1944 Chicago White Sox season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1944
1944 Major League Baseball season
The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series over the St. Louis Browns.- External links :*...

Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

season was the White Sox's 44th season in the major leagues, and their 45th season overall. They finished with a record 71-83, good enough for 7th place in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns

1944 St. Louis Browns season

The St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing first in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses...

1944 Opening Day lineup

Skeeter Webb
Skeeter Webb
James Laverne "Skeeter" Webb was a Major League Baseball infielder who played twelve season in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals , Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , and Philadelphia Athletics...

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Myril Hoag
Myril Hoag
Myril Oliver Hoag was a major league baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees and other teams.Hoag was born in Davis, California. He played from April 15, 1931, until September 16, 1945. He batted and threw right-handed....

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Johnny Dickshot
Johnny Dickshot
John Oscar Dickshot commonly known as "Ugly" Johnny Dickshot was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1936–38, the New York Giants in 1939, and the Chicago White Sox from 1944-45. He won the nickname "Ugly" because of his self-proclaimed status as the "ugliest man in...

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Hal Trosky
Hal Trosky
Harold Arthur Trosky, Sr., born Harold Arthur Trojovsky , was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox . Trosky was born in Norway, Iowa. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.Trosky had a career .302 batting average, with a...

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Guy Curtright
Guy Curtright
Guy Paxton Curtright was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox . He was born in Holliday, Missouri....

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Grey Clarke
Grey Clarke
Richard Grey Clarke was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1944.-External links:...

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Roy Schalk
Roy Schalk
Le Roy John Schalk was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 3 games for the New York Yankees in 1932 and then, after a lengthy stint in the minor leagues, played for the Chicago White Sox in 1944 and 1945. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He later went on to be a...

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Tom Turner
Tom Turner (baseball)
Thomas Richard "Tom" Turner was a Major League Baseball catcher who played with the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns from to . Turner served in the military during World War II in 1945.-External links:...

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Orval Grove
Orval Grove
Orval Leroy Grove was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for ten seasons in the American League with the Chicago White Sox...

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Roster

1944 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		valign="top" \| Manager Coaches

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
SS		139	513	108	.211	0	30

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
	17	48	11	.229	0	4

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
	36	246	16	17	3.62	70

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

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