1943 New York Yankees | |
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1943 World Series Champions 1943 American League Champions | |
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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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1943 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Bill Dickey | 85 | 242 | 85 | .351 | 4 | 33 |
1B | Nick Etten | 154 | 583 | 158 | .271 | 14 | 107 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 152 | 543 | 135 | .249 | 17 | 69 |
3B | Billy Johnson | 155 | 592 | 166 | .280 | 5 | 94 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 95 | 348 | 81 | .233 | 2 | 20 |
OF | Charlie Keller | 141 | 512 | 139 | .271 | 31 | 86 |
OF | Johnny Lindell | 122 | 441 | 108 | .245 | 4 | 51 |
OF | Bud Metheny | 103 | 360 | 94 | .261 | 9 | 36 |
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 |
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Roy Weatherly | 77 | 280 | 74 | .264 | 7 | 28 |
Snuffy Stirnweiss | 83 | 274 | 60 | .219 | 1 | 25 |
Tuck Stainback | 71 | 231 | 60 | .260 | 0 | 10 |
Ken Sears | 60 | 187 | 52 | .278 | 2 | 22 |
Rollie Hemsley | 62 | 180 | 43 | .239 | 2 | 24 |
Oscar Grimes | 9 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Spud Chandler | 30 | 253 | 20 | 4 | 1.64 | 134 |
Hank Borowy | 29 | 217.1 | 14 | 9 | 2.82 | 113 |
Butch Wensloff | 29 | 223.1 | 13 | 11 | 2.54 | 105 |
Tiny Bonham | 28 | 225.2 | 15 | 8 | 2.27 | 71 |
Atley Donald | 22 | 119.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.60 | 57 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Marius Russo | 24 | 101.2 | 5 | 10 | 3.72 | 42 |
Bill Zuber | 20 | 118 | 8 | 4 | 3.89 | 57 |
Tommy Byrne | 11 | 31.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.54 | 22 |
Marv Breuer | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8.36 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Murphy | 37 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2.51 | 31 |
Jim Turner | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.53 | 15 |
Main article: 1943 World Series |
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]