Offseason

• Prior to 1944 season (exact date unknown)
  • Smoky Burgess
    Smoky Burgess
    Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1949 to 1967. Later in his career, he became known for his ability as a pinch hitter, setting the major league career record for career pinch-hits...
    
     was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.
  • Jim Pearce
    Jim Pearce (baseball)
    James Madison Pearce was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of five seasons in the majors, between and , for the Washington Senators and Cincinnati Redlegs.-Sources:...
    
     was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs.

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1944: Eddie Stanky
  Eddie Stanky
  Edward Raymond Stanky , nicknamed "The Brat", was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Braves , New York Giants , and St. Louis Cardinals...
  
   was traded by the Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   for Bob Chipman
  Bob Chipman
  Robert Howard Chipman , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1941-1952. He would play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...
  
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• July 5, 1944: Jimmie Foxx
  Jimmie Foxx
  James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....
  
   was released by the Cubs.

Roster

Starters by position

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system