1943 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1943 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 68–85 (.444) 6th J.A. Robert Quinn Casey Stengel, Bob Coleman WNAC(George Hartrick, Tom Hussey) The 1943 Boston Braves season was the 73rd season of the franchise. The Braves finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses. Regular season Season standings Boston Braves Record vs. opponents BSN Notable transactions April 18, 1943: Dave Odom was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference July 19, 1943: Tony Cuccinello was released by the Braves.Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1943 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers 25 Nate Andrews 19 Red Barrett 26 Ben Cardoni -- John Dagenhard 20 George Diehl 21 Bill Donovan 18 Al Javery 26 George Jeffcoat -- Carl Lindquist 36 Danny MacFayden 35 Ray Martin 34 Dave Odom 24 Manny Salvo 36 Allyn Stout -- Roy Talcott 22 Jim Tobin 27 Lou Tost Catchers 12 Clyde Kluttz 10 Phil Masi 5,16 Hugh Poland Infielders 11 Bill Brubaker 14 Joe Burns 15 Tony Cuccinello -- Buck Etchison  9 Kerby Farrell  8 Ben Geraghty  8 Heinie Heltzel  2 Eddie Joost  3 Johnny McCarthy 30,42 Connie Ryan  7 Whitey Wietelmann Outfielders  1 Tommy Holmes 29 Butch Nieman  6 Chet Ross  4 Chuck Workman Other batters 17 Connie Creeden 35 Sam Gentile Manager 31 Bob Coleman 32 Casey Stengel Coaches 31 Bob Coleman 33 George Kelly Player stats 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 Phil Masi 80 238 65 .273 2 28 1B Johnny McCarthy Johnny McCarthy (baseball) 78 313 95 .304 2 33 2B Connie Ryan 132 457 97 .212 1 24 SS Whitey Wietelmann 153 534 115 .215 0 39 3B Eddie Joost 124 421 78 .185 2 20 OF Chuck Workman 153 615 153 .249 10 67 OF Tommy Holmes 152 629 170 .270 5 41 OF Butch Nieman 101 335 84 .251 7 46 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 Chet Ross 94 285 62 .218 7 32 Kerby Farrell 85 280 75 .268 0 21 Clyde Kluttz 66 207 51 .246 0 20 Hugh Poland Hugh Poland (baseball) 44 141 27 .191 0 13 Joe Burns Joe Burns (infielder) 52 135 28 .207 1 5 Heinie Heltzel 29 86 13 .151 0 5 Tony Cuccinello 13 19 0 .000 0 2 Buck Etchison 10 19 6 .316 0 2 Bill Brubaker 13 19 8 .421 0 1 Sam Gentile 8 4 1 .250 0 0 Connie Creeden 5 4 1 .250 0 1 Ben Geraghty 8 1 0 .000 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 Al Javery 41 303.0 17 16 3.21 134 Nate Andrews 36 283.2 14 20 2.57 80 Red Barrett 38 255.0 12 18 3.18 64 Jim Tobin 33 250.0 14 14 2.66 52 Carl Lindquist 2 13.0 0 2 6.23 1 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 Manny Salvo 21 98.2 5 7 3.47 26 George Jeffcoat 8 17.2 1 2 3.06 10 John Dagenhard 2 11.0 1 0 0.00 2 Lou Tost 3 6.2 0 1 5.40 3 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 Dave Odom Dave Odom (baseball) 23 0 3 2 5.27 17 Ben Cardoni 11 0 0 1 6.43 5 Danny MacFayden 10 2 1 0 5.91 5 Allyn Stout 9 1 0 1 6.75 3 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan (Boston Braves pitcher) 7 1 0 0 1.84 1 Kerby Farrell 5 0 1 0 4.30 4 Ray Martin 2 0 0 0 8.10 1 George Diehl 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Roy Talcott 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Hartford Bees Eastern League Del BissonetteJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1943 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1940s in Boston