1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season

This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersJames & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentBranch Rickey
ManagersLeo Durocher
RadioWHN
Red Barber, Connie Desmond
← 1942
1944 →

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

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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
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

Other batters

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
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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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
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

Other pitchers

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
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

Relief pitchers

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
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

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Augie Galan

  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.412)

Billy Herman

  • #2 in NL in batting average (.330)
  • #3 in NL in RBI (100)
  • #3 in NL in hits (193)
  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.398)

Kirby Higbe

  • #5 in NL in strikeouts (108)

Arky Vaughan

  • MLB leader in runs scored (112)
  • NL leader in stolen bases (20)
  • #5 in NL in hits (186)

Whit Wyatt

  • #3 in NL in ERA (2.49)

Farm System

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Johnny Allen at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Babe Dahlgren at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Jack Kraus at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Hal Peck at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Alex Kampouris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Newt Kimball at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Joe Medwick at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Bobo Newsom at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Al Glossop at Baseball-Reference

References