1943 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1943 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 68–84 (.447) 7th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Eddie Collins Joe Cronin WAAB (Jim Britt)WNAC(Tom Hussey, George Hartrick) bos BOS 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.Game Length Records Inning Based Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_gmlg.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 In those games, the Red Sox compiled a record of 15 wins and 14 losses, with two ties.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/ay7X0 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 July 25, 2018 They played 73 extra innings in total, equivalent to playing an additional eight 9-inning games.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1943-schedule-scores.shtml 1943 Boston Red Sox Schedule Baseball Reference July 25, 2018 Offseason Due to wartime considerations, the team held spring training at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/20/sports/red-sox-plan-hold-spring-training-fenway-park/ Red Sox plan to hold spring training at Fenway Park Peter Abraham The Boston Globe limited June 20, 2020 June 21, 2020https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53899679/sox-complete-spring-plans/ Sox Complete Spring Plans Melville Webb The Boston Globe 16 January 19, 1943 June 21, 2020 newspapers.com Prior to 1943 season: Bill Howerton was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup   7 Eddie Lake SS12 Pete Fox RF  1 Bobby Doerr 2B14 Johnny Lazor LF  3 Tony Lupien 1B15 Ford Garrison CF26 Skeeter Newsome     3B11 Johnny Peacock     C21 Tex Hughson P Transactions 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.June 3, 1943 Red Sox Sign College Pitcher 5 Meriden Record https://books.google.com/books?id=fXVHAAAAIBAJ&dq=June+2+1943+red+sox+signing&pg=PA5&article_id=4552,2299637 June 26, 2023 June 14: The Red Sox trade pitcher Ken Chase to the New York Giants in exchange for outfielder Babe Barna.June 15, 1943 Sox Get Barna For Ken Chase 12 St. Petersburg Times https://books.google.com/books?id=yiBPAAAAIBAJ&dq=Ken+Chase&pg=PA11&article_id=1602,6631825 June 26, 2023 Roster 1943 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 25 Mace Brown 10 Ken Chase 17 Joe Dobson 15 Tex Hughson 29 Oscar Judd 19 Andy Karl 15 Lou Lucier 28 Dick Newsome 15 Emmett O'Neill 20 Mike Ryba 18 Yank Terry 10 Pinky Woods Catchers 23 Bill Conroy 24 Danny Doyle  6 Roy Partee 11 Johnny Peacock Infielders  4 Joe Cronin  1 Bobby Doerr  7 Eddie Lake  3 Tony Lupien 26 Skeeter Newsome  5 Jim Tabor Outfielders 42 Babe Barna 27 Leon Culberson 12 Pete Fox 15 Ford Garrison 82 Johnny Lazor 42 Tom McBride  2 Catfish Metkovich  2 Dee Miles  8 Al Simmons Manager  4 Joe Cronin Coaches 30 Tom Daly (Third base) 31 Frank Shellenback (Pitching) 22 Larry Woodall (First base) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Minor League Baseball AA Louisville Colonels American Association Bill Burwell A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Heinie ManushJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 30em External links 1943 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1943 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1940s in Boston