1943 New York Yankees season

1943 New York Yankees
1943 World Series Champions
1943 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 98 56 .636 --
Washington Senators 84 69 .549 13.5
Cleveland Indians 82 71 .536 15.5
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 16
Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 20
St. Louis Browns 72 80 .474 25
Boston Red Sox 68 84 .447 29
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 .318 49

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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
C Dickey, BillBill Dickey 85 242 85 .351 4 33
1B Etten, NickNick Etten 154 583 158 .271 14 107
2B Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon 152 543 135 .249 17 69
3B Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson 155 592 166 .280 5 94
SS Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti 95 348 81 .233 2 20
OF Keller, CharlieCharlie Keller 141 512 139 .271 31 86
OF Lindell, JohnnyJohnny Lindell 122 441 108 .245 4 51
OF Metheny, BudBud 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
Weatherly, RoyRoy Weatherly 77 280 74 .264 7 28
Stirnweiss, SnuffySnuffy Stirnweiss 83 274 60 .219 1 25
Stainback, TuckTuck Stainback 71 231 60 .260 0 10
Sears, KenKen Sears 60 187 52 .278 2 22
Hemsley, RollieRollie Hemsley 62 180 43 .239 2 24
Grimes, OscarOscar Grimes 9 20 3 .150 0 1
Robinson, AaronAaron 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
Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler 30 253 20 4 1.64 134
Borowy, HankHank Borowy 29 217.1 14 9 2.82 113
Wensloff, ButchButch Wensloff 29 223.1 13 11 2.54 105
Bonham, TinyTiny Bonham 28 225.2 15 8 2.27 71
Donald, AtleyAtley 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
Russo, MariusMarius Russo 24 101.2 5 10 3.72 42
Zuber, BillBill Zuber 20 118 8 4 3.89 57
Byrne, TommyTommy Byrne 11 31.2 2 1 6.54 22
Breuer, MarvMarv 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
Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy 37 12 4 8 2.51 31
Turner, JimJim Turner 18 3 0 1 3.53 15

1943 World Series

Main article: 1943 World Series

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

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

Awards and records

Franchise records

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

  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

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