1944 Major League Team Statistics

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World Series Champions: Homestead Grays, St. Louis Cardinals

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	3	.682	4.9	3.1	1.8	-0.2	1.6	107-47	-2	54-22	51-27	8-4	24-20	78-38	27-11	24-20	81-29
2	Birmingham Black Barons	50	24	0	.676	4.7	4.4	0.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Homestead Grays	25	17	1	.595	6.3	4.7	1.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
4	St. Louis Browns	89	65	0	.578	4.4	3.8	0.6	-0.1	0.6	88-66	1	54-23	35-42	9-13	20-24	69-49	20-16	37-29	52-36
5	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	46	31	0	.597	4.2	4.5	-0.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	5	.588	4.7	4.2	0.5	0.0	0.5	85-68	5	49-28	41-35	11-5	31-20	71-50	19-13	22-22	68-41
7	Detroit Tigers	88	66	2	.571	4.2	3.7	0.5	-0.1	0.4	86-68	2	43-34	45-32	8-6	27-15	80-60	8-6	35-31	53-35
8	New York Cubans	20	17	1	.541	5.1	4.4	0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Philadelphia Stars	26	18	0	.591	6.5	4.7	1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	Cincinnati Reds	89	65	1	.578	3.7	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	82-72	7	45-33	44-32	14-3	37-26	78-63	11-2	20-24	69-41
11	New York Yankees	83	71	0	.539	4.4	4.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	83-71	0	47-31	36-40	9-6	24-21	66-58	17-13	29-37	54-34
12	Cleveland Buckeyes	42	41	0	.506	4.4	4.2	0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Baltimore Elite Giants	26	23	0	.531	5.3	4.7	0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
14	Boston Red Sox	77	77	2	.500	4.7	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	83-71	-6	47-30	30-47	7-7	21-25	65-70	12-7	31-35	46-42
15	Chicago Cubs	75	79	3	.487	4.5	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	80-74	-5	35-42	40-37	3-7	22-29	54-58	21-21	27-39	48-40
16	Kansas City Monarchs	26	45	0	.366	4.3	4.3	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Newark Eagles	23	23	0	.500	5.1	5.2	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
18	Cleveland Indians	72	82	1	.468	4.1	4.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	73-81	-1	39-38	33-44	13-11	31-23	59-66	13-16	42-46	30-36
19	Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	1	.468	3.4	3.8	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	68-86	4	39-37	33-45	10-9	24-29	56-69	16-13	40-48	32-34
20	Memphis Red Sox	44	55	0	.444	3.4	3.5	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	New York Giants	67	87	1	.435	4.4	5.0	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	68-86	-1	39-36	28-51	4-10	21-21	57-67	10-20	20-46	47-41
22	Boston Braves	65	89	1	.422	3.8	4.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	68-86	-3	38-40	27-49	8-9	22-34	46-54	19-35	25-41	40-48
23	Chicago American Giants	31	43	0	.419	3.3	4.7	-1.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	New York Black Yankees	5	27	0	.156	2.9	8.1	-5.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Chicago White Sox	71	83	0	.461	3.5	4.3	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	63-91	8	41-36	30-47	13-9	28-22	54-71	17-12	32-56	39-27
26	Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	1	.409	4.5	5.4	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	64-90	-1	37-39	26-52	7-7	25-22	53-67	10-24	16-50	47-41
27	Washington Nationals	64	90	0	.416	3.8	4.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	69-85	-5	40-37	24-53	6-14	17-33	51-69	13-21	33-55	31-35
28	Philadelphia Phillies	61	92	1	.399	3.5	4.3	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	63-90	-2	29-49	32-43	6-16	25-35	49-77	12-15	23-42	38-50
	Average	56	56	0	.500	4.4	4.4				56-57		24-19	19-24	4-4	14-14	35-35	8-8	16-22	27-21

