1943 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1943 National League champions National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 105–49 (.682) 1st Sam Breadon Billy Southworth KWK(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)KXOK(France Laux, Ron Rawson) The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals 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 first in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games. Offseason November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted from the Cardinals by the St. Louis Browns in the 1942 minor league draft.Hal Epps page at Baseball Reference November 24, 1942: Gerry Staley was drafted by the Cardinals from the Boise Pilots in the 1942 minor league draft.Gerry Staley page at Baseball Reference Regular season 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 having won the award the previous season. Season standings St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1943 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 11 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 27 Bud Byerly 13 Mort Cooper 22 Murry Dickson 19 Harry Gumbert 29 Howie Krist 23,21 Max Lanier 18 Red Munger 11 Howie Pollet 28 Ernie White Catchers 15 Walker Cooper 32 Sam Narron 16 Ken O'Dea Infielders  3 Jimmy Brown  7 George Fallon  2 Lou Klein  1 Whitey Kurowski  4 Marty Marion  5 Ray Sanders Outfielders  8 Buster Adams 17 Frank Demaree  9 Debs Garms 12 Johnny Hopp  8 Danny Litwhiler  6 Stan Musial 20 Coaker Triplett 10 Harry Walker Manager 30 Billy Southworth Coaches 25 Mike González (Third base) 26 Buzzy Wares Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting 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 C Walker Cooper 122 449 143 .318 9 81 1B Ray Sanders baseball 144 478 134 .280 11 73 2B Lou Klein 154 627 180 .287 7 62 SS Marty Marion 129 418 117 .280 1 52 3B Whitey Kurowski 139 522 150 .287 13 70 OF Stan Musial 157 617 220 .357 13 81 OF Harry Walker 148 564 166 .294 2 53 OF Danny Litwhiler 80 258 72 .279 7 31 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 Debs Garms 90 249 64 .257 0 22 Johnny Hopp 91 241 54 .224 2 25 Ken O'Dea 71 203 57 .281 3 25 Jimmy Brown Jimmy Brown (baseball) 34 110 20 .182 0 8 Frank Demaree 39 86 25 .291 0 9 George Fallon George Fallon (baseball) 36 78 18 .231 0 5 Coaker Triplett 9 25 2 .080 1 4 Buster Adams 8 11 1 .091 0 1 Sam Narron Sam Narron (catcher) 10 11 1 .091 0 0 Pitching 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 Mort Cooper 37 274.0 21 8 2.30 141 Max Lanier 32 213.1 15 7 1.90 123 Harry Gumbert 21 133.0 10 5 2.84 40 Howie Pollet 16 118.1 8 4 1.75 61 Al Brazle 13 88.0 8 2 1.53 26 Ernie White 14 78.2 5 5 3.78 28 Bud Byerly 2 13.0 1 0 3.46 6 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 Howie Krist 34 164.1 11 5 2.90 57 Harry Brecheen 29 135.1 9 6 2.26 68 Note: Harry Brecheen was the team leader in saves with 4. 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 Red Munger 32 9 5 2 3.95 45 Murry Dickson 31 8 2 0 3.58 44 1943 World Series 1943 World Series AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 4 October 5Yankee Stadium68,6762 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3 October 6Yankee Stadium68,5783 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 6 October 7Yankee Stadium69,9904 Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 1 October 10Sportsman's Park36,1965 Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 0 October 11Sportsman's Park33,872 Awards and records Stan Musial, National League leader, Triples, (20).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 93, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Columbus Red Birds American Association Nick Cullop AA Rochester Red Wings International League Pepper Martin AA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Ken Penner B Allentown Wings Interstate League Barney Roth, Herb Brett and Tom Koval B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Ollie Vanek D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ken Blackman D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Jack SanfordLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ColumbusJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1943 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1943 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:National League champion seasons St Louis Cardinals Category:Long stubs with short prose