1943 Season

29 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1943 Bracket
World Series NYA def. SLN (4-1)
ALC BBB def. CAG (3-2)
NWS HG def. BBB (4-3)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1943 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Tetelo Vargas 0.472 2 Josh Gibson 0.466 3 Jerry Benjamin 0.374 4 Alex Radcliff 0.365 5 Pancho Coimbre 0.362

Home Runs

1 Rudy York 34 2 Charlie Keller 31 3 Bill Nicholson 29 4 Vern Stephens 22 5 Josh Gibson 20

RBI

1 Bill Nicholson 128 2 Rudy York 118 3 Josh Gibson 112 4 Nick Etten 107 5 Bob Elliott 101

Stolen Bases

1 George Case 61 2 Wally Moses 56 3 Thurman Tucker 29 4 Luke Appling 27 5 Mickey Vernon 24

Hits

1 Stan Musial 220 2 Dick Wakefield 200 3 Mickey Witek 195 4 Billy Herman 193 5 Luke Appling 192

Runs

1 Arky Vaughan 112 2 Stan Musial 108 3 George Case 102 4 Charlie Keller 97 5 Bill Nicholson 95
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1943 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Johnny Niggeling 0.88 2 Al Brazle 1.53 3 Spud Chandler 1.64 4 Jack Hallett 1.70 5 Howie Pollet 1.75

Wins

1 Mort Cooper 21 2 Elmer Riddle 21 3 Rip Sewell 21 4 Spud Chandler 20 5 Dizzy Trout 20

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Vander Meer 174 2 Allie Reynolds 151 3 Hal Newhouser 144 4 Mort Cooper 141 5 Spud Chandler 134

Saves

1 Gordon Maltzberger 14 2 Les Webber 10 3 Ace Adams 9 4 Mace Brown 9 5 Joe Heving 9

WHIP

1 Johnny Niggeling 0.86 2 Roosevelt Davis 0.90 3 Howie Pollet 0.97 4 Hilton Smith 0.98 5 Jack Hallett 0.99
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📋 Standings

NAL

Kansas City Monarchs ★ 30-19 Cleveland Buckeyes 38-26 Birmingham Black Barons 37-24 Chicago American Giants 32-29 Memphis Red Sox 28-46 Cincinnati Clowns 25-46

NN2

Homestead Grays ★ 26-7 New York Cubans 17-9 Newark Eagles 18-14 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 5-4 Philadelphia Stars 19-25 Baltimore Elite Giants 14-21 New York Black Yankees 2-21

American League

New York Yankees ★ 98-56 Washington Senators 84-69 Cleveland Indians 82-71 Chicago White Sox 82-72 Detroit Tigers 78-76 St. Louis Browns 72-80 Boston Red Sox 68-84 Philadelphia Athletics 49-105

National League

St. Louis Cardinals ★ 105-49 Cincinnati Reds 87-67 Brooklyn Dodgers 81-72 Pittsburgh Pirates 80-74 Chicago Cubs 74-79 Boston Braves 68-85 Philadelphia Blue Jays 64-90 New York Giants 55-98
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