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1944 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1943)  (1945) 68-86, 6th in National League Scored 662 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 75-79   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 63-91 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dixie Walker         33  153  585   95  204  38  11  11  113   3   2   83   41  .349  .428  .508  128   8.5  2(0)e12   -28  
 OF #Augie Galan          32  154  585  114  179  33   9  13   76  10   9  105   26  .306  .412  .460  112   6.8  3(+1)e4   -50  
 1B *Jimmy Wasdell        30  142  496   40  149  17   2   4   74   2   1   46   25  .300  .363  .367   66   4.9  2e15       31  
 3B  Frenchy Bordagaray   34  136  546   59  145  26   5   6   76   5   5   31   29  .266  .304  .364   57   3.6  4e27      -47  
 2B  Luis Olmo            24  131  469   49  121  16   3  11   69  11   7   27   42  .258  .298  .375   47   3.4  4e43       22  
 OF  Myril Hoag           36  100  349   49   96  12   3   1   25   7   4   34   30  .275  .337  .335   38   3.8  3(0)e21   -12  
 C   Bob Finley           28  108  376   32  110  15   2   0   45   0   2    9   40  .293  .313  .343   37   3.6  4(-1)e11   58  
 2B  Eddie Stanky         28  112  307   39   72   6   5   0   28   8   8   58   25  .235  .357  .287   34   3.6  2e33      -57  
 SS  Mike Milosevich      29   94  319   43   80  15   4   0   19   2   0   29   50  .251  .311  .323   30   3.2  2e44       13  
 1B *Jack Bolling         27   83  145   19   54  15   1   1   20   0   1   14    9  .372  .426  .510   29   8.1  4e15       22  
 SS  Charlie Letchas      28  109  381   34   89   5   0   0   28   4   2   26   42  .234  .289  .247   25   2.2  4e39      -20  
 OF *Paul Waner           41   79  161   26   43   5   4   0   14   0   3   27   11  .267  .372  .348   21   4.3  1(-2)e10   -3  
 PH *Lloyd Waner          38   37   31    9   16   1   0   0    4   0   0    6    1  .516  .605  .548   10  17.9            408  
 C   George Susce         36   53  142   16   34   4   0   0    6   0   0    4   10  .239  .260  .268    9   2.4  3(-1)e13   28  
 C   Russ Lyon            31    6   13    4    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .385  .385  .462    2   7.8  4(-1)e16  414  
 C   Merv Shea            43    6   17    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .176  .300  .176    1   2.2  3(-2)e12 -411  
 C   Bob Garbark          34   18   26    2    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .192  .192  .269    1   1.3  3(-1)e9  -178  
 SS  Barney Koch          21   12   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .231  .286  .231    0   1.7  4e39       34  
 3B  Gil English          35   10   14    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .143  .200  .214    0   1.5  3e27      -25  
 SS  Pat Ankenman         31    7   19    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .158  .158  .158    0    .8  4e39     -226  
 P  *Woody Wheaton        29   26   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .071  .125  .071    0    .4  2e0      -274  
 C   Ray Hayworth         40    4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(0)e7   -167  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           657                   -9

