1943 Cincinnati Reds season

1943 Cincinnati Reds
1943 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Crosley Field (since 1934); Cincinnati (since 1882);
Other information
Owners	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General managers	Warren Giles
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Local radio	WSAI; (Roger Baker, Dick Bray); WKRC; (Waite Hoyt, Dick Nesbitt)
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The 1943 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 87–67, 18 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

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

1943 National League record Sources:
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	—

1943 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
C	Ray Mueller	141	427	111	.260	8	52
1B	Frank McCormick	126	472	143	.303	8	59
2B	Lonny Frey	144	586	154	.263	2	43
SS	Eddie Miller	154	576	129	.224	2	71
3B	Steve Mesner	137	504	137	.272	0	52
OF	Max Marshall	132	508	120	.236	4	39
OF	Eric Tipton	140	493	142	.288	9	49
OF	Gee Walker	114	429	105	.245	3	54

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
Bert Haas	101	332	87	.262	4	44
Estel Crabtree	95	254	70	.276	2	26
Dain Clay	49	93	25	.269	0	9
Woody Williams	30	69	26	.377	0	11
Al Lakeman	22	55	14	.255	0	6
Tony DePhillips	35	20	2	.100	0	2
Mike McCormick	4	15	2	.133	0	0
Chuck Aleno	7	10	3	.300	0	1
Charlie Brewster	7	8	1	.125	0	0
Lon Goldstein	5	5	1	.200	0	0
Dick West	3	0	0	----	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
Johnny Vander Meer	36	289.0	15	16	2.87	174
Elmer Riddle	36	260.1	21	11	2.63	69
Bucky Walters	34	246.1	15	15	3.54	80
Ray Starr	36	217.1	11	10	3.64	42

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Heusser	26	91.0	4	3	3.46	28

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Clyde Shoun	45	14	5	7	3.06	61
Joe Beggs	39	7	6	6	2.34	28
Rocky Stone	13	0	1	0	4.38	11
Bob Malloy	6	0	0	0	6.30	4
Jack Niemes	3	0	0	0	6.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A1	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Johnny Riddle

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse[1]

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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1943 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
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