | — | 12–10–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 17–5 | 10–12–3 | — |
Game log
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Roster
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Bob Finley | 94 | 281 | 70 | .249 | 1 | 21 |
1B | Tony Lupien | 153 | 597 | 169 | .283 | 5 | 52 |
2B | Moon Mullen | 118 | 464 | 124 | .267 | 0 | 31 |
SS | Ray Hamrick | 74 | 292 | 60 | .205 | 1 | 23 |
3B | Glen Stewart | 118 | 377 | 83 | .220 | 0 | 29 |
OF | Ron Northey | 152 | 570 | 164 | .288 | 22 | 104 |
OF | Buster Adams | 151 | 584 | 165 | .283 | 17 | 64 |
OF | Jimmy Wasdell | 133 | 451 | 125 | .277 | 3 | 40 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Charlie Letchas | 116 | 396 | 94 | .237 | 0 | 33 |
Johnny Peacock | 83 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 0 | 21 |
Ted Cieslak | 85 | 220 | 54 | .245 | 2 | 11 |
Coaker Triplett | 84 | 184 | 43 | .234 | 1 | 25 |
Granny Hamner | 21 | 77 | 19 | .247 | 0 | 5 |
Andy Seminick | 22 | 63 | 14 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
Heinie Heltzel | 11 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Merv Shea | 7 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 1 | 1 |
Lee Riley | 4 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Klein | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Antolick | 4 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Putsy Caballero | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Benny Culp | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Goulish | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Turkey Tyson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Raffensberger | 37 | 258.2 | 13 | 20 | 3.06 | 136 |
Charley Schanz | 40 | 241.1 | 13 | 16 | 3.32 | 84 |
Dick Barrett | 37 | 221.1 | 12 | 18 | 3.86 | 74 |
Bill Lee | 31 | 208.1 | 10 | 11 | 3.15 | 50 |
Al Gerheauser | 30 | 182.2 | 8 | 16 | 4.58 | 66 |
Charlie Ripple | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 2 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vern Kennedy | 12 | 55.1 | 1 | 5 | 4.23 | 23 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Andy Karl | 38 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.33 | 26 |
Chet Covington | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 | 13 |
Harry Shuman | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 |
Dale Matthewson | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 8 |
Barney Mussill | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.05 | 5 |
Deacon Donahue | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
John Fick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |
Lou Lucier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Roger McKee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Al Verdel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Utica Blue Sox | Eastern League | Eddie Sawyer |
B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Dutch Dorman and Ray Brubaker |
D | Bradford Blue Wings | PONY League | Ray Brubaker and Ken Blackman |
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Game suspended at this point for Sunday law, completed on July 5[.]
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