1944 St. Louis Browns season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Browns
season = 1944
misc =1944 American League Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1902
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1902
owners =Donald Lee Barnes
managers = Luke Sewell
television =
radio =| radio = WEW/WTMV
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)|The by|1944 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses.

Regular season

* May 26, 1944: In a game against the Boston Red Sox, Nelson Potter retired the first 23 batters and was on his way to pitching a perfect game when Jim Tabor got a hit in the 8th inning. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.49, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5 ]
* June 15, 1944: Frank Demaree was released by the Browns.
*July 20, 1944: Nelson Potter took to the hill against Yankees’ pitcher Hank Borowy. The Yankees third base coach Art Fletcher noticed that Potter was moistening his fingers. After Browns manager Luke Sewell consulted with Potter, Potter proceeded to make a deliberate motion with his fingers to his mouth. Umpire Cal Hubbard ejected Potter from the game. On July 22, American League President Wil Harridge suspended Potter for 10 days for throwing an illegal pitch. Potter was the first pitcher to be suspended by Major League Baseball for that reason. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.65, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5 ]

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