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Curt Davis           40  12  12  .500  31  27   9   4   2   0   2  202.1  221   86   73  15   47   72  3.25   91   4.0  -42  
  P  Don Black            27  11  10  .524  33  25   4   4   0   0   2  182.1  188   96   77  11   99   97  3.80   99   4.8   14  
  P  Nate Andrews         30  11  21  .344  38  38   8   0   0   0   1  255.2  307  154  132  18   89  100  4.65  153   5.3   58  
  P  Rube Melton          27  10  11  .476  28  27   4   1   0   0   0  176.0  182  109   92   5   93  104  4.70   89   4.5   11  
  P  Ben Chapman          35   7   6  .538  47   0   0  35   5   1   0   91.0   90   40   30   4   39   40  2.97   41   4.1  -50  
  P  Bill Lee             34   7  14  .333  37  29   6   6   2   1   0  228.0  246  111   94   9   65   88  3.71  106   4.1   17  
  P  Ed Head              26   3   2  .600  28   0   0  24   7   2   0   48.0   44   14   11   1   21   15  2.06   17   3.3    0  
  P  Art Herring          38   3   4  .429  35   0   0  22   4   0   0   66.0   93   50   39   7   29   19  5.32   51   7.0   96  
  P *Woody Wheaton        29   2   2  .500  19   0   0  13   2   1   0   42.0   37   16   13   1   16   18  2.79   13   2.8 -115  
  P *Tom Sunkel           31   1   0 1.000  27   0   0   6   1   0   0   26.0   38   21   20   0   11   10  6.92   18   6.3 -166  
  P  Whit Wyatt           36   1   3  .250  12   8   0   2   0   0   0   44.1   58   30   25   0   22   11  5.08   30   6.3  -71  
  P *Hal Kleine           21   0   1  .000  14   0   0   6   1   0   0   22.1   21    7    7   0   23    7  2.82   13   5.3   17  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      726          3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bob Finley 907 104 108 445 43 15 6 .970 30 17 George Susce 346 37 52 181 23 9 4 .958 13 12 Bob Garbark 52 5 11 29 2 2 0 .939 2 0 Merv Shea 40 5 6 19 3 0 0 1.000 3 4 Russ Lyon 28 3 5 10 0 1 0 .909 1 0 Myril Hoag 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Ray Hayworth 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Wasdell 1166 129 137 1247 116 11 117 .992 10.52 Jack Bolling 212 25 31 204 20 0 21 1.000 9.51 Gil English 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.79 Woody Wheaton 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Olmo 633 73 80 201 189 26 43 .938 5.54 Eddie Stanky 622 67 88 192 199 17 53 .958 5.66 Charlie Letchas 124 14 16 45 47 1 11 .989 6.68 Barney Koch 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frenchy Bordagaray 1154 129 133 163 339 23 27 .956 3.91 Charlie Letchas 155 17 21 27 45 2 2 .973 4.19 Luis Olmo 47 5 9 10 8 1 0 .947 3.45 Gil English 28 3 5 5 10 0 0 1.000 4.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Milosevich 715 78 89 148 261 23 50 .947 5.15 Charlie Letchas 571 67 68 130 190 16 43 .952 5.04 Eddie Stanky 52 5 14 10 12 1 2 .957 3.81 Pat Ankenman 34 4 5 4 12 1 0 .941 4.24 Barney Koch 10 0 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.59 Gil English 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Augie Galan 1384 154 154 439 14 8 3 .983 2.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dixie Walker 1367 153 153 317 42 15 5 .960 2.36 Myril Hoag 10 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Lloyd Waner 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Luis Olmo 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Myril Hoag 706 81 82 100 4 8 0 .929 1.33 Luis Olmo 340 38 40 57 1 3 1 .951 1.54 Paul Waner 314 33 49 71 2 2 0 .973 2.09 Frenchy Bordagaray 18 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Lloyd Waner 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Woody Wheaton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1944 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Bill Lee
Round 3 (#36):	Bob Finley
Round 4 (#46):	Woody Wheaton
Round 5 (#55):	Charlie Letchas
Round 6 (#61):	George Susce

Transactions

• 1944-01: acquired Merv Shea as a free agent
• 1944-02: acquired Bob Garbark as a free agent
• 1944-05: released Merv Shea
• 1944-05: acquired Russ Lyon as a free agent
• 1944-12: acquired Hal Kleine as a free agent
• 1944-12: released Russ Lyon
• 1944-15: released George Susce
• 1944-15: acquired Ray Hayworth as a free agent
• 1944-16: released Bob Garbark
• 1944-16: acquired Pat Ankenman as a free agent
• 1944 postseason: released Bob Finley, Woody Wheaton

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