1943_St._Louis_Cardinals_season

1943 St. Louis Cardinals
1943 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	105–49 (.682)
League place	1st
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Billy Southworth
Radio	KWK; (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara); KXOK; (France Laux, Ron Rawson)

1943 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 62nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 52nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games.

Quick Facts St. Louis Cardinals, League ...

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1943_St._Louis_Cardinals_season, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Walker Cooper	122	449	143	.318	9	81
1B	Ray Sanders	144	478	134	.280	11	73
2B	Lou Klein	154	627	180	.287	7	62
SS	Marty Marion	129	418	117	.280	1	52
3B	Whitey Kurowski	139	522	150	.287	13	70
OF	Stan Musial	157	617	220	.357	13	81
OF	Harry Walker	148	564	166	.294	2	53
OF	Danny Litwhiler	80	258	72	.279	7	31

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Debs Garms	90	249	64	.257	0	22
Johnny Hopp	91	241	54	.224	2	25
Ken O'Dea	71	203	57	.281	3	25
Jimmy Brown	34	110	20	.182	0	8
Frank Demaree	39	86	25	.291	0	9
George Fallon	36	78	18	.231	0	5
Coaker Triplett	9	25	2	.080	1	4
Buster Adams	8	11	1	.091	0	1
Sam Narron	10	11	1	.091	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mort Cooper	37	274.0	21	8	2.30	141
Max Lanier	32	213.1	15	7	1.90	123
Harry Gumbert	21	133.0	10	5	2.84	40
Bud Byerly	2	13.0	1	0	3.46	6

1943 St. Louis Cardinals season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Howie Pollet	16	118.1	8	4	1.75	61
Al Brazle	13	88.0	8	2	1.53	26
Ernie White	14	78.2	5	5	3.78	28

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Harry Brecheen	29	9	6	4	2.26	68
Howie Krist	34	11	5	3	2.90	57
Red Munger	32	9	5	2	3.95	45
Murry Dickson	31	8	2	0	3.58	44

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Nick Cullop
AA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Pepper Martin
AA	Sacramento Solons	Pacific Coast League	Ken Penner
B	Allentown Wings	Interstate League	Barney Roth, Herb Brett and Tom Koval
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Ollie Vanek
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ken Blackman
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Jack Sanford