1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
General manager(s) Branch Rickey
Manager(s) Leo Durocher
Local 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

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10549 0.682 58–21 47–28
Cincinnati Reds 8767 0.565 18 48–29 39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers 8172 0.529 23½ 46–31 35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 8074 0.519 25 47–30 33–44
Chicago Cubs 7479 0.484 30½ 36–38 38–41
Boston Braves 6885 0.444 36½ 38–39 30–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6490 0.416 41 33–43 31–47
New York Giants 5598 0.359 49½ 34–43 21–55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–98–1411–1111–1111–1112–103–19
Brooklyn 9–1210–1213–914–817–511–117–15
Chicago 14–812–109–1312–9–110–128–149–13
Cincinnati 11–119–1313–916–6–119–39–1310–12
New York 11–118–149–12–16–16–18–14–19–134–18
Philadelphia 11–115–1712–103–1914–8–110–12–19–13–1
Pittsburgh 10–1211–1114–813–913–912–10–17–15–2
St. Louis 19–315–713–912–1018–413–9–115–7–2

Notable transactions

Roster

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
CMickey Owen1003653195.2600544
1BDolph Camilli953535687.2466432
2BBilly Herman15358576193.33021004
3BFrenchy Bordagaray892684781.3020196
SSArky Vaughan149610112186.30556620
OFDixie Walker13854083163.3025713
OFAugie Galan13949583142.2879676
OFLuis Olmo572383972.3034373

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 Waner822252970.3111260
Al Glossop872172837.1713210
Bobby Bragan
Howie Schultz
Joe Medwick481731347.2720251
Dee Moore
Gene Hermanski
Red Barkley
Alex Kampouris
Johnny Cooney
Boyd Bartley
Al Campanis
Bill Hart
Leo Durocher61814.222010
Carden Gillenwater
Joe Orengo
Pat Ankenman
Gil Hodges
Hal Peck

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
Whit Wyatt
Curt Davis
Rex Barney98145.1226.354123
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Hal Gregg

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
Ed Head
Rube Melton
Bobo Newsom
Max Macon
Fritz Ostermueller
Bill Lohrman

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
Johnny Allen17385114.262515
Bill Sayles
Newt Kimball
Chris Haughey
Bob Chipman

Awards and honors

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. 1 2 3 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

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