1944 Cleveland Indians season
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | Buddy Rosar | 99 | 331 | 87 | .263 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Mickey Rocco | 155 | 653 | 174 | .266 | 13 | 70 |
2B | Ray Mack | 83 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 29 |
SS | | 150 | 584 | 191 | .327 | 3 | 67 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 149 | 573 | 169 | .295 | 13 | 91 |
OF | Oris Hockett | 124 | 457 | 132 | .289 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Pat Seerey | 101 | 342 | 80 | .234 | 15 | 39 |
OF | Roy Cullenbine | 154 | 571 | 162 | .284 | 16 | 80 |
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 |
Rusty Peters | 88 | 282 | 63 | .223 | 1 | 24 |
Myril Hoag | 67 | 277 | 79 | .285 | 1 | 27 |
Paul O'Dea | 76 | 173 | 55 | .318 | 0 | 13 |
Jeff Heath | 60 | 151 | 50 | .331 | 5 | 33 |
Norm Schlueter | 49 | 122 | 15 | .123 | 0 | 11 |
Jimmy Grant | 61 | 99 | 27 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
| 29 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 4 |
Jim McDonnell | 20 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
Russ Lyon | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Ruszkowski | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Steve Biras | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Devlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
Steve Gromek | 35 | 203.2 | 10 | 9 | 2.56 | 115 |
Mel Harder | 30 | 196.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.71 | 64 |
Al Smith | 28 | 181.2 | 7 | 13 | 3.42 | 44 |
Allie Reynolds | 28 | 158.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.30 | 84 |
| 13 | 79.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.33 | 12 |
Vern Kennedy | 12 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.03 | 17 |
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 |
Earl Henry | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.58 | 5 |
Mike Naymick | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 4 |
Bill Bonness | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 1 |
Paul O'Dea | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 |
Red Embree | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 4 |
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 |
Joe Heving | 63 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1.96 | 46 |
Ed Klieman | 47 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3.38 | 44 |
Ray Poat | 36 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5.13 | 40 |
Paul Calvert | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.56 | 31 |
Hal Kleine | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.75 | 13 |
Awards and honors
All-Star Game
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop
Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder
Oris Hockett, Outfielder
Ken Keltner, Third basemanLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Baltimore