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.
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.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Bud Byerly | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 | 6 |
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 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 |
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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Harry Brecheen | 29 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2.26 | 68 |
Howie Krist | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2.90 | 57 |
Red Munger | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3.95 | 45 |
Murry Dickson | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.58 | 44 |
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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus [4]