1943 New York Yankees season

1943 New York Yankees
1943 World Series Champions 1943 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
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

• January 29, 1943: Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy were traded by the Yankees to the Washington Senators for Bill Zuber and cash.^[1]

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 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 24 Marv Breuer 11 Tommy Byrne 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 19 Johnny Murphy 22 Marius Russo 30 Jim Turner 14 Butch Wensloff 17 Bill Zuber		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 27 Rollie Hemsley 26 Ken Sears Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  6 Joe Gordon 12,29 Oscar Grimes  7 Billy Johnson  6 Snuffy Stirnweiss		Outfielders  9 Charlie Keller 18 Johnny Lindell  3 Bud Metheny 16 Tuck Stainback 10 Roy Weatherly Other batters 25 Aaron Robinson		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher 33 Johnny Schulte

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

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

• Spud Chandler, American League MVP (He was the oldest American League player in the 20th Century to win the MVP Award.)^[2]

Franchise records

• Spud Chandler, Yankees single season record, Lowest earned run average in a Season (1.64)

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

External links

• 1943 New York Yankees
• 1943 World Series
• 1943 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com