1944 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1944 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 62nd season in the history of the franchise.

Offseason

Bill Veeck attempted to purchase the Phillies in late 1943. Veeck's plan was to sign players from the Negro leagues to make the Phillies competitive.
The organization held a fan contest prior to the 1944 season to solicit a second nickname for the Phillies. Fans voted on Blue Jays and Elizabeth Crooks designed a logo of a blue jay perched on the Phillies word mark.

Regular season

The Phillies got off to a 12–6 start, and on May 13 were 1.5 games out of first place. However, it was all downhill from there, as they finished with yet another losing season.

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	Bob Finley	94	281	70	.249	1	21
1B	Tony Lupien	153	597	169	.283	5	52
2B	Moon Mullen	118	464	124	.267	0	31
SS	Ray Hamrick	74	292	60	.205	1	23
3B		118	377	83	.220	0	29
OF	Ron Northey	152	570	164	.288	22	104
OF	Buster Adams	151	584	165	.283	17	64
OF	Jimmy Wasdell	133	451	125	.277	3	40

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
Charlie Letchas	116	396	94	.237	0	33
Johnny Peacock	83	253	57	.225	0	21
Ted Cieslak	85	220	54	.245	2	11
Coaker Triplett	84	184	43	.234	1	25
Granny Hamner	21	77	19	.247	0	5
Andy Seminick	22	63	14	.222	0	4
Heinie Heltzel	11	22	4	.182	0	0
Merv Shea	7	15	4	.267	1	1
	4	12	1	.083	0	1
	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Joe Antolick	4	6	2	.333	0	0
Putsy Caballero	4	4	0	.000	0	0
Benny Culp	4	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Turkey Tyson	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
Ken Raffensberger	37	258.2	13	20	3.06	136
Charley Schanz	40	241.1	13	16	3.32	84
	37	221.1	12	18	3.86	74
	31	208.1	10	11	3.15	50
Al Gerheauser	30	182.2	8	16	4.58	66
Charlie Ripple	1	2.1	0	0	15.43	2

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
	12	55.1	1	5	4.23	23

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
Andy Karl	38	3	2	2	2.33	26
	19	1	1	0	4.66	13
Harry Shuman	18	0	0	0	4.05	4
Dale Matthewson	17	0	0	0	3.94	8
Barney Mussill	16	0	1	0	6.05	5
	6	0	2	0	7.71	2
John Fick	4	0	0	0	3.38	2
Lou Lucier	1	0	0	0	13.50	1
Roger McKee	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Al Verdel	1	0	0	0	0.00	0