1944 Cleveland Guardians roster

32 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1944 MLB season.

1944 Guardians roster: batting

1944 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Mickey Rocco1556538717413704.266.325.717
Lou Boudreau1505849119136711.327.406.843
Ken Keltner1495737416913914.295.355.821
Roy Cullenbine1545719816216804.284.380.825
Oris Hockett124457471321508.289.339.720
Pat Seerey101342398015390.234.276.689
Buddy Rosar9933129870301.263.339.647
Ray Mack8328424660294.232.301.608
Rusty Peters8828223631242.223.268.569
Paul O'dea7617325550132.318.401.771
Jeff Heath6015120505330.331.402.892
Norm Schlueter491222150110.123.201.357
Jimmy Grant619912271121.273.357.761
George Susce2961314040.230.254.500
Jim McDonnell2043510040.233.298.530
Russ Lyon71112000.182.250.432
Hank Ruszkowski3813010.375.375.750
Steve Biras22020201.0001.0002.000
Jim Devlin1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1944 Guardians roster: pitching

1944 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Steve GromekP35211092.56203.21151.131
Mel HarderP302712103.71196.1641.430
Al SmithP28267133.42181.2441.460
Ed KliemanP471911133.38178.1441.435
Allie ReynoldsP28211183.30158.0841.471
Joe HevingP631831.96119.2461.2310
Ray PoatP366485.1380.2401.481
Jim BagbyP1310454.3379.0121.710
Paul CalvertP354134.5677.0311.650
Hal KleineP116125.7540.2131.820
Earl HenryP22114.5817.251.190
Bill BonnessP21017.717.012.290
Red EmbreeP310113.503.142.100

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.