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Birmingham Black Barons	29	28.7	4.70	33	1235	1141	155	307	41	18	7	129	10		64		.269	.313	.355	.668	105	405		9	21
Baltimore Elite Giants	20	29.0	5.31	35	1332	1210	186	349	65	15	14	159	11		95		.288	.343	.402	.744	99	486		5	22
Boston Red Sox	33	30.1	4.74	156	6052	5400	739	1456	277	56	69	691	60	40	522	502	.270	.336	.380	.716	105	2052	115	20	110		30	1130
Brooklyn Dodgers	53	28.2	4.45	155	6014	5393	690	1450	255	51	56	631	45	32	485	453	.269	.331	.366	.697	98	1975	109	14	117		49	1183
Boston Braves	37	27.7	3.83	155	5873	5282	593	1299	250	39	79	558	37	44	455	507	.246	.308	.353	.661	83	1864	92	18	112		42	1088
Chicago American Giants	31	27.8	3.33	24	868	800	80	217	26	13	2	73	16		59		.271	.322	.344	.666	105	275		1	8
Cleveland Buckeyes	27	29.6	4.42	26	948	850	115	225	30	5	3	101	13		67		.265	.323	.322	.645	99	274		6	25
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	30	29.7	4.17	30	1105	978	125	241	31	8	3	105	21		99		.246	.319	.304	.623	92	297		5	23
Chicago Cubs	40	29.5	4.46	157	6111	5462	701	1425	236	46	71	639	53	35	520	521	.261	.328	.360	.687	94	1966	105	21	105		70	1191
Chicago White Sox	29	30.6	3.53	154	5819	5292	543	1307	210	55	23	494	66	47	439	448	.247	.307	.320	.628	81	1696	111	21	67		32	1078
Cincinnati Reds	39	30.4	3.70	155	5823	5271	573	1340	229	31	51	528	51	54	423	390	.254	.313	.338	.651	86	1784	126	27	99		60	1083
Cleveland Indians	35	28.4	4.15	155	6122	5481	643	1458	270	50	70	615	48	42	512	594	.266	.331	.372	.703	104	2038	133	19	107		38	1204
Detroit Tigers	32	31.7	4.22	156	6011	5344	658	1405	220	44	60	591	61	55	532	500	.263	.332	.354	.687	92	1893	134	24	111		40	1184
Homestead Grays	29	34.2	6.32	56	2212	1942	354	563	89	35	28	321	27		206		.290	.363	.415	.778	108	806		17	47
Kansas City Monarchs	34	29.4	4.26	53	1915	1764	226	444	59	24	9	184	27		116		.252	.302	.328	.629	94	578		10	25
Memphis Red Sox	25	31.7	3.39	31	1136	1025	105	240	35	7	2	76	27		80		.234	.293	.288	.581	79	295		6	25
New York Black Yankees	32	28.8	2.92	24	842	753	70	163	20	2	3	58	14		64		.216	.281	.260	.542	45	196		4	21
Newark Eagles	31	26.1	5.11	37	1425	1281	189	331	54	15	16	170	13		116		.258	.323	.361	.684	83	463		6	22
New York Cubans	22	32.2	5.12	40	1508	1358	205	352	50	14	8	172	19		99		.259	.318	.334	.653	75	454		19	32
New York Giants	35	29.5	4.40	155	5955	5306	682	1398	191	47	93	644	39	35	511	480	.263	.330	.370	.700	98	1962	121	20	115		54	1141
New York Yankees	32	29.2	4.38	154	5980	5331	674	1410	216	74	96	631	91	31	523	626	.264	.333	.387	.720	103	2062	130	22	102		40	1154
Philadelphia Athletics	35	28.9	3.39	155	5874	5312	525	1364	169	47	36	475	42	32	422	490	.257	.314	.327	.640	85	1735	146	17	121		34	1133
Philadelphia Phillies	40	28.2	3.50	154	5920	5300	539	1332	199	42	55	495	32	28	471	509	.251	.316	.336	.652	87	1780	114	31	109		67	1169
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	29.1	4.70	158	6104	5429	743	1442	248	80	70	706	87	50	573	616	.266	.338	.379	.717	98	2060	122	18	79		41	1150
Philadelphia Stars	29	29.8	6.47	55	2193	1933	356	604	96	36	14	318	20		201		.312	.379	.421	.800	114	814		7	52
St. Louis Browns	33	29.8	4.44	154	5932	5269	684	1328	223	45	72	629	44	33	530	603	.252	.323	.352	.675	88	1857	86	21	107		35	1097
St. Louis Cardinals	27	27.6	4.92	157	6176	5474	772	1507	274	59	100	722	37	30	543	471	.275	.344	.402	.745	107	2199	96	27	124		62	1203
Washington Nationals	37	30.3	3.84	154	5927	5319	592	1386	186	42	33	530	127	59	469	476	.261	.324	.330	.654	91	1755	111	29	108		34	1160
League Average	20	29.3	3.54	105	3418	3059	370	797	130	29	37	342	33	23	283	292	.260	.326	.358	.684	94	1096	66	12	60		26	655
	548	29.3	3.54	2928	95693	85665	10351	22307	3653	808	1034	9579	920	647	7930	8186	.260	.326	.358	.684	94	30678	1851	349	1693		728	18348
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB