1943 St. Louis Cardinals season

1943 St. Louis Cardinals
	1943 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1892);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1920); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882);
Results
Record	105–49 (.682)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
Manager(s)	Billy Southworth
Local radio	KWK; (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara); KXOK; (France Laux, Ron Rawson)
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The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 62nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 52nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games.

Offseason

November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted from the Cardinals by the St. Louis Browns in the 1942 minor league draft.[1]
November 24, 1942: Gerry Staley was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boise Pilots in the 1942 minor league draft.[2]

Regular season

Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .357, with 13 home runs and 81 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP award, with Mort Cooper having won the award the previous season.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	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	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Roster

1943 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

11 Al Brazle

31 Harry Brecheen

27 Bud Byerly

13 Mort Cooper

22 Murry Dickson

19 Harry Gumbert

29 Howie Krist

23,21 Max Lanier

18 Red Munger

11 Howie Pollet

28 Ernie White

Catchers

15 Walker Cooper

32 Sam Narron

16 Ken O'Dea

Infielders

3 Jimmy Brown

7 George Fallon

2 Lou Klein

1 Whitey Kurowski

4 Marty Marion

5 Ray Sanders

Outfielders

8 Buster Adams

17 Frank Demaree

9 Debs Garms

12 Johnny Hopp

8 Danny Litwhiler

6 Stan Musial

20 Coaker Triplett

10 Harry Walker

Manager

30 Billy Southworth

Coaches

25 Mike González (Third base)

26 Buzzy Wares

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	Walker Cooper	122	449	143	.318	9	81
1B	Ray Sanders	144	478	134	.280	11	73
2B	Lou Klein	154	627	180	.287	7	62
SS	Marty Marion	129	418	117	.280	1	52
3B	Whitey Kurowski	139	522	150	.287	13	70
OF	Stan Musial	157	617	220	.357	13	81
OF	Harry Walker	148	564	166	.294	2	53
OF	Danny Litwhiler	80	258	72	.279	7	31

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
Johnny Hopp	91	241	54	.224	2	25
Debs Garms	90	249	64	.257	0	22
Ken O'Dea	71	203	57	.281	3	25
Jimmy Brown	34	110	20	.182	0	8
Frank Demaree	39	86	25	.291	0	9
George Fallon	36	78	18	.231	0	5
Coaker Triplett	9	25	2	.080	1	4
Buster Adams	8	11	1	.091	0	1
Sam Narron	10	11	1	.091	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
Mort Cooper	37	274	21	8	2.30	141
Max Lanier	32	213.1	15	7	1.90	123
Harry Gumbert	21	133	10	5	2.84	40
Bud Byerly	2	13	1	0	3.46	6

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
Howie Pollet	16	118.1	8	4	1.75	61
Ernie White	14	78.2	5	5	3.78	28
Al Brazle	13	88	8	2	1.53	26

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
Howie Krist	34	11	5	3	2.90	57
Harry Brecheen	29	9	6	4	2.26	68
Murry Dickson	31	8	2	0	3.58	44
Red Munger	32	9	5	2	3.95	45

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

Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20).[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Nick Cullop
AA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Pepper Martin
AA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Ken Penner
B	Allentown Wings	Interstate League	Barney Roth, Herb Brett and Tom Koval
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Ollie Vanek
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ken Blackman
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Jack Sanford

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus[4]

References

Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference
Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, 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] Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference

[2] Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference

[3] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[4] 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