1944

1944 in baseball
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<< 1943 1945 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1944.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Hanshin (Details)
• Claxton Shield: series suspended due to World War II

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: St. Louis Cardinals (NL) over the St. Louis Browns (AL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: St. Louis Browns (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Baltimore Orioles (IL) over the Louisville Colonels (AA), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Kingsport Cherokees
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Triplets
  • International League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
  • Interstate League: Lancaster Red Roses
  • Ohio State League: Newark Moundsmen]]
  • Pacific Coast League: San Francisco Seals (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Lynchburg Cardinals]]
  • PONY League: Jamestown Falcons
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Azules de Veracruz México

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro World Series: Homestead Grays (NNL) over the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Negro American League: Birmingham Black Barons (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Details)
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 7 - 4 at Comiskey Park (Details)
• All-American Girls Softball League: Milwaukee Chicks defeated the Kenosha Comets in the playoff finals, 4 - 3 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Habana
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: Sherman Field Flyers (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: canceled due to war
  • National High School Baseball Championship: canceled due to war
• National Girls Baseball League: Match Corporation Queens

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Venezuela (Details)
  • Venezuela (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Cuba (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Rookie of the Year, by John Tunis

Births

Further information: Births in 1944

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1944

Further Reading

• Jerry Malloy: "Black Bluejackets: The Great Lakes Negro Varsity of 1944", in Sean Forman and Cecilia M. Tan, eds.: The Negro Leagues Are Major Leagues: Essays and Research for Overdue Recognition, Baseball-Reference and SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2021, pp. 153-162. ISBN ISBN 978-1-970159-63-9