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The 1944 season of the American League was the forty-fourth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Browns	154	89	65	0	.578	-.-	684 (4.44)	587 (3.81)	0.252	0.321	0.352	3.17	0.972
2	Detroit Tigers	156	88	66	2	.564	1.0	658 (4.22)	581 (3.72)	0.263	0.330	0.354	3.09	0.970
3	New York Yankees	154	83	71	0	.539	6.0	674 (4.38)	617 (4.01)	0.264	0.330	0.387	3.39	0.974
4	Boston Red Sox	156	77	77	2	.494	12.0	739 (4.74)	676 (4.33)	0.270	0.334	0.380	3.82	0.972
5	Philadelphia Athletics	155	72	82	1	.465	17.0	525 (3.39)	594 (3.83)	0.257	0.311	0.327	3.26	0.971
6	Cleveland Indians	155	72	82	1	.465	17.0	643 (4.15)	677 (4.37)	0.266	0.329	0.372	3.65	0.974
7	Chicago White Sox	154	71	83	0	.461	18.0	543 (3.53)	662 (4.30)	0.247	0.305	0.320	3.58	0.970
8	Washington Senators	154	64	90	0	.416	25.0	592 (3.84)	664 (4.31)	0.261	0.321	0.330	3.49	0.964

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Frankie Hayes Mickey Rocco	Philadelphia Athletics Cleveland Indians	155
At Bats	Mickey Rocco	Cleveland Indians	653
Runs Scored	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	125
Hits	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	205
Doubles	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
Triples	Johnny Lindell Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees New York Yankees	16
Home Runs	Nick Etten	New York Yankees	22
Total Bases	Johnny Lindell	New York Yankees	297
Runs Batted In	Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	109
Stolen Bases	Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	55
Caught Stealing	George Case	Washington Senators	18
Walks	Nick Etten	New York Yankees	97
Hit by Pitch	Roberto Ortiz	Washington Senators	8
Strikeouts	Pat Seerey	Cleveland Indians	99
Sacrifice Hits	Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	28
Grounded into Double Plays	George Kell	Philadelphia Athletics	28
Batting Average	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	0.327
On-Base Percentage	Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	0.431
Slugging Percentage	Bobby Doerr Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox	0.528
On-Base plus Slugging	Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	0.959
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	174

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	29
Losses	Bill Dietrich Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox Washington Senators	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	0.783
Appearances	Joe Heving	Cleveland Indians	63
Games Started	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	40
Complete Games	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	33
Shutouts	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	7
Games Finished	Joe Berry	Philadelphia Athletics	47
Saves	Joe Berry George Caster Gordon Maltzberger	Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns Chicago White Sox	12
Innings Pitched	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	352.1
Batters Faced	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	1421
Hits Allowed	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	314
Home Runs Allowed	Sig Jakucki	St. Louis Browns	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Rufe Gentry	Detroit Tigers	108
Hit Batsmen	Russ Christopher	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Strikeouts	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	187
Wild Pitches	Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	9
Balks	Jack Kramer Al Lyons Hal Newhouser Carl Scheib	St. Louis Browns New York Yankees Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics	2
Runs Allowed	Bill Dietrich	Chicago White Sox	132
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Dietrich	Chicago White Sox	99
Earned Run Average	Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	2.12
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	1.048

All-Star Game

The American League lost the twelfth midsummer classic at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA on Tuesday, July 11, 1944 by a score of 7 to 1. The league's manager was Billy Southworth.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion St. Louis Browns were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 2.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Hal Newhouser, a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers. In the award's voting, he had 236 out of a possible 336 points and 7 first place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The 1944 Hall of Fame Game was scheduled to be played on July 10 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The game between the New York Giants of the NL and the Detroit Tigers of the AL was rained out.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Jim Boyer
• Bill Grieve
• Cal Hubbard
• Red Jones
• Bill McGowan
• George Pipgras
• Eddie Rommel
• Joe Rue
• Ernie Stewart
• Bill Summers
• Hal Weafer