1943 New York Yankees season

1943 New York Yankees
	1943 World Series Champions; 1943 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1923); New York City (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local radio	none
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The 1943 New York Yankees season was the team's 41st season in New York, and its 43rd season overall. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 14th pennant, finishing 13.5 games ahead of the Washington Senators. Managed by Joe McCarthy, the Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.

Offseason

January 29, 1943: Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy were traded by the Yankees to the Washington Senators for Bill Zuber and cash.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	54–23	44–33
Washington Senators	84	69	0.549	13½	44–32	40–37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	15½	44–33	38–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	16	40–36	42–36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	20	45–32	33–44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	0.474	25	44–33	28–47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	0.447	29	39–36	29–48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	0.318	49	27–51	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Roster

1943 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

20 Tiny Bonham

15 Hank Borowy

24 Marv Breuer

11 Tommy Byrne

21 Spud Chandler

28 Atley Donald

19 Johnny Murphy

22 Marius Russo

30 Jim Turner

14 Butch Wensloff

17 Bill Zuber

Catchers

8 Bill Dickey

27 Rollie Hemsley

26 Ken Sears

Infielders

1 Frankie Crosetti

5 Nick Etten

6 Joe Gordon

12,29 Oscar Grimes

7 Billy Johnson

6 Snuffy Stirnweiss

Outfielders

9 Charlie Keller

18 Johnny Lindell

3 Bud Metheny

16 Tuck Stainback

10 Roy Weatherly

Other batters

25 Aaron Robinson

Manager

-- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

32 Earle Combs

31 Art Fletcher

33 Johnny Schulte

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
C	Bill Dickey	85	242	85	.351	4	33
1B	Nick Etten	154	583	158	.271	14	107
2B	Joe Gordon	152	543	135	.249	17	69
3B	Billy Johnson	155	592	166	.280	5	94
SS	Frankie Crosetti	95	348	81	.233	2	20
OF	Charlie Keller	141	512	139	.271	31	86
OF	Johnny Lindell	122	441	108	.245	4	51
OF	Bud Metheny	103	360	94	.261	9	36

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
Roy Weatherly	77	280	74	.264	7	28
Snuffy Stirnweiss	83	274	60	.219	1	25
Tuck Stainback	71	231	60	.260	0	10
Ken Sears	60	187	52	.278	2	22
Rollie Hemsley	62	180	43	.239	2	24
Oscar Grimes	9	20	3	.150	0	1
Aaron Robinson	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Spud Chandler	30	253	20	4	1.64	134
Hank Borowy	29	217.1	14	9	2.82	113
Butch Wensloff	29	223.1	13	11	2.54	105
Tiny Bonham	28	225.2	15	8	2.27	71
Atley Donald	22	119.1	6	4	4.60	57

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
Marius Russo	24	101.2	5	10	3.72	42
Bill Zuber	20	118	8	4	3.89	57
Tommy Byrne	11	31.2	2	1	6.54	22
Marv Breuer	5	14	0	1	8.36	6

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
Johnny Murphy	37	12	4	8	2.51	31
Jim Turner	18	3	0	1	3.53	15

1943 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 4	October 5	Yankee Stadium	68,676
2	Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3	October 6	Yankee Stadium	68,578
3	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,990
4	Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 1	October 10	Sportsman's Park	36,196
5	Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 0	October 11	Sportsman's Park	33,872

Awards and records

Spud Chandler, American League MVP (He was the oldest American League player in the 20th Century to win the MVP Award.)[2]

Franchise records

Spud Chandler, Yankees single season record, Lowest earned run average in a Season (1.64)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Johnny Neun
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Billy Meyer
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Eddie Sawyer
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Tom Kain
D	Wellsville Yankees	PONY League	Herb Brett and Solly Mishkin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, Wellsville[3]

References

Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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[1] Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference

[2] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1943 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1943 All-Star Game 1943 World Series

New York Yankees 1943 World Series champions
1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3 Bud Metheny 5 Nick Etten 6 Joe Gordon 7 Billy Johnson 8 Bill Dickey 9 Charlie Keller 10 Roy Weatherly 15 Hank Borowy 16 Tuck Stainback 18 Johnny Lindell 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Tiny Bonham 21 Spud Chandler (AL MVP) 22 Marius Russo
Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Earle Combs 33 Johnny Schulte
Regular season