This article is about the 1944 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
1944 in baseball.
Sports season
Locations of
AL teams for the 1941–1952 Major League Baseball seasons
American League
Locations of
NL teams for the 1941–1952 Major League Baseball seasons
National League
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
Standings
American League
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National League
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Postseason
Bracket
Managers
American League
National League
Home field attendance
Team name
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Wins
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%±
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Home attendance
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%±
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Per game
|
Detroit Tigers
|
88
|
12.8%
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923,176
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52.3%
|
11,836
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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
|
See also
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National League | |
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Competition | |
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NL monopoly | |
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Modern era | |
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