1943 New York Yankees season

1943 New York Yankees
World Series Champions American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Estate of Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
Seasons

The 1943 New York Yankees season was the team's 41st season. 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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	—	54‍–‍23	44‍–‍33
Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13½	44‍–‍32	40‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15½	44‍–‍33	38‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16	40‍–‍36	42‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20	45‍–‍32	33‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25	44‍–‍33	28‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	.447	29	39‍–‍36	29‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.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 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	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

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
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

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
Spud Chandler	30	253.0	20	4	1.64	134
Tiny Bonham	28	225.2	15	8	2.27	71
Butch Wensloff	29	223.1	13	11	2.54	105
Hank Borowy	29	217.1	14	9	2.82	113
Atley 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
Bill Zuber	20	118.0	8	4	3.89	57
Marius Russo	24	101.2	5	10	3.72	42
Tommy Byrne	11	31.2	2	1	6.54	22
Marv Breuer	5	14.0	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
Johnny Murphy	37	12	4	8	2.51	31
Jim 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)

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.)

Franchise records

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

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