- Defeated Birmingham Black Barons 4-1
Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (66-32)
1944 Roster
1944 Results
1944 Results
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 10 | 1 | .909 | 3.25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 127.3 | 130 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 529 |
| Spoon Carter | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.73 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 103 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 350 |
| Roy Welmaker | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.3 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Dave Hoskins | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.75 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 50.3 | 57 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 219 |
| Edsall Walker | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.46 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 76 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 281 |
| Willie Hubert | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| Johnny Wright | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.91 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Garnett Blair | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Lefty Boone | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Johnny Johnson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.83 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 63.3 | 57 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 276 |
| Sam Bankhead | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |
| Eddie White | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | |
| Roland Anderson | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Hill | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 38 | 16 | .704 | 4.23 | 84 | 56 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 498.3 | 544 | 263 | 234 | 11 | 156 | 0 | 212 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2159 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Benjamin | 53 | 251 | 228 | 43 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | .325 | .379 | .412 | .791 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cool Papa Bell | 52 | 250 | 213 | 43 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | .310 | .398 | .394 | .792 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Buck Leonard | 50 | 226 | 184 | 49 | 63 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | .342 | .448 | .620 | 1.068 | 114 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Hoskins | 52 | 200 | 189 | 32 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .333 | .357 | .492 | .849 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Gibson | 50 | 203 | 180 | 40 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | .333 | .409 | .611 | 1.020 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sam Bankhead | 56 | 256 | 217 | 46 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | .253 | .345 | .355 | .700 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Walter Cannady | 35 | 147 | 135 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .326 | .377 | .400 | .777 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 31 | 94 | 81 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .321 | .396 | .481 | .877 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Battle | 36 | 96 | 81 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .272 | .337 | .296 | .633 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jelly Jackson | 38 | 109 | 94 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .170 | .264 | .213 | .477 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jud Wilson | 26 | 74 | 62 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .226 | .338 | .339 | .677 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Gaston | 20 | 69 | 59 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .220 | .313 | .322 | .635 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Harris | 20 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .455 | .433 | .888 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edsall Walker | 16 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .345 | .387 | .414 | .801 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Whatley | 8 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .292 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Spencer | 12 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Welmaker | 5 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Spoon Carter | 12 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Johnson | 13 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .227 | .364 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie White | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dolly King | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Hubert | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roland Anderson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Piper Davis | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Carlisle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Boone | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnett Blair | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wright | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 607 | 2215 | 1942 | 354 | 563 | 89 | 35 | 28 | 321 | 27 | 0 | 206 | 5 | .290 | .363 | .415 | .778 | 806 | 3 | 17 | 47 | 3 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Leonard | 1B | 50 | 50 | 440.3 | 542 | 30 | 3 | 31 | .995 | 11.691 | 11.440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Wilson | 1B | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.500 | 12.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Gibson | 1B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.200 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piper Davis | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.000 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jelly Jackson | 2B | 25 | 24 | 185.0 | 48 | 70 | 5 | 11 | .959 | 5.741 | 4.720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Cannady | 2B | 20 | 16 | 152.0 | 49 | 52 | 4 | 10 | .962 | 5.980 | 5.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Bankhead | 2B | 8 | 8 | 69.0 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .941 | 6.261 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Spencer | 2B | 10 | 8 | 67.0 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 4.701 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Benjamin | 2B | 7 | 0 | 19.3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 6.983 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Carlisle | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Battle | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Battle | 3B | 33 | 27 | 222.7 | 24 | 50 | 6 | 1 | .925 | 2.991 | 2.242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter Cannady | 3B | 19 | 19 | 150.0 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 3.300 | 2.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Wilson | 3B | 18 | 10 | 110.3 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.692 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jelly Jackson | 3B | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Spencer | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 4.500 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hoskins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Gibson | C | 43 | 41 | 354.7 | 188 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .969 | 5.507 | 5.047 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robert Gaston | C | 18 | 15 | 143.7 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 5.262 | 4.667 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jerry Benjamin | OF | 53 | 53 | 453.3 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 2.482 | 2.358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cool Papa Bell | OF | 57 | 51 | 450.3 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.519 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hoskins | OF | 43 | 43 | 368.7 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.538 | 1.465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Harris | OF | 12 | 4 | 54.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.160 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Whatley | OF | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | OF | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.260 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Gibson | OF | 6 | 4 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie White | OF | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Wilson | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Gaston | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dolly King | OF | 2 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | P | 17 | 14 | 127.3 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.545 | 2.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spoon Carter | P | 12 | 10 | 78.0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 2.192 | 1.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edsall Walker | P | 11 | 4 | 64.3 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 3.358 | 2.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Johnson | P | 13 | 6 | 63.3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.984 | 1.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hoskins | P | 8 | 6 | 50.3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.397 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Welmaker | P | 5 | 5 | 39.3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.517 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Hubert | P | 5 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Wright | P | 3 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .628 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie White | P | 4 | 2 | 12.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.919 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Bankhead | P | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garnett Blair | P | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lefty Boone | P | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Anderson | P | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hill | P | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Bankhead | SS | 48 | 47 | 419.3 | 122 | 163 | 16 | 27 | .947 | 6.117 | 5.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jelly Jackson | SS | 9 | 8 | 71.0 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 4.944 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Battle | SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 603 | 504 | 4485.0 | 1494 | 704 | 68 | 103 | .970 | 4.411 | 3.645 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 187 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 49 | 203 | 171 | 27 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | .269 | .354 | .357 | .710 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Postseason - Fielding:
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