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28 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1415 regular-season games · 1944-04-17 to 1944-10-01 · attendance 8,772,746

◀ 1943 1945 ▶

World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Hal Newhouser AL
Marty Marion NL

All-Star Games

1944-07-11 at Forbes Field
1944-08-13 at Comiskey Park I
1944-10-01

Hall of Fame class of 1944

Kenesaw Landis

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–2 St. Louis Browns	6

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	—	587	508,644	Luke Sewell	Pennant
2	Detroit Tigers	88	66	.571	1	581	923,176	Steve O'Neill
3	New York Yankees	83	71	.539	6	617	789,995	Joe McCarthy
4	Boston Red Sox	77	77	.500	12	676	506,975	Joe Cronin
5	Cleveland Indians	72	82	.468	17	677	475,272	Lou Boudreau
5	Philadelphia Athletics	72	82	.468	17	594	505,322	Connie Mack
7	Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	18	662	563,539	Jimmy Dykes
8	Washington Senators	64	90	.416	25	664	525,235	Ossie Bluege

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	—	490	461,968	Billy Southworth	World Series
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	14.5	662	604,278	Frankie Frisch
3	Cincinnati Reds	89	65	.578	16	537	409,567	Bill McKechnie
4	Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	30	669	640,110	Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson, Charlie Grimm
5	New York Giants	67	87	.435	38	773	674,483	Mel Ott
6	Boston Braves	65	89	.422	40	674	208,691	Bob Coleman
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	63	91	.409	42	832	605,905	Leo Durocher
8	Philadelphia Blue Jays	61	92	.399	43.5	658	369,586	Freddie Fitzsimmons

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Birmingham Black Barons	50	24	.676	—	145	Winfield Welch	Pennant
2	Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns	46	31	.597	5.5	132	Hoss Walker
3	Cleveland Buckeyes	42	41	.506	12.5	100	Parnell Woods
4	Memphis Red Sox	44	55	.444	18.5	110	Ruben Jones
5	Chicago American Giants	31	43	.419	19	105	Bingo DeMoss, Lloyd Davenport, John Bissant
6	Kansas City Monarchs	26	45	.366	22.5	229	Frank Duncan

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	25	17	.595	—	263	Candy Jim Taylor	World Series
2	Philadelphia Stars	26	18	.591	—	259	Goose Curry
3	New York Cubans	20	17	.541	2.5	169	José María Fernández
4	Baltimore Elite Giants	26	23	.531	2.5	166	Felton Snow
5	Newark Eagles	23	23	.500	4	175	Mule Suttles
6	New York Black Yankees	5	27	.156	15	169	Harry Williams

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Jim Tobin, Boston Braves vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1944-04-27
Clyde Shoun, Cincinnati Reds vs. Boston Braves, 1944-05-15

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