1943 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1943 St. Louis Cardinals 1943 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1920) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1943 Information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
Manager(s)	Billy Southworth
Local television
Local radio	KWK (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) KXOK (France Laux, Ron Rawson)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1943 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 1st 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 winning the award the previous season.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 World Series 5 External links

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	--	.682
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	18	.565
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	23.5	.529
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	25	.519
Chicago Cubs	74	79	30.5	.484
Boston Braves	68	85	36.5	.444
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	41	.416
New York Giants	55	98	49.5	.359

[edit] Roster

1943 St. Louis Cardinals roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1943 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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

[edit] External links

• 1943 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1943 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 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 1943 All-Star Game • 1943 World Series

Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 1942

National League Championship Season 1943

Succeeded by St. Louis Cardinals 1944

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