1943 Boston Braves | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Braves Field |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 68–85 (.444) |
League place | 6th |
Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Casey Stengel, Bob Coleman |
Radio | WNAC (George Hartrick, Tom Hussey) |
The 1943 Boston Braves season was the 73rd season of the franchise. The Braves finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
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 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions[edit]
- April 18, 1943: Dave Odom was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[1]
- July 19, 1943: Tony Cuccinello was released by the Braves.[2]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 |
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C | Phil Masi | 80 | 238 | 65 | .273 | 2 | 28 |
1B | Johnny McCarthy | 78 | 313 | 95 | .304 | 2 | 33 |
2B | Connie Ryan | 132 | 457 | 97 | .212 | 1 | 24 |
SS | Whitey Wietelmann | 153 | 534 | 115 | .215 | 0 | 39 |
3B | Eddie Joost | 124 | 421 | 78 | .185 | 2 | 20 |
OF | Chuck Workman | 153 | 615 | 153 | .249 | 10 | 67 |
OF | Tommy Holmes | 152 | 629 | 170 | .270 | 5 | 41 |
OF | Butch Nieman | 101 | 335 | 84 | .251 | 7 | 46 |
Other batters[edit]
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 |
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Chet Ross | 94 | 285 | 62 | .218 | 7 | 32 |
Kerby Farrell | 85 | 280 | 75 | .268 | 0 | 21 |
Clyde Kluttz | 66 | 207 | 51 | .246 | 0 | 20 |
Hugh Poland | 44 | 141 | 27 | .191 | 0 | 13 |
Joe Burns | 52 | 135 | 28 | .207 | 1 | 5 |
Heinie Heltzel | 29 | 86 | 13 | .151 | 0 | 5 |
Tony Cuccinello | 13 | 19 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Buck Etchison | 10 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
Bill Brubaker | 13 | 19 | 8 | .421 | 0 | 1 |
Sam Gentile | 8 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Connie Creeden | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Geraghty | 8 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Javery | 41 | 303.0 | 17 | 16 | 3.21 | 134 |
Nate Andrews | 36 | 283.2 | 14 | 20 | 2.57 | 80 |
Red Barrett | 38 | 255.0 | 12 | 18 | 3.18 | 64 |
Jim Tobin | 33 | 250.0 | 14 | 14 | 2.66 | 52 |
Carl Lindquist | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.23 | 1 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Manny Salvo | 21 | 98.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.47 | 26 |
George Jeffcoat | 8 | 17.2 | 1 | 2 | 3.06 | 10 |
John Dagenhard | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Lou Tost | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 3 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Odom | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.27 | 17 |
Ben Cardoni | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 5 |
Danny MacFayden | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 5 |
Allyn Stout | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 3 |
Bill Donovan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 1 |
Kerby Farrell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.30 | 4 |
Ray Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 1 |
George Diehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Roy Talcott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Farm system[edit]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Del Bissonette |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References[edit]