1943 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1943 World Series champions American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City 98 56 y 1st Estate of Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Joe McCarthy The 1943 New York Yankees season was the team's 41st season. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 14th pennant, finishing 13.5 games ahead of the Washington Senators. Managed by Joe McCarthy, the Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games. Offseason January 29, 1943: Milo Candini and Jerry Priddy were traded by the Yankees to the Washington Senators for Bill Zuber and cash.Milo Candini Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/candimi01.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1943 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 20 Tiny Bonham 