1943 Boston Red Sox season

The 1943 Boston Red Sox season was the 43rd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 68 wins and 84 losses, 29 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1943 World Series.

1943 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record68–84 (.447)
League place7th (29 GB)
Other information
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersJoe Cronin
Local radioWAAB
(Jim Britt)
WNAC
(Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, by playing in 31 extra innings games.[1] In those games, the Red Sox compiled a record of 15 wins and 14 losses, with two ties.[2] They played 73 extra innings in total, equivalent to playing an additional eight 9-inning games.[3]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 54–23 44–33
Washington Senators 8469 0.549 13½ 44–32 40–37
Cleveland Indians 8271 0.536 15½ 44–33 38–38
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 16 40–36 42–36
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
St. Louis Browns 7280 0.474 25 44–33 28–47
Boston Red Sox 6884 0.447 29 39–36 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 49 27–51 22–54

Record vs. opponents
1943 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
Chicago 14–8—7–159–1310–1218–4–110–1214–8
Cleveland 10–1215–7—15–79–1316–69–138–13
Detroit 11–11–113–97–15—10–1213–911–1113–9
New York 17–5–112–1013–912–10—16–617–511–11
Philadelphia 11–114–18–16–169–136–16—8–145–17
St. Louis 9–11–112–1013–911–115–1714–8—8–14
Washington 12–108–1413–89–1311–1117–514–8—

Opening Day lineup
  7Eddie LakeSS
12Pete FoxRF
  1Bobby Doerr2B
14Johnny LazorLF
  3Tony Lupien1B
15Ford GarrisonCF
26Skeeter Newsome    3B
11Johnny Peacock    C
21Tex HughsonP

Transactions

June 2: Joe Green, a pitcher for the University of North Carolina Baseball Team, signs a contract with the Red Sox and joins the Roanoke Red Sox.[7]

June 14: The Red Sox trade pitcher Ken Chase to the New York Giants in exchange for outfielder Babe Barna.[8]

Roster
1943 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CRoy Partee9629984.281031
1BTony Lupien154608155.255447
2BBobby Doerr155604163.2701675
SSSkeeter Newsome114449119.265122
3BJim Tabor137537130.2421385
OFLeon Culberson8131285.272334
OFGeorge Metkovich7832179.246527
OFPete Fox127489141.288244

Other batters

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
Eddie Lake7521643.199316
Johnny Lazor8320847.226013
Al Simmons4013327.203112
Ford Garrison3612936.279111
Dee Miles4512126.215010
Johnny Peacock4811423.20207
Babe Barna3011219.170210
Tom McBride269623.24007
Bill Conroy398916.18016
Joe Cronin597724.312529
Danny Doyle13439.20906

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tex Hughson35266.012152.64114
Joe Dobson25164.17113.1263
Yank Terry30163.2793.5263
Oscar Judd23155.11162.9053
Dick Newsome25154.18134.4940

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Ryba40143.2753.2650
Pinky Woods23100.2564.9232
Lou Lucier1674.0343.8923
Emmett O'Neill1157.2144.5320
Ken Chase727.1046.919

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mace Brown496692.1240
Andy Karl111113.466

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Bill Burwell
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Heinie Manush

[9]

References
  1. "Game Length Records Inning Based Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Only extra-inning games, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. "1943 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. Abraham, Peter (June 20, 2020). "Red Sox plan to hold spring training at Fenway Park". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  5. Webb, Melville (January 19, 1943). "Sox Complete Spring Plans". The Boston Globe. p. 16. Retrieved June 21, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Red Sox Sign College Pitcher". Meriden Record. June 3, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  8. "Sox Get Barna For Ken Chase". St. Petersburg Times. June 15, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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