1943 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1943 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1943 in baseball.

The 1943 Major League Baseball season, saw the New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1943 World Series.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 Spring training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. The Chicago White Sox held camp in French Lick, Indiana, the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland, and the New York Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey.^[1]

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
2nd	Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13.5
3rd	Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15.5
3rd	Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20.0
6th	St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25.0
7th	Boston Red Sox	68	84	.461	29.0
8th	Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	49.0

National League final standings

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	--
2nd	Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	18.0
3rd	Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	.529	23.5
4th	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	25.0
5th	Chicago Cubs	74	79	.484	30.5
6th	Boston Braves	68	85	.444	36.5
7th	Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	41.0
8th	New York Giants	55	98	.359	49.5

Notes

↑ Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 103. Random House. ISBN 0-394-50253-1.

References

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

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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