1944年

• 由於大和隊解散，吳新亨（荻原寬）因而轉隊到東京巨人隊。
• 04月27日 -- Boston Braves投手Jim Tobin面對Brooklyn Dodgers投出無安打比賽以2:0獲勝。
• 10月10日 -- 東京巨人隊捕手吉原正喜戰死於緬甸。
• 11月13日 -- 日本職棒宣布暫停比賽。
• 12月02日 -- 東京巨人隊投手澤村榮治在東中國海、臺灣海峽附近被美國潛艇發射的魚雷擊沈而戰死。

May 1 - George Myatt of the Washington Senators goes 6-for-6 as the Nats beat the Red Sox, 11-4.
May 4 - The St. Louis Browns announce that they are dropping their segregation policy restricting Negro fans to the bleachers.
May 15 - Clyde Shoun pitches a no-hitter, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 1-0 win over the Boston Braves.
June 6 - All games cancelled due to D-Day.
June 10–15-year-old pitcher Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds makes his major league debut. He is the youngest person ever to play in a major league game. After giving up five runs to the Cardinals in 2/3 of an inning, he is relieved by Jake Eisenhart, who gets the final out in his only major league appearance.

[edit] July–September

July 11 - At Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the National League defeats the American League, 7-1, in the All-Star Game.
August 10 - Red Barrett of the Boston Braves throws a shutout with just 58 pitches - a record for fewest pitches in a nine-inning game. The game lasted 75 minutes. Barrett gave up only two hits. He did not strikeout or walk any batters, and threw an average of only 2 pitches per batter. In 1944, 96 of the Reds games was completed in under two hours.
September 30 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser wins his 29th game, defeating the Washington Senators, 7-3.

[edit] October–December

October 9 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the St. Louis Browns, 3–1, in Game 6 of the World Series to win their fifth World Series, four games to two. The Browns are the last of the original eight members of the American League to win the pennant. It would be their only World Series appearance before relocating to Baltimore ten years later. This only marked only the third time in World Series history in which both teams had the same home field, Sportsman's Park, with the other two being in 1921 and 1922 at the Polo Grounds. The Series was also known as the "Streetcar Series", or the "St. Louis Showdown."
November 28 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser, who posted a 29-9 record with 187 strikeouts and a 2.22 ERA, is named the American League Most Valuable Player, gathering four more votes than pitching teammate Dizzy Trout (27-14, 144, 2.12).

1月12日 - 日本野球連盟、日本野球報国会と改称。 4月27日 - ボストン・ブレーブスのジム・トビンが対ブルックリン・ドジャース戦でノーヒットノーランを達成。 5月15日 - シンシナティ・レッズのクライド・ショーンが対ブレーブス戦でノーヒットノーランを達成。 6月1日 - 南海軍の親会社である南海鉄道が戦時企業統合政策により大阪電気軌道と合併し、近畿日本鉄道となったため、「近畿日本軍」に改名した[2]。 8月14日 - この日阪急軍が敗れた為、大阪タイガースの優勝が決定している。 9月9日～11日 - 阪神甲子園球場及び後楽園球場で日本野球総進軍優勝大会開催、これで日本野球報国会が主催する日本プロ野球の試合は休止に。

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