1943 Boston Red Sox season

1943 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General manager(s) Eddie Collins
Manager(s) Joe Cronin
Local radio WAAB
(Jim Britt)
WNAC
(Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
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The 1943 Boston Red Sox season was the 43rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 68 wins and 84 losses. The team set a major league record which still stands by playing in 31 extra innings games,[1] winning 15 and losing 14, with 2 games tied.[2] They played 352 extra innings in total, equivalent to playing an additional 39 games.[3]

Offseason

  • Prior to 1943 season: Bill Howerton was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9856.636--
Washington Senators8469.54913.5
Cleveland Indians8271.53615.5
Chicago White Sox8272.53216
Detroit Tigers7876.50620
St. Louis Browns7280.47425
Boston Red Sox6884.44729
Philadelphia Athletics49105.31849

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
Chicago 14–8—7–159–1310–1218–4–110–1214–8
Cleveland 10–1215–7—15–79–1316–69–138–13
Detroit 11–11–113–97–15—10–1213–911–1113–9
New York 17–5–112–1013–912–10—16–617–511–11
Philadelphia 11–114–18–16–169–136–16—8–145–17
St. Louis 9–11–112–1013–911–115–1714–8—8–14
Washington 12–108–1413–89–1311–1117–514–8—

Opening Day lineup

  7Eddie LakeSS
12Pete FoxRF
  1Bobby Doerr2B
14Johnny LazorLF
  3Tony Lupien1B
15Ford GarrisonCF
26Skeeter Newsome    3B
11Johnny Peacock    C
21Tex HughsonP

Roster

1943 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Eddie Lake7521643.199316
Joe Cronin597724.312529

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mace Brown496692.1240

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Bill Burwell
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Heinie Manush

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Game Length Records Inning Based Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Only extra-inning games, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1943 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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