1944 New York Yankees season

The 1944 New York Yankees season was the team's 42nd season in New York. The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 83–71, finishing 6 games behind the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

Prior to the 1944 season: Jim Greengrass was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.

Spring training

The Yankees trained in 1944 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The team made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters and practiced indoors at the Atlantic City Armory.
They played their first exhibition game in Atlantic City on April 1, 1944, and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–1, behind a home run by Johnny Lindell. The following day, 4,000 fans saw the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4–3.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		89	299	23	78	.261	1	33	0
1B		154	573	88	168	.293	22	91	4
2B		154	643	125	205	.319	8	43	55
3B		116	387	44	108	.279	5	46	6
SS		94	312	27	77	.247	0	32	1
OF		149	594	91	178	.300	18	103	5
OF		137	518	72	124	.239	14	67	5
OF		85	328	49	99	.302	9	47	5

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	81	284	23	76	.268	2	26	0
	71	239	31	63	.264	4	24	1
	55	197	20	47	.239	5	30	3
	40	153	12	37	.242	4	29	1
	38	114	14	29	.254	4	14	1
	36	101	9	20	.198	0	9	1
	30	78	13	17	.218	0	5	1
	10	8	1	1	.125	0	1	0
	9	7	1	1	.143	0	1	1
	4	7	0	1	.143	0	0	0
	3	3	0	1	.333	0	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
	35	252.2	17	12	2.64	107
	30	232.0	13	13	3.38	79
	26	213.2	12	9	2.99	54
	19	102.2	5	7	4.56	63
	10	81.2	6	3	3.31	30
	1	6.0	0	0	4.50	1

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
	30	159.0	13	10	3.34	48
	22	107.0	5	7	4.21	59
	16	84.0	4	3	3.86	34
	8	43.2	4	1	2.68	16

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
	35	4	4	7	3.46	13
	22	0	2	3	4.05	11
	11	0	0	0	4.54	14

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton