1944 Philadelphia Blue Jays Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 61-92
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 369,586, Avg. 8,621
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Freddie Fitzsimmons (61-92)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1944 Philadelphia Blue Jays Roster
1944 Philadelphia Blue Jays Results

The Philadelphia Blue Jays of the National League ended the 1944 season with a record of 61 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Blue Jays tallied 539 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 658 runs. Ron Northey paced Philadelphia with 22 home runs, while Buster Adams walloped 20 or more, too. Ron Northey drove in 104 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .288 average. Ken Raffensberger and Charley Schanz led the squad with 13 wins each, and Ken Raffensberger earned a 3.06 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Freddie Fitzsimmons coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Charley Schanz	13	16	.448	3.32	40	30	8	13	1	3	241.3	231	108	89	6	103	84	6	2	5	1040
Ken Raffensberger	13	20	.394	3.06	37	31	5	18	3	0	258.7	257	101	88	9	45	136	2	1	1	1091
Dick Barrett	12	18	.400	3.86	37	27	8	11	1	0	221.3	223	110	95	7	88	74	3	1	7	963
Bill Lee	10	11	.476	3.15	31	28	1	11	3	1	208.3	199	88	73	9	57	50	3	0	4	872
Al Gerheauser	8	16	.333	4.58	30	29	1	10	2	0	182.7	210	102	93	8	65	66	1	0	6	811
Andy Karl	3	2	.600	2.33	38	0	20	0	0	2	89.0	76	32	23	1	21	26	1	0	1	351
Chet Covington	1	1	.500	4.66	19	0	10	0	0	0	38.7	46	22	20	2	8	13	0	0	1	168
Vern Kennedy	1	5	.167	4.23	12	7	2	3	0	0	55.3	60	31	26	3	20	23	0	0	2	244
Al Verdel	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
John Fick	0	0		3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	3	2	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	24
Dale Matthewson	0	0		3.94	17	1	5	0	0	0	32.0	27	14	14	1	16	8	0	0	0	134
Harry Shuman	0	0		4.05	18	0	12	0	0	0	26.7	26	15	12	1	11	4	0	0	1	118
Roger McKee	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9
Lou Lucier	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	11
Charlie Ripple	0	0		15.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	6	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	16
Barney Mussill	0	1	.000	6.05	16	0	8	0	0	0	19.3	20	16	13	1	13	5	0	0	0	92
Deacon Donahue	0	2	.000	7.71	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.3	18	8	8	0	2	2	0	0	0	45
Totals	61	92	.399	3.64	309	154	88	66	10	6	1395.3	1407	657	564	49	459	496	17	4	28	5992

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Tony Lupien	153	667	597	82	169	23	9	5	52	18	56	29	.283	.347	.377	.723	225	4	2	12
Buster Adams	151	682	584	86	165	35	3	17	64	2	74	74	.283	.370	.440	.810	257	11	7	17
Ron Northey	152	645	570	72	164	35	9	22	104	1	67	51	.288	.367	.496	.863	283	7	4	4
Jimmy Wasdell	133	509	451	47	125	20	3	3	40	0	45	17	.277	.344	.355	.699	160	14	1	12
Ford Mullen	118	502	464	51	124	9	4	0	31	4	28	32	.267	.315	.304	.618	141	3	4	6
Charlie Letchas	116	436	396	29	94	8	0	0	33	0	32	27	.237	.298	.258	.555	102	12	2	6
Glen Stewart	118	414	377	32	83	11	5	0	29	0	28	40	.220	.274	.276	.550	104	14	0	9
Bob Finley	94	306	281	18	70	11	1	1	21	1	12	25	.249	.292	.306	.598	86	9	5	8
Ray Hamrick	74	321	292	22	60	10	1	1	23	1	23	34	.205	.268	.257	.525	75	7	2	4
Johnny Peacock	83	284	253	21	57	9	3	0	21	1	31	15	.225	.310	.285	.594	72	6	0	0
Ted Cieslak	85	244	220	18	54	10	0	2	11	1	21	17	.245	.314	.318	.632	70	6	1	2
Coaker Triplett	84	203	184	15	43	5	1	1	25	1	19	10	.234	.305	.288	.593	53	9	0	0
Granny Hamner	21	81	77	6	19	1	0	0	5	0	3	7	.247	.275	.260	.535	20	1	0	1
Dick Barrett	37	85	74	4	16	1	1	0	9	0	4	2	.216	.266	.257	.523	19	4	1	6
Al Gerheauser	32	68	65	4	15	5	0	1	5	0	2	12	.231	.254	.354	.608	23	0	0	1
Andy Seminick	22	70	63	9	14	2	1	0	4	2	6	17	.222	.300	.286	.586	18	2	1	0
Bill Lee	31	79	72	5	14	0	0	0	4	0	4	12	.194	.237	.194	.431	14	2	0	3
Charley Schanz	40	88	81	4	12	1	1	1	6	0	4	29	.148	.188	.222	.410	18	0	0	3
Ken Raffensberger	38	96	80	1	11	0	0	0	3	0	3	38	.138	.169	.138	.306	11	1	0	13
Vern Kennedy	14	23	21	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	6	0	0	2
Merv Shea	7	19	15	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	.267	.421	.467	.888	7	1	0	0
Heinie Heltzel	11	25	22	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.182	.280	.227	.507	5	1	1	0
Andy Karl	42	17	15	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	.200	.294	.267	.561	4	0	0	0
Joe Antolick	4	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	0
Charlie Ripple	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Dale Matthewson	17	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Lee Riley	4	12	12	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	0	0	0
Barney Mussill	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Benny Culp	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Harry Shuman	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Deacon Donahue	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cecil Tyson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Nick Goulish	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Putsy Caballero	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Chet Covington	19	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Verdel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
John Fick	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Roger McKee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Lou Lucier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1762	5911	5300	539	1332	199	42	55	495	32	471	509	.251	.316	.336	.652	1780	114	31	109

