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1943 Boston Red Sox season

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1943 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record68–84 (.447)
League place7th
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersEddie Collins
ManagersJoe Cronin
RadioWAAB
(Jim Britt)
WNAC
(Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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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.

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 56 .636 — 54‍–‍23 44‍–‍33
Washington Senators 84 69 .549 13½ 44‍–‍32 40‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians 82 71 .536 15½ 44‍–‍33 38‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 16 40‍–‍36 42‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers 78 76 .506 20 45‍–‍32 33‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns 72 80 .474 25 44‍–‍33 28‍–‍47
Boston Red Sox 68 84 .447 29 39‍–‍36 29‍–‍48
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 .318 49 27‍–‍51 22‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1943 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 8–14 12–10 11–11–1 5–17–1 11–11 11–9–1 10–12
Chicago 14–8 — 7–15 9–13 10–12 18–4–1 10–12 14–8
Cleveland 10–12 15–7 — 15–7 9–13 16–6 9–13 8–13
Detroit 11–11–1 13–9 7–15 — 10–12 13–9 11–11 13–9
New York 17–5–1 12–10 13–9 12–10 — 16–6 17–5 11–11
Philadelphia 11–11 4–18–1 6–16 9–13 6–16 — 8–14 5–17
St. Louis 9–11–1 12–10 13–9 11–11 5–17 14–8 — 8–14
Washington 12–10 8–14 13–8 9–13 11–11 17–5 14–8 —


Opening Day lineup

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  7 Eddie Lake SS
12 Pete Fox RF
  1 Bobby Doerr 2B
14 Johnny Lazor LF
  3 Tony Lupien 1B
15 Ford Garrison CF
26 Skeeter Newsome     3B
11 Johnny Peacock     C
21 Tex Hughson P

Transactions

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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

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1943 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Roy Partee 96 299 84 .281 0 31
1B Tony Lupien 154 608 155 .255 4 47
2B Bobby Doerr 155 604 163 .270 16 75
SS Skeeter Newsome 114 449 119 .265 1 22
3B Jim Tabor 137 537 130 .242 13 85
OF Leon Culberson 81 312 85 .272 3 34
OF George Metkovich 78 321 79 .246 5 27
OF Pete Fox 127 489 141 .288 2 44

Other batters

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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 Lake 75 216 43 .199 3 16
Johnny Lazor 83 208 47 .226 0 13
Al Simmons 40 133 27 .203 1 12
Ford Garrison 36 129 36 .279 1 11
Dee Miles 45 121 26 .215 0 10
Johnny Peacock 48 114 23 .202 0 7
Babe Barna 30 112 19 .170 2 10
Tom McBride 26 96 23 .240 0 7
Bill Conroy 39 89 16 .180 1 6
Joe Cronin 59 77 24 .312 5 29
Danny Doyle 13 43 9 .209 0 6

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Hughson 35 266.0 12 15 2.64 114
Joe Dobson 25 164.1 7 11 3.12 63
Yank Terry 30 163.2 7 9 3.52 63
Oscar Judd 23 155.1 11 6 2.90 53
Dick Newsome 25 154.1 8 13 4.49 40

Other pitchers

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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 Ryba 40 143.2 7 5 3.26 50
Pinky Woods 23 100.2 5 6 4.92 32
Lou Lucier 16 74.0 3 4 3.89 23
Emmett O'Neill 11 57.2 1 4 4.53 20
Ken Chase 7 27.1 0 4 6.91 9

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mace Brown 49 6 6 9 2.12 40
Andy Karl 11 1 1 1 3.46 6

Farm system

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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

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References

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  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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