1944 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1944 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1944

World Series Champions

St. Louis Cardinals

Runner Up

St. Louis Browns

Most Valuable Players

AL: Hal Newhouser NL: Marty Marion

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

544

Attendance

8,772,746

Payroll

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1944 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	--	684	587	97	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	508,644	9	---	Luke Sewell	Sportsman's Park
2	2	5	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	88	66	.571	1.0	658	581	77	dnq	923,176	1	---	Steve O'Neill	Briggs Stadium
3	3	6	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	6.0	674	617	57	dnq	789,995	2	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
4	4	7	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	77	77	.500	12.0	739	676	63	dnq	506,975	10	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
5	5	9	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	72	82	.468	17.0	525	594	-69	dnq	505,322	11	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
6	6	10	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	72	82	.468	17.0	643	677	-34	dnq	475,272	12	---	Lou Boudreau	League Park
7	7	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	71	83	.461	18.0	543	662	-119	dnq	563,539	7	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
8	8	14	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	64	90	.416	25.0	592	664	-72	dnq	525,235	8	---	Ossie Bluege	Griffith Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	105	49	.682	--	772	490	282	Won World Series (Browns)	461,968	13	---	Billy Southworth	Sportsman's Park
2	2	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	153	90	63	.588	14.5	743	662	81	dnq	604,278	6	---	Frankie Frisch	Forbes Field
3	3	4	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	16.0	573	536	37	dnq	409,567	14	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
4	4	8	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	30.0	701	669	32	dnq	640,110	4	---	Charlie Grimm, Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson	Wrigley Field
5	5	12	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	67	87	.435	38.0	682	780	-98	dnq	674,483	3	---	Mel Ott	Polo Grounds
6	6	13	Boston Braves	T - S - R	154	65	89	.422	40.0	593	681	-88	dnq	208,691	16	---	Bob Coleman	Braves Field
7	7	15	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	63	91	.409	42.0	689	833	-144	dnq	605,905	5	---	Leo Durocher	Ebbets Field
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	153	61	92	.399	43.5	539	657	-118	dnq	369,586	15	---	---	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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