1943_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Branch Rickey
Managers	Leo Durocher
Radio	WHN; Red Barber, Connie Desmond
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1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Major League Baseball team season

With the roster depleted by players leaving for service in World War II, the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in third place.

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The team featured five future Hall of Famers: second baseman Billy Herman, shortstop Arky Vaughan, outfielders Paul Waner, and Joe Medwick, and manager Leo Durocher.

Herman finished fourth in MVP voting, after hitting .330 with 100 runs batted in. Vaughan led the league in runs scored and stolen bases.

Player stats

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

1943 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Mickey Owen	100	365	31	95	.260	0	54	4
1B	Dolph Camilli	95	353	56	87	.246	6	43	2
2B	Billy Herman	153	585	76	193	.330	2	100	4
3B	Frenchy Bordagaray	89	268	47	81	.302	0	19	6
SS	Arky Vaughan	149	610	112	186	.305	5	66	20
OF	Dixie Walker	138	540	83	163	.302	5	71	3
OF	Augie Galan	139	495	83	142	.287	9	67	6
OF	Luis Olmo	57	238	39	72	.303	4	37	3

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Waner	82	225	29	70	.311	1	26	0
Bobby Bragan	74	220	17	58	.264	2	24	0
Al Glossop	87	217	28	37	.171	3	21	0
Howie Schultz	45	182	20	49	.269	1	34	3
Joe Medwick	48	173	13	47	.272	0	25	1
Dee Moore	37	79	8	20	.253	0	12	1
Gene Hermanski	18	60	6	18	.300	0	12	1
Red Barkley	20	51	6	16	.314	0	7	1
Alex Kampouris	19	44	9	10	.227	0	4	0
Johnny Cooney	37	34	7	7	.206	0	2	1
Boyd Bartley	9	21	0	1	.048	0	1	0
Al Campanis	7	20	3	2	.100	0	0	0
Bill Hart	8	19	0	3	.158	0	1	0
Leo Durocher	6	18	1	4	.222	0	1	0
Carden Gillenwater	8	17	1	3	.176	0	2	0
Joe Orengo	7	15	1	3	.200	0	1	0
Pat Ankenman	2	2	1	1	.500	0	0	0
Gil Hodges	1	2	0	0	.000	0	0	1
Hal Peck	1	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	35	27	8	185.0	13	10	3.70	95	108
Whit Wyatt	26	26	13	180.2	14	5	2.49	43	80
Curt Davis	31	21	8	164.1	10	13	3.78	39	47
Rex Barney	9	8	1	45.1	2	2	6.35	41	23
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9	7	1	44.2	3	4	5.44	21	12
Hal Gregg	5	4	0	18.2	0	3	9.64	21	7

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	22	12	6	125.0	9	4	3.02	57	75
Rube Melton	30	17	4	119.1	5	8	3.92	79	63
Ed Head	47	18	7	115.2	2	2	3.81	69	24
Max Macon	25	9	0	77.0	7	5	5.96	32	21
Bill Lohrman	6	2	2	27.2	0	2	3.58	10	5
Fritz Ostermueller	7	1	0	27.1	1	1	3.29	12	15

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Les Webber	54	115.2	2	2	10	3.81	69	24
Johnny Allen	17	38.0	5	1	1	4.26	25	15
Bill Sayles	5	11.2	0	0	0	7.71	10	5
Newt Kimball	5	11.0	1	1	1	1.64	5	2
Chris Haughey	1	7.0	0	1	0	3.86	10	0
Bob Chipman	1	1.2	0	0	0	0.00	2	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Fresco Thompson
A1	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Ray Blades
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Bruno Betzel
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	Jake Pitler