1944 Pacific Coast League season

The 1944 Pacific Coast League season was the 42nd season in league history. It ended with the San Francisco Seals winning their second straight league championship.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Los Angeles Angels	99	70	.586	--	Bill Sweeney	Chicago Cubs
Portland Beavers	87	82	.515	12	Marv Owen	None
Oakland Oaks	86	83	.509	13	Dolph Camilli	None
San Francisco Seals	86	83	.509	13	Lefty O'Doul	None
Seattle Rainiers	84	85	.497	15	Bill Skiff	None
Hollywood Stars	83	86	.491	16	Charlie Root	None
Sacramento Solons	76	93	.450	23	Earl Sheely	None
San Diego Padres	75	94	.443	24	George Detore	None

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Los Angeles Angels	4
	2	Portland Beavers	2
						1	Los Angeles Angels	3
						4	San Francisco Seals	4
	3	Oakland Oaks	1
	4	San Francisco Seals	4

First Round

Los Angeles vs. Portland Date Away Home September 20 Portland 4 Los Angeles 2 September 21 Portland 3 Los Angeles 2 September 22 Portland 4 Los Angeles 5 September 24 Los Angeles 14 Portland 3 Game 2 Los Angeles 11 Portland 1 September 25 Los Angeles 3 Portland 2 Los Angeles wins series 4-2

Oakland vs. San Francisco Date Away Home September 21 San Francisco 1 Oakland 5 September 22 San Francisco 1 Oakland 0 September 23 San Francisco 9 Oakland 3 September 24 Oakland 7 San Francisco 9 Game 2 Oakland 0 San Francisco 2 San Francisco wins series 4-1

Championship Finals

Los Angeles vs. San Francisco Date Away Home September 27 Los Angeles 0 San Francisco 4 September 28 Los Angeles 0 San Francisco 5 September 29 Los Angeles 1 San Francisco 5 October 1 San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 5 Game 2 San Francisco 1 Los Angeles 2 7 innings October 2 San Francisco 1 Los Angeles 2 10 innings October 3 San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 2 San Francisco wins series 4-3

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Les Scarsella, Oakland, .329
• Runs Scored Cecil Garriott, Los Angeles, 148
• Hits Scarsella, 196
• Doubles Gus Suhr, San Francisco; Bill Matheson, Seattle, 36
• Triples Bill Ramsey, Sacramento, 12
• Home Runs Frankie Kelleher, Hollywood, 29
• Runs Batted In Kelleher, 121
• Stolen Bases Ramsey, 45

Pitching

• Wins Marino Pieretti, Portland, 26
• Earned Run Average Clem Dreisewerd, Sacramento, 1.61
• Complete Games Tom Seats, San Francisco, 34
• Shutouts Roy Helser, Portland; Glenn Elliott, Seattle, 8
• Strikeouts Frank Dasso, San Diego, 253

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
• 1945 Baseball Guide
• Donald R. Wells: Baseball's Western Front: the Pacific Coast League during World War II, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2004. ISBN 978-0-7864-1998-2

Related Sites

• BR Minors page