Building upon the success of the 1943 All Pacific Recreation Fund game between the Service All-Stars and the Pacific Coast League’s Los Angeles Angels and Hollywood Stars, actor/comedian Joe. E. Brown scheduled another fundraiser game between the two squads. The rosters featured many of the same faces with the Service Team All-Stars roster seeing the loss of Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky along with a few other key players. The formula was the same as the previous year’s game regarding the rotation of the two Coast League squads at the game’s mid-point. The game was played at Gilmore Field in Los Angeles (home of the Angels) and raised more than $71,000 (see: Service All-Stars Raising Funds on the Diamond for their Comrades in the Trenches), outperforming the 1943 game.
| Player | Position | Former |
|---|---|---|
| Wes Bailey | P | Greensboro (PIED) |
| John Berardino | IF | Browns |
| Bob Brown | IF | Amateur |
| Harry Danning | C | Giants |
| Froilan Fernandez | IF | Braves |
| Tony Freitas | P | Sacramento (PCL) |
| Stanley Goletz | P | White Sox |
| Sidney Hudson | P | Senators |
| John Jensen | OF | San Diego (PCL) |
| Robert Kahle | IF | Hollywood (PCL) |
| Alex Kampouris | IF | Dodgers |
| Chet Kehn | P | Dodgers |
| Art Lilly | IF | Hollywood (PCL) |
| Joe Marty | OF | Bluejays |
| Edward Nulty | OF | Santa Barbara (CALL) |
| Al Olsen | P | San Diego (PCL) |
| Roy Pitter | P | Binghamton (EL) |
| Gerald Priddy | IF | Senators |
| Hal Quick | OF | Williamsport (EL) |
| Chuck Stevens | IF | Browns |
| Louis Stringer | IF | Cubs |
| George “Birdie” Tebbetts | C | Tigers |
| Max West | OF | Braves |
Nearly identical to the 1943 edition, this program is a booklet with multiple page of content with feature articles that detailed the motivation for the Fund and the 1944 game.
This scorecard was acquired in 2019 at auction.
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