1943 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersWalter Briggs, Sr.
General managersJack Zeller
ManagersSteve O'Neill
RadioWXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
← 1942 Seasons 1944 →

The 1943 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 20 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 Detroit Tigers
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 Paul Richards 100 313 69 .220 5 33
1B Rudy York 155 571 155 .271 34 118
2B Jimmy Bloodworth 129 474 114 .241 6 52
SS Joe Hoover 144 575 140 .243 4 38
3B Pinky Higgins 138 523 145 .277 10 84
OF Doc Cramer 140 606 182 .300 1 43
OF Dick Wakefield 155 633 200 .316 7 79
OF Ned Harris 114 354 90 .254 6 32

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
Don Ross 89 247 66 .267 0 18
Joe Wood 60 164 53 .323 1 17
Rip Radcliff 70 115 30 .261 0 10
Dixie Parsons 40 106 15 .142 0 4
Al Unser 38 101 25 .248 0 4
Jimmy Outlaw 20 67 18 .269 1 6
Charlie Metro 44 40 8 .200 0 2
John McHale 4 3 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
Dizzy Trout 44 246.2 20 12 2.48 111
Virgil Trucks 33 202.2 16 10 2.84 118
Hal Newhouser 37 195.2 8 17 3.04 144
Tommy Bridges 25 191.2 12 7 2.39 124
Hal White 32 177.2 7 12 3.39 58
Rufe Gentry 4 29.1 1 3 3.68 8

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
Stubby Overmire 29 147.0 7 6 3.18 48

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 Gorsica 35 4 5 5 3.36 45
Roy Henshaw 26 0 2 2 3.79 33
Prince Oana 10 3 2 0 4.50 15
Joe Orrell 10 0 0 1 3.72 2

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Greg Mulleavy
B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Eddie Phillips and Bobby Maier

Notes

  1. ^ Johnny Welaj at Baseball Reference

References

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