1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1943  Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Branch Rickey
Managers	Leo Durocher
Radio	WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond
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With the roster depleted by players leaving for service in World War II, the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in third place.

The team featured five future Hall of Famers: second baseman Billy Herman, shortstop Arky Vaughan, outfielders Paul Waner, and Joe Medwick, and manager Leo Durocher.

Herman finished fourth in MVP voting, after hitting .330 with 100 runs batted in. Vaughan led the league in runs scored and stolen bases.

Offseason

• December 12, 1942: Johnny Allen and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rube Melton. ^[1]
• March 9, 1943: Babe Dahlgren was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lloyd Waner and Al Glossop. ^[2]
• March 24, 1943: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies. ^[3]
• March 24, 1943: Jack Kraus was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bobby Bragan. ^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	—	58‍–‍21	47‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	18	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	.529	23½	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	25	47‍–‍30	33‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	.484	30½	36‍–‍38	38‍–‍41
Boston Braves	68	85	.444	36½	38‍–‍39	30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	41	33‍–‍43	31‍–‍47
New York Giants	55	98	.359	49½	34‍–‍43	21‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Notable transactions

• April 22, 1943: Johnny Allen was purchased by the Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies. ^[1]
• May 15, 1943: Hal Peck was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs. ^[5]
• May 20, 1943: Alex Kampouris was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators. ^[6]
• May 20, 1943: Newt Kimball was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies. ^[7]
• July 6, 1943: Joe Medwick was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants. ^[8]
• July 15, 1943: Bobo Newsom were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Fritz Ostermueller and Archie McKain. ^[9]
• July 31, 1943: Johnny Allen and Dolph Camilli were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Bill Lohrman, Bill Sayles and Joe Orengo. ^[1]
• September 28, 1943: Al Glossop was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs. ^[10]

Roster

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 22 Johnny Allen 12 Rex Barney 22 Bob Chipman 26 Curt Davis 14 Freddie Fitzsimmons 28 Hal Gregg 14 Chris Haughey 23 Ed Head 13 Kirby Higbe 21 Newt Kimball 22 Bill Lohrman 28 Max Macon 12,32 Rube Melton  8 Bobo Newsom 27 Fritz Ostermueller 27 Bill Sayles 31 Les Webber (CL) 17 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 15 Bobby Bragan 27 Dee Moore 10 Mickey Owen Infielders 33 Pat Ankenman  3 Red Barkley  3 Boyd Bartley  4 Dolph Camilli  3 Al Campanis 18 Johnny Cooney  2 Leo Durocher 20 Al Glossop  9 Bill Hart 16 Billy Herman  4 Gil Hodges  3 Alex Kampouris  4 Joe Orengo  8 Howie Schultz  5 Arky Vaughan		Outfielders 36 Frenchy Bordagaray 24 Augie Galan  6 Carden Gillenwater 14 Gene Hermanski  7 Joe Medwick 21 Luis Olmo 11 Dixie Walker  1 Paul Waner Other batters  6 Hal Peck		Manager  2 Leo Durocher Coaches 30 Red Corriden 6,7 Charlie Dressen 35 Clyde Sukeforth

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Mickey Owen	100	365	31	95	.260	0	54	4
1B	Dolph Camilli	95	353	56	87	.246	6	43	2
2B	Billy Herman	153	585	76	193	.330	2	100	4
3B	Frenchy Bordagaray	89	268	47	81	.302	0	19	6
SS	Arky Vaughan	149	610	112	186	.305	5	66	20
OF	Dixie Walker	138	540	83	163	.302	5	71	3
OF	Augie Galan	139	495	83	142	.287	9	67	6
OF	Luis Olmo	57	238	39	72	.303	4	37	3

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Waner	82	225	29	70	.311	1	26	0
Bobby Bragan	74	220	17	58	.264	2	24	0
Al Glossop	87	217	28	37	.171	3	21	0
Howie Schultz	45	182	20	49	.269	1	34	3
Joe Medwick	48	173	13	47	.272	0	25	1
Dee Moore	37	79	8	20	.253	0	12	1
Gene Hermanski	18	60	6	18	.300	0	12	1
Red Barkley	20	51	6	16	.314	0	7	1
Alex Kampouris	19	44	9	10	.227	0	4	0
Johnny Cooney	37	34	7	7	.206	0	2	1
Boyd Bartley	9	21	0	1	.048	0	1	0
Al Campanis	7	20	3	2	.100	0	0	0
Bill Hart	8	19	0	3	.158	0	1	0
Leo Durocher	6	18	1	4	.222	0	1	0
Carden Gillenwater	8	17	1	3	.176	0	2	0
Joe Orengo	7	15	1	3	.200	0	1	0
Pat Ankenman	2	2	1	1	.500	0	0	0
Gil Hodges	1	2	0	0	.000	0	0	1
Hal Peck	1	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	35	27	8	185.0	13	10	3.70	95	108
Whit Wyatt	26	26	13	180.2	14	5	2.49	43	80
Curt Davis	31	21	8	164.1	10	13	3.78	39	47
Rex Barney	9	8	1	45.1	2	2	6.35	41	23
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9	7	1	44.2	3	4	5.44	21	12
Hal Gregg	5	4	0	18.2	0	3	9.64	21	7

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	22	12	6	125.0	9	4	3.02	57	75
Rube Melton	30	17	4	119.1	5	8	3.92	79	63
Ed Head	47	18	7	115.2	2	2	3.81	69	24
Max Macon	25	9	0	77.0	7	5	5.96	32	21
Bill Lohrman	6	2	2	27.2	0	2	3.58	10	5
Fritz Ostermueller	7	1	0	27.1	1	1	3.29	12	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Les Webber	54	115.2	2	2	10	3.81	69	24
Johnny Allen	17	38.0	5	1	1	4.26	25	15
Bill Sayles	5	11.2	0	0	0	7.71	10	5
Newt Kimball	5	11.0	1	1	1	1.64	5	2
Chris Haughey	1	7.0	0	1	0	3.86	10	0
Bob Chipman	1	1.2	0	0	0	0.00	2	0

Awards and honors

• 1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Billy Herman starter
  • Augie Galan reserve
  • Mickey Owen reserve
  • Dixie Walker reserve
• TSN Major League All-Star Team
  • Billy Herman

League top ten finishers

Augie Galan

• #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.412)

Billy Herman

• #2 in NL in batting average (.330)
• #3 in NL in RBI (100)
• #3 in NL in hits (193)
• #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.398)

Kirby Higbe

• #5 in NL in strikeouts (108)

Arky Vaughan

• MLB leader in runs scored (112)
• NL leader in stolen bases (20)
• #5 in NL in hits (186)

Whit Wyatt

• #3 in NL in ERA (2.49)

Farm System

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Fresco Thompson
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Ray Blades
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Bruno Betzel
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	Jake Pitler

Notes

1. Johnny Allen at Baseball-Reference
2. Babe Dahlgren at Baseball-Reference
3. Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball-Reference
4. Jack Kraus at Baseball-Reference
5. Hal Peck at Baseball-Reference
6. Alex Kampouris at Baseball-Reference
7. Newt Kimball at Baseball-Reference
8. Joe Medwick at Baseball-Reference
9. Bobo Newsom at Baseball-Reference
10. Al Glossop at Baseball-Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet