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With the roster depleted by players leaving for service in World War II, the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in third place.
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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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 |
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 58–21 | 47–28 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 18 | 48–29 | 39–38 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 23½ | 46–31 | 35–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 25 | 47–30 | 33–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 79 | .484 | 30½ | 36–38 | 38–41 |
Boston Braves | 68 | 85 | .444 | 36½ | 38–39 | 30–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | .416 | 41 | 33–43 | 31–47 |
New York Giants | 55 | 98 | .359 | 49½ | 34–43 | 21–55 |
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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 | — |
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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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 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
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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 |
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