1943 Philadelphia Phillies season

Lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season.[1]

1943 Philadelphia Phillies
Also known as the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William B. Cox
Manager(s)Bucky Harris, Freddie Fitzsimmons
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Roy Neal)
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In 1943, the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. The fans responded with an increase in attendance. Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball. The new owner, Bob Carpenter, Jr., tried to polish the team's image by unofficially changing the name to the "Blue Jays"; however, the new moniker did not take, and it was quietly dropped by 1949.[2]

Offseason

Spring training

The Phillies opened spring training on March 18 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. They used the baseball diamond at Hershey High School.[3]

Notable transactions
  • March 24, 1943: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased by the Phillies from the Brooklyn Dodgers.[4]

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 9–12—10–1213–914–817–511–117–15
Chicago 14–812–10—9–1312–9–110–128–149–13
Cincinnati 11–119–1313–9—16–6–119–39–1310–12
New York 11–118–149–12–16–16–1—8–14–19–134–18
Philadelphia 11–115–1712–103–1914–8–1—10–12–19–13–1
Pittsburgh 10–1211–1114–813–913–912–10–1—7–15–2
St. Louis 19–315–713–912–1018–413–9–115–7–2—

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Phillies tie
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1943 Game Log[5]
Overall Record: 64–90–3
^[a] The June 5, 1943, game was protested by the Phillies in the middle of the eighth inning.[33][34] The protest was later upheld and the game was completed with new umpires[33] on June 29.[35][36]
^[b] The first game of a scheduled double-header on June 6, 1943, ended after five innings due to rain with the score tied 1–1,[22][37] and an additional game was played on July 30.
^[c] The second game of a scheduled double-header on June 13, 1943, ended with the score 6–3.[38] After a verbal protest in the ninth inning, the Giants' Mel Ott lodged a formal protest.[39] National League President Ford Frick ruled the hit batsman (Babe Dahlgren) out, and that the game be resumed on August 6.[40][41]
^[d] The June 30, 1943, game ended after eleven innings due to the Major League Baseball curfew with the score tied 3–3,[42][43] and an additional game was played on August 11.
^[e] The second game of a scheduled double-header on July 11, 1943, ended after eight innings due to the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew law[44] with the score 8–14.[45][46]
^[f] The original schedule indicated a single games on May 10 and July 17 with New York;[47] which became a double-header on July 17.
^[g] The September 14, 1943, game ended after ten innings due to the National League curfew with the score tied 4–4,[48][49][50] and an additional game was played on September 15.
^[h] The original schedule indicated a single games on October 2 and 3 at Pittsburgh;[47] which became a double-header on October 3.

Roster
1943 Philadelphia Phillies
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
SSGlen Stewart11033671.211224

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
Chuck Klein12202.10003

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
Schoolboy Rowe271991482.9452
Dick Barrett23169.11092.3965

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
Charlie Fuchs1777.2274.2912
Bill Lee1360.2154.6017

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
Manny Salvo100027.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Utica Braves Eastern League Wally Schang
B Trenton Packers Interstate League George Ferrell

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