40-13 through May, in 1st place by 8.5 games over the Cardinals. A World Series showdown with the vaunted Yankees appears to loom. Dandridge and Irvin are 1st and 3rd in all of baseball in hits. Dandridges 12 homers trails only Ted Williams' 14 dingers.
62-18 through June. Josh Gibson has gone insane and his 21 homers lead the league.
82-24 through July. Gibson and Dandridge are 1,2 in homers with 28 and 21. Irvin is 2nd in hits with 150. The Yankees lead the AL with a 71-36 record.
We ended up cruising to a 118-36 record and won the division by 30 games over the Cubs. The Yankees went 98-56 to win the AL.
Irving, Easter and Dandridge finished 2,3,4 in batting, bested only by Stan Musials .370 average. Josh Gibson hit 37 homers to lead all of baseball while Ray Dandridge knocked in 130 runs to lead the league in RBI. Lorenzo Davis and Monte Irvin were 1/2 in runs scored while Irvin also led baseball with 47 swipes.
Rowe, 23 and Smith, 22 were 1/2 in the league in wins while Smith and Radcliff were both in the top 5 in ERA.
1944 Phillies Team Statistics
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1944 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Irvin, Monte PHI 144 .361 624 225 49 12 22 60 100 47 9 144 110 .583 .416
Davis, Lorenzo PHI 136 .308 584 180 35 8 21 84 57 30 6 150 81 .503 .396
Suttles, George PHI 131 .313 565 177 30 11 22 28 112 23 5 102 108 .522 .347
Easter, Luke PHI 144 .354 491 174 36 4 27 172 78 4 2 136 100 .609 .519
Dandridge, Ray PHI 118 .347 470 163 31 5 24 76 55 5 4 85 130 .587 .432
Campanella, Roy PHI 106 .328 409 134 22 2 12 64 58 2 1 59 85 .479 .419
Wells, Willie PHI 118 .275 461 127 25 1 5 65 62 27 6 80 62 .367 .363
Gibson, Josh PHI 111 .261 456 119 14 5 37 53 110 2 1 85 102 .557 .344
Northey, Ron PHI 67 .382 152 58 9 1 7 17 11 0 0 25 51 .592 .442
Miller, Eddie PHI 71 .240 242 58 11 0 5 18 23 4 2 32 24 .347 .293
Seay, Dick PHI 59 .258 155 40 12 2 7 22 12 9 1 29 31 .497 .350
Wyrostek, Johnny PHI 48 .302 129 39 8 1 1 12 13 0 2 17 11 .403 .366
Antolick, Joe PHI 46 .200 170 34 5 0 0 6 28 1 0 19 8 .229 .232
Adams, Buster PHI 45 .154 130 20 5 1 1 12 27 0 1 12 9 .231 .225
Seminick, Andy PHI 8 .419 31 13 2 1 4 5 5 0 0 8 9 .935 .514
1944 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Rowe, Schoolboy PHI 258.1 3.59 30 30 23 2 0 99 59 10.66
Smith, Hilton PHI 257.0 2.94 30 30 22 3 0 192 51 9.63
Paige, Satchel PHI 251.2 3.33 30 30 14 7 0 182 71 10.55
Radcliff, Ted PHI 224.2 2.96 27 27 19 5 0 158 43 9.81
Day, Leon PHI 190.0 3.69 23 23 15 5 0 151 53 10.52
Kraus, Jack PHI 64.2 2.64 8 8 5 1 0 25 23 10.44
Lee, Bill PHI 43.1 3.32 32 0 6 5 8 14 10 12.05
Gerheauser, Al PHI 41.2 5.18 10 5 3 3 1 19 17 13.39
Scarborough, Ray PHI 37.0 4.62 26 0 7 5 2 17 13 12.16
Raffensberger, Ken PHI 18.0 0.00 17 0 1 0 5 8 4 6.50
Johnson, Si PHI 10.0 0.00 6 0 2 0 0 5 1 5.40
Hughes, Tommy PHI 8.2 3.12 1 1 1 0 0 4 6 18.69
Barrett, Dick PHI 3.2 4.91 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 17.18
Karl, Andy PHI 1.1 6.75 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13.50
The Phillies will challenge the Yankees, champions 2 out of the last 3 years, in the 1944 World Series