1943 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Roy Neal)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 54–23 44–33
Washington Senators 8469 0.549 13½ 44–32 40–37
Cleveland Indians 8271 0.536 15½ 44–33 38–38
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 16 40–36 42–36
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
St. Louis Browns 7280 0.474 25 44–33 28–47
Boston Red Sox 6884 0.447 29 39–36 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 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 —8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  • 26 Earle Brucker
 Manager

Coaches

  • 26 Earle Brucker

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
CHal Wagner11128969.239126
OFBobby Estalella11736795.2591163
OFJohnny Welaj9328168.242015

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
Lew Flick153.60000
George Kell151.20001
Earle Brucker110.00000

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
Don Black332086164.2065
Charlie Bowles218113.006
Norm Brown17000.001

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
Orie Arntzen32164.14134.2266
Herman Besse516.1113.313
Tal Abernathy514.20312.8910

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ray Brubaker
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Dutch Dorman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira[3]

References
  1. Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
  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


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