1944 Chicago White Sox season
The 1944 Chicago White Sox 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, 18 games behind the first place St. Louis Browns.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1944 Opening Day lineup
- Skeeter Webb, SS
- Myril Hoag, CF
- Johnny Dickshot, LF
- Hal Trosky, 1B
- Guy Curtright, RF
- Grey Clarke, 3B
- Roy Schalk, 2B
- Tom Turner, C
- Orval Grove, P
Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Eddie Carnett, LF,1B,CF,RF | 126 | 457 | 51 | 126 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 26 | 35 | .276 | 5 |
| Vince Castino, C | 29 | 78 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | .231 | 0 |
| Grey Clarke, 3B | 63 | 169 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 6 | .260 | 0 |
| Tony Cuccinello, 3B,2B | 38 | 130 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 16 | .262 | 0 |
| Guy Curtright, LF,RF | 72 | 198 | 22 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 21 | .253 | 4 |
| Johnny Dickshot, LF | 62 | 162 | 18 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 10 | .253 | 2 |
| Myril Hoag, CF | 17 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .229 | 1 |
| Ralph Hodgin, 3B,LF | 121 | 465 | 56 | 137 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 14 | .295 | 3 |
| Tom Jordan, C | 14 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .267 | 0 |
| William Metzig, 2B | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .125 | 0 |
| Cass Michaels, SS | 27 | 68 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .176 | 0 |
| Wally Moses, RF | 136 | 535 | 82 | 150 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 52 | 22 | .280 | 21 |
| Roy Schalk, 2B | 146 | 587 | 47 | 129 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 45 | 52 | .220 | 5 |
| Mike Tresh, C | 93 | 312 | 22 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 15 | .260 | 0 |
| Hal Trosky, 1B | 135 | 497 | 55 | 120 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 70 | 62 | 30 | .241 | 3 |
| Thurman Tucker, CF | 124 | 446 | 59 | 128 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 57 | 40 | .287 | 13 |
| Tom Turner, C | 36 | 113 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 16 | .230 | 0 |
| Skeeter Webb, SS | 139 | 513 | 44 | 108 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 39 | .211 | 7 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Eddie Carnett | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Dietrich | 16 | 17 | 3.62 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 246.0 | 269 | 132 | 99 | 15 | 68 | 70 |
| Orval Grove | 14 | 15 | 3.72 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 234.2 | 237 | 112 | 97 | 11 | 71 | 105 |
| Don Hanski | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Haynes | 5 | 6 | 2.57 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 154.1 | 148 | 55 | 44 | 5 | 43 | 44 |
| Johnny Humphries | 8 | 10 | 3.67 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 169.0 | 170 | 75 | 69 | 9 | 57 | 42 |
| Thornton Lee | 3 | 9 | 3.02 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 113.1 | 105 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 25 | 39 |
| Eddie Lopat | 11 | 10 | 3.26 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 210.0 | 217 | 96 | 76 | 12 | 59 | 75 |
| Gordon Maltzberger | 10 | 5 | 2.96 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 91.1 | 81 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 49 |
| Buck Ross | 2 | 7 | 5.18 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 90.1 | 97 | 56 | 52 | 7 | 35 | 20 |
| Floyd Speer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Wade | 2 | 4 | 4.82 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 74.2 | 75 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 41 | 35 |
| 71 | 83 | 3.58 | 154 | 154 | 17 | 1390.2 | 1411 | 662 | 553 | 68 | 420 | 481 |