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William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President
Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season.[1]
In 1943, the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. The fans responded with an increase in attendance. Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball.
^[a]The June 5, 1943, game was protested by the Phillies in the middle of the eighth inning.[32][33] The protest was later upheld and the game was completed with new umpires[32] on June 29.[34][35]
^[b]The first game of a scheduled double-header on June 6, 1943, ended after five innings due to rain with the score tied 1–1,[21][36] and an additional game was played on July 30.
^[c]The second game of a scheduled double-header on June 13, 1943, ended with the score 6–3.[37] After a verbal protest in the ninth inning, the Giants'
Mel Ott lodged a formal protest.[38] National League President
Ford Frick ruled the hit batsman (
Babe Dahlgren) out, and that the game be resumed on August 6.[39][40]
^[d]The June 30, 1943, game ended after eleven innings due to the Major League Baseball curfew with the score tied 3–3,[41][42] and an additional game was played on August 11.
^[e]The second game of a scheduled double-header on July 11, 1943, ended after eight innings due to the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew law[43] with the score 8–14.[44][45]
^[f]The original schedule indicated a single games on May 10 and July 17 with New York;[46] which became a double-header on July 17.
^[g]The September 14, 1943, game ended after ten innings due to the National League curfew with the score tied 4–4,[47][48][49] and an additional game was played on September 15.
^[h]The original schedule indicated a single games on October 2 and 3 at Pittsburgh;[46] which became a double-header on October 3.
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ab"Stan Musial Stopped Phils Cards Tie, 1-1: Weather Halts Contest; Donora Boy's Streak Ends". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA.
Associated Press (AP). June 7, 1943. p. 17. Retrieved February 16, 2019. The Phillies were blasting young
Harry Brecheen's offerings all over the lot in the first half of the sixth when time was called. They had scored two runs, had men on second and third and none out. But as the affair was called off the count reverted back to the end of the fifth inning with the score tied, 1 to 1.
^"The Majors". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. June 9, 1943. p. 24. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^"Major League Summaries". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA. September 18, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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ab"Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1". retrosheet.org. June 5, 1943. Retrieved February 16, 2019. Game was called for rain, but Phillies protested that Cardinals did not properly cover field; Protest upheld, and game completed on July 29; only lineup change was that
[Whitey] Kurowski replaced
[Jimmy] Brown who was now in Army[.]
^"Pass Dodgers In Race— Cards Shade Phils, 1-0, on Musial's Hit". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. June 6, 1943. p. 1 (Section 4). Retrieved February 16, 2019. Bucky Harris, Philly manager, said after the game he was going to protest the umpire's decision to call the contest, inasmuch as the Cardinals made no attempt to cover the field. Harris cited Rule 24 to back his protest.
^"St. Louis Cardinals 1, Philadelphia Phillies 1". retrosheet.org. June 6, 1943. Retrieved February 12, 2019. Game began several minutes late due to wet grounds ... [In the bottom of the fourth inning,] [t]ime called for rain for 10 minutes[.] ... Game called for rain, second game of doubleheader canceled[.]
^"New York Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (2)". retrosheet.org. June 13, 1943. Retrieved February 16, 2019. [Babe] Dahlgren let himself
HBP. That was disallowed; then Dahlgren hit a bases-clearing double & the phils 'won'; But
[Mel] Ott protested that Dahlgren should have been out; that protest was upheld, game was resumed on August 6[.]
^"Giants Phils In 4-4 Draw: Night Game Called At End of Tenth". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA.
Associated Press (AP). September 15, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved February 23, 2019. The New York Giants and the Phillies wound up in a 4-to-4 tie in a ball game that started last night at 9 o'clock and ended after 1 a. m. (
EWT) today. ... It finally was called at the end of the tenth under league regulations that prohibit starting a new inning after 12:50 a. m.
^"It's Senators Day To Rest in Second". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA.
United Press (UP). September 15, 1943. p. 27. Retrieved February 23, 2019. Interrupted by weather for a total of 95 minutes, the game was called at the end of the 10th because of the league rule prohibiting the start of an inning after 12:50 a.m.
^"Philadelphia Phillies 4, New York Giants 4". retrosheet.org. September 14, 1943. Retrieved February 23, 2019. [G]ame called for curfew at 1:05 AM; tie to be replayed as part of doubleheader next day[.]
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007