1944 Boston Red Sox season
The 1944 Boston Red Sox season was the 44th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, 12 games behind the St. Louis Browns.
Offseason
- October 15, 1943: Al Simmons was released by the Red Sox.
Player stats
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 | Roy Partee | 89 | 280 | 68 | .243 | 2 | 41 |
| 1B | Lou Finney | 68 | 251 | 72 | .287 | 0 | 32 |
| 2B | Bobby Doerr | 125 | 468 | 152 | .325 | 15 | 81 |
| SS | 136 | 472 | 114 | .242 | 0 | 41 | |
| 3B | Jim Tabor | 116 | 438 | 125 | .285 | 13 | 72 |
| OF | George Metkovich | 134 | 549 | 152 | .277 | 9 | 59 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 144 | 525 | 170 | .324 | 17 | 106 |
| OF | Pete Fox | 121 | 496 | 156 | .315 | 1 | 64 |
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 |
| Leon Culberson | 75 | 282 | 67 | .238 | 2 | 21 |
| Jim Bucher | 80 | 277 | 76 | .274 | 4 | 31 |
| Hal Wagner | 66 | 223 | 74 | .332 | 1 | 38 |
| Tom McBride | 71 | 216 | 53 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
| 76 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 5 | 28 | |
| Eddie Lake | 57 | 126 | 26 | .206 | 0 | 8 |
| Ford Garrison | 13 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Conroy | 19 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Lazor | 16 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 4 | 4 | 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 |
| Tex Hughson | 28 | 203.1 | 18 | 5 | 2.26 | 112 |
| Joe Bowman | 26 | 168.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.81 | 53 |
| Emmett O'Neill | 28 | 151.2 | 6 | 11 | 4.63 | 68 |
| Rex Cecil | 11 | 61.0 | 4 | 5 | 5.16 | 33 |
| Clem Dreisewerd | 7 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.07 | 9 |
| Stan Partenheimer | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
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 |
| Pinky Woods | 38 | 170.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.27 | 56 |
| Mike Ryba | 42 | 138.0 | 12 | 7 | 3.33 | 50 |
| Clem Hausmann | 32 | 137.0 | 4 | 7 | 3.42 | 43 |
| Yank Terry | 27 | 132.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.21 | 30 |
| Oscar Judd | 9 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 9 |
| Vic Johnson | 7 | 27.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.26 | 7 |
| Joe Wood | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 5 |
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 |
| 38 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3.69 | 80 | |
| Eddie Lake | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 7 |
| Lou Lucier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |