1943 Major League Baseball season

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1943 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 20 – October 3, 1943 (AL)
  • April 21 – October 3, 1943 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 5–11, 1943
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Spud Chandler (NYY)
NL: Stan Musial (SLC)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Washington Senators
NL champions St. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-up Cincinnati Reds
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up St. Louis Cardinals
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1942–1953 American League seasons
ButtonRed.svg American League
Locations of teams for the 1943–1952 National League seasons
ButtonBlue.svg National League

The 1943 major league baseball season began on April 20, 1943. The regular season ended on October 3, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 40th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 5 on October 11. In the fourth iteration of this World Series matchup (and a rematch of the previous year), the Yankees defeated the Cardinals, four games to one, capturing their tenth championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1941.

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The 11th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 13, hosted by the Philadelphia Athletics at the Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the American League winning, 5–3. This was also the first All-Star Game held at night.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 spring training sites was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. Spring training sites included the Chicago White Sox in French Lick, Indiana; the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland; and the Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey. [1]

Schedule

The 1943 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 20 with a game between the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place on the following day, featuring four teams. This was the first season since 1941 that both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on October 3, which saw all sixteen teams play, also the first time since 1941. The World Series took place between October 5 and October 11.

Teams

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 50,000 Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Stadium
League Park*		78,811
22,500*		 Lou Boudreau
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Briggs Stadium 58,000 Steve O'Neill
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 70,000 Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Luke Sewell
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 32,000 Ossie Bluege
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 37,746 Casey Stengel,
Bob Coleman
Brooklyn Dodgers New York, New York Ebbets Field 35,000 Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field 38,396 Jimmie Wilson
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Crosley Field 29,401 Bill McKechnie
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 56,000 Mel Ott
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 33,000 Bucky Harris,
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 33,467 Frankie Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Billy Southworth

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856.636—54‍–‍2344‍–‍33
Washington Senators 8469.54913½44‍–‍3240‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians 8271.53615½44‍–‍3338‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 8272.5321640‍–‍3642‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers 7876.5062045‍–‍3233‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns 7280.4742544‍–‍3328‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox 6884.4472939‍–‍3629‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics 49105.3184927‍–‍5122‍–‍54

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549.682—58‍–‍2147‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds 8767.5651848‍–‍2939‍–‍38
Brooklyn Dodgers 8172.52923½46‍–‍3135‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8074.5192547‍–‍3033‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 7479.48430½36‍–‍3838‍–‍41
Boston Braves 6885.44436½38‍–‍3930‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 6490.4164133‍–‍4331‍–‍47
New York Giants 5598.35949½34‍–‍4321‍–‍55

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
       
AL New York Yankees 43 622
NL St. Louis Cardinals 2 42 1 0

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Detroit Tigers Del Baker Steve O'Neill
Philadelphia Phillies Hans Lobert Bucky Harris
Washington Senators Bucky Harris Ossie Bluege

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Braves Casey Stengel Bob Coleman
Philadelphia Phillies Bucky Harris Freddie Fitzsimmons

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Luke Appling (CWS).328
OPS Charlie Keller (NYY).922
HR Rudy York (DET)34
RBI Rudy York (DET)118
R George Case (WSH)102
H Dick Wakefield (DET)200
SB George Case (WSH)61
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Spud Chandler (NYY)
Dizzy Trout (DET)		20
L Lum Harris (PHA)21
ERA Spud Chandler (NYY)1.64
K Allie Reynolds (CLE)151
IP Jim Bagby (CLE)273.0
SV Gordon Maltzberger (CWS)14
WHIP Spud Chandler (NYY)0.992

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Stan Musial (SLC).357
OPS Stan Musial (SLC).988
HR Bill Nicholson (CHC)29
RBI Bill Nicholson (CHC)128
R Arky Vaughan (BKN)112
H Stan Musial (SLC)220
SB Arky Vaughan (BKN)20
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Mort Cooper (SLC)
Elmer Riddle (CIN)
Rip Sewell (PIT)		21
L Nate Andrews (BSB)20
ERA Max Lanier (SLC)1.90
K Johnny Vander Meer (CIN)174
IP Al Javery (BSB)303.0
SV Les Webber (BKN)10
WHIP Whit Wyatt (BKN)1.007

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA AwardNational LeagueAmerican League
Most Valuable Player Stan Musial (SLC) Spud Chandler (NYY)

Other awards

The Sporting News Awards
AwardNational LeagueAmerican League
Most Valuable Player [2] Stan Musial (SLC) Spud Chandler (NYY)
Player of the Year [3] — Spud Chandler (NYY)
Manager of the Year [4] — Joe McCarthy (NYY)
Executive of the Year [5] — Clark Griffith (WSH)

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Brooklyn Dodgers [6] 81−22.1%661,739−36.2%8,594
New York Yankees [7] 98−4.9%618,330−32.9%8,030
Detroit Tigers [8] 786.8%606,2874.5%7,773
Washington Senators [9] 8435.5%574,69442.4%7,562
St. Louis Cardinals [10] 105−0.9%517,135−6.6%6,384
Chicago White Sox [11] 8224.2%508,96219.5%6,697
Chicago Cubs [12] 748.8%508,247−14.0%6,777
Pittsburgh Pirates [13] 8021.2%498,74011.1%6,394
Philadelphia Phillies [14] 6452.4%466,975102.9%5,987
New York Giants [15] 55−35.3%466,095−40.2%6,053
Cleveland Indians [16] 829.3%438,894−4.5%5,700
Cincinnati Reds [17] 8714.5%379,122−11.2%4,861
Philadelphia Athletics [18] 49−10.9%376,735−11.0%4,769
Boston Red Sox [19] 68−26.9%358,275−50.9%4,653
Boston Braves [20] 6815.3%271,289−4.9%3,523
St. Louis Browns [21] 72−12.2%214,392−16.1%2,784

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