1944 Major League Baseball season
# 1944 Major League Baseball season

The 1944 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 to October 9, 1944. The St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In an all-St. Louis postseason, the Cardinals then defeated the Browns in the World Series, four games to two.

## Awards and honors

* Baseball Hall of Fame
   * Kenesaw Mountain Landis
* Most Valuable Player
   * Hal Newhouser (AL) – Pitcher, Detroit Tigers
   * Marty Marion (NL) – Shortstop, St. Louis Cardinals
* The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
   * Marty Marion (NL) – St. Louis Cardinals
* The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
   * Bobby Doerr (AL) – Second base, Boston Red Sox
   * Marty Marion (NL) – Shortstop, St. Louis Cardinals
* The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
   * Hal Newhouser (AL) – Detroit Tigers
   * Bill Voiselle (NL) – New York Giants
* The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
   * Luke Sewell (AL) – St. Louis Browns

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | St. Louis Browns | 2 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Lou Boudreau | |
| Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | Finished 2nd |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Luke Sewell | Won Pennant |
| Washington Senators | Ossie Bluege | |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Bob Coleman | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 3rd |
| Chicago Cubs | Jimmie Wilson, Roy Johnson and Charlie Grimm | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | Finished 2nd |
| New York Giants | Mel Ott | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Freddie Fitzsimmons | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Frankie Frisch | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | Won World Series |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 12.8% | 923,176 | 52.3% | 11,836 |
| New York Yankees | 83 | -15.3% | 789,995 | 27.8% | 10,128 |
| New York Giants | 67 | 21.8% | 674,483 | 44.7% | 8,993 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 1.4% | 640,110 | 25.9% | 8,207 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 63 | -22.2% | 605,905 | -8.4% | 7,869 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 12.5% | 604,278 | 21.2% | 7,460 |
| Chicago White Sox | 71 | -13.4% | 563,539 | 10.7% | 7,319 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | -23.8% | 525,235 | -8.6% | 6,821 |
| St. Louis Browns | 89 | 23.6% | 508,644 | 137.2% | 6,606 |
| Boston Red Sox | 77 | 13.2% | 506,975 | 41.5% | 6,500 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 46.9% | 505,322 | 34.1% | 6,649 |
| Cleveland Indians | 72 | -12.2% | 475,272 | 8.3% | 6,093 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 0.0% | 461,968 | -10.7% | 6,000 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 2.3% | 409,567 | 8.0% | 5,251 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 61 | -4.7% | 369,586 | -20.9% | 4,678 |
| Boston Braves | 65 | -4.4% | 208,691 | -23.1% | 2,676 |