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jimmy Wasdell	1B	4	43	0	0	6	1.000	1.750	0
Tony Lupien	1B	151	1453	103	13	114	.992	1.305	0
Glen Stewart	2B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Johnny Peacock	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ford Mullen	2B	114	291	316	23	52	.963	5.325	0
Charlie Letchas	2B	47	134	139	9	40	.968	5.809	0
Glen Stewart	3B	83	77	181	10	12	.963	3.108	0
Ford Mullen	3B	1	3	6	2	1	.818	9.000	0
Charlie Letchas	3B	32	30	71	2	2	.981	3.156	0
Ted Cieslak	3B	48	35	72	15	1	.877	2.229	0
Putsy Caballero	3B	2	4	4	1	0	.889	4.000	0
Merv Shea	C	6	18	2	1	0	.952	3.333	1
Andy Seminick	C	11	45	7	2	0	.963	4.727	1
Johnny Peacock	C	73	274	38	3	4	.990	4.274	7
Bob Finley	C	74	289	34	11	7	.967	4.365	4
Benny Culp	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Joe Antolick	C	3	9	1	0	1	1.000	3.333	0
Jimmy Wasdell	OF	121	243	6	5	0	.980	2.058	0
Coaker Triplett	OF	44	90	3	1	1	.989	2.114	0
Andy Seminick	OF	7	13	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Lee Riley	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Ron Northey	OF	151	286	24	6	7	.981	2.053	0
Chuck Klein	OF	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Ted Cieslak	OF	5	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.400	0
Buster Adams	OF	151	449	14	10	1	.979	3.066	0
Al Verdel	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Harry Shuman	P	18	0	8	3	0	.727	.444	0
Charley Schanz	P	40	10	47	5	4	.919	1.425	0
Charlie Ripple	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ken Raffensberger	P	37	10	33	2	1	.956	1.162	0
Barney Mussill	P	16	0	4	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Roger McKee	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Dale Matthewson	P	17	3	5	1	0	.889	.471	0
Lou Lucier	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Lee	P	31	17	47	4	2	.941	2.065	0
Vern Kennedy	P	12	2	11	1	0	.929	1.083	0
Andy Karl	P	38	4	22	0	0	1.000	.684	0
Al Gerheauser	P	30	6	29	1	1	.972	1.167	0
John Fick	P	4	0	1	1	0	.500	.250	0
Deacon Donahue	P	6	0	3	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Chet Covington	P	19	2	6	0	0	1.000	.421	0
Dick Barrett	P	37	9	54	0	2	1.000	1.703	0
Glen Stewart	SS	32	49	79	3	11	.977	4.000	0
Charlie Letchas	SS	29	55	90	5	12	.967	5.000	0
Heinie Heltzel	SS	10	17	17	3	1	.919	3.400	0
Ray Hamrick	SS	74	160	293	25	55	.948	6.122	0
Granny Hamner	SS	21	27	98	9	17	.933	5.952	0
Totals		1610	4177	1875	177	357	.972	3.759	13

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