1944 St. Louis Browns season
| 1944 St. Louis Browns | |
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| 1944 American League Champions | |
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| Record | 89–65 (.578) |
| League place | 1st |
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| Owner(s) | Donald Lee Barnes |
| General manager(s) | Bill DeWitt |
| Manager(s) | Luke Sewell |
| Local radio |
WEW/WTMV (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) |
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The 1944 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing first in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses. In the World Series, they lost to the crosstown Cardinals, four games to two.
The Browns were one of the unlikeliest pennant-winners in history; in nine out of the previous 10 seasons, they had finished in the second division. However, 1944 was the peak of wartime baseball. The shortage of players dragged the talent level of the entire league down, which benefitted the team.
The 1944 Browns were relatively untouched by the military draft. Nine players on the roster were 34 years old or older. Their all-4F infield included 23-year-old shortstop Vern Stephens, who led the league in RBI (109) and was second in home runs (20).
St. Louis started the season with nine straight wins and continued to hang tough in a four-team race with Detroit, Boston, and New York. It came down to the final week, when the Browns defeated the Yankees five times, winning the pennant by 1 game over Detroit. It would be the only championship the franchise would ever win in St. Louis.
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