1943 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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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) | |
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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.
Offseason
[edit]- November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted from the Cardinals by the St. Louis Browns in the 1942 minor league draft.[1]
- November 24, 1942: Gerry Staley was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boise Pilots in the 1942 minor league draft.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting .357, with 13 home runs and 81 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP award, with Mort Cooper having won the award the previous season.
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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
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 | 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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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 |
Bud Byerly | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 | 6 |
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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Howie Krist | 34 | 164.1 | 11 | 5 | 2.90 | 57 |
Harry Brecheen | 29 | 135.1 | 9 | 6 | 2.26 | 68 |
Note: Harry Brecheen was the team leader in saves with 4.
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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Red Munger | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3.95 | 45 |
Murry Dickson | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.58 | 44 |
1943 World Series
[edit]AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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 |
Awards and records
[edit]- Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20).[3]
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
[edit]- 1943 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1943 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com