1943 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1943 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1943 in baseball.

1943 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 20 – October 11, 1943
Regular season
Season champions	AL: New York Yankees NL: St. Louis Cardinals
Season MVP	AL: Spud Chandler (NYY) NL: Stan Musial (SLC)
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	St. Louis Cardinals

The 1943 Major League Baseball season, saw the New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 Spring training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. The Chicago White Sox held camp in French Lick, Indiana, the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland, and the New York Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Spud Chandler (AL) – P, New York Yankees
  • Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Spud Chandler – P, New York Yankees
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  • Spud Chandler (AL) – P, New York Yankees
  • Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Joe McCarthy (AL) – New York Yankees

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	54–23	44–33
Washington Senators	84	69	0.549	13½	44–32	40–37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	15½	44–33	38–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	16	40–36	42–36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	20	45–32	33–44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	0.474	25	44–33	28–47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	0.447	29	39–36	29–48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	0.318	49	27–51	22–54

National League final standings

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

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Joe Cronin
Chicago White Sox	Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians	Lou Boudreau
Detroit Tigers	Del Baker
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Luke Sewell
Washington Senators	Ossie Bluege

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Casey Stengel and Bob Coleman
Brooklyn Dodgers	Leo Durocher
Chicago Cubs	Jimmie Wilson
Cincinnati Reds	Bill McKechnie
New York Giants	Mel Ott
Philadelphia Phillies	Bucky Harris and Freddie Fitzsimmons
Pittsburgh Pirates	Frankie Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals	Billy Southworth

See also

• 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season

External links

• 1943 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference