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1944 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1944 Information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, Doug Arthur)
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The 1944 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 Spring training
- 1.2 Notable transactions
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

Spring training

The Athletics considered using the Bader Field ballpark in Atlantic City for their 1944 spring training site. On November 17, 1943, Connie Mack examined Bader Field and the National Guard Armory as one possibility. But he knew the New York Yankees were already considering it. The A's went to McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland when the Yankees chose Atlantic City.^[1]

Notable transactions

October 11, 1943: Don Heffner and Bob Swift were traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.^[2]
February 17, 1944: Sam Zoldak and Barney Lutz (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Frankie Hayes.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	--
Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1
New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6
Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12
Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17
Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25

Notable transactions

April 15, 1944: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[4]

Roster

1944 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Connie Mack

Coaches

-- Earle Brucker, Sr.
-- Earle Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes	155	581	144	.248	13	78
OF	Estalella, BobbyBobby Estalella	140	506	151	.298	7	60

Other batters

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
Burns, JoeJoe Burns	28	75	18	.240	1	8
Flick, LewLew Flick	19	35	4	.114	0	2
Simmons, AlAl Simmons	4	6	3	.500	0	2
Mills, BillBill Mills	5	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Christopher, RussRuss Christopher	35	215.1	14	14	2.97	84
Flores, JesseJesse Flores	27	185.2	9	11	3.39	65
Black, DonDon Black	29	177.1	10	12	4.06	78

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Berry, JoeJoe Berry	53	10	8	12	1.94	44
Abernathy, TalTal Abernathy	1	0	0	0	3.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Al Todd
B	Lancaster Red Roses	Interstate League	Lena Blackburne

References

^ Warrington, Bob. "Spring Training 1944". Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society. http://www.philadelphiaathletics.org/history/springtraining1944.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball-Reference
^ Sam Zoldak page at Baseball-Reference
^ Al Simmons page at Baseball-Reference

External links

v d e 1944 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1944 All-Star Game • 1944 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Bash Brothers (Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire) • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book) • Moneyball (film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker • Chief Bender • Mickey Cochrane • Eddie Collins • Dennis Eckersley • Rollie Fingers • Jimmie Foxx • Lefty Grove • Rickey Henderson • Catfish Hunter • Reggie Jackson • Nap Lajoie • Connie Mack • Eddie Plank • Al Simmons • Rube Waddell • Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman • Jack Coombs • Jimmy Dykes • George Earnshaw • Ferris Fain • Bob Johnson • Eddie Joost • Bing Miller • Wally Moses • Rube Oldring • Bobby Shantz • Eddie Rommel • Elmer Valo • Rube Walberg • Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
Champions (9)

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American League
Championships (15)

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Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats • AA: Midland RockHounds • A: Stockton Ports, Burlington Bees, Vermont Lake Monsters • Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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