1943 Major League Baseball season

1943 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration April 20 – October 11, 1943
Regular season
Season champions AL: New York Yankees
NL: St. Louis Cardinals
Season MVP AL: Spud Chandler (NYY)
NL: Stan Musial (STL)
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up St. Louis Cardinals

The 1943 Major League Baseball season, saw the New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1943 World Series.

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

Awards and honors

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
RankClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
1stNew York Yankees98  56.636   --
2ndWashington Senators84  69.549  13.5
3rdCleveland Indians82  71.536  15.5
3rdChicago White Sox82  72.532  16.0
5thDetroit Tigers78  76.506  20.0
6thSt. Louis Browns72  80.474  25.0
7thBoston Red Sox68  84.461  29.0
8thPhiladelphia Athletics49  105.318  49.0

National League final standings

National League
RankClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
1stSt. Louis Cardinals105  49.682   --
2ndCincinnati Reds87  67.565  18.0
3rdBrooklyn Dodgers81  72.529  23.5
4thPittsburgh Pirates80  74.519  25.0
5thChicago Cubs74  79.484  30.5
6thBoston Braves68  85.444  36.5
7thPhiladelphia Phillies64  90.416  41.0
8thNew York Giants55  98.359  49.5

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians Lou Boudreau
Detroit Tigers Del Baker
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Luke Sewell
Washington Senators Ossie Bluege

National League

Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Casey Stengel and Bob Coleman
Brooklyn Dodgers Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs Jimmie Wilson
Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie
New York Giants Mel Ott
Philadelphia Phillies Bucky Harris and Freddie Fitzsimmons
Pittsburgh Pirates Frankie Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 103. Random House. ISBN 0-394-50253-1.

References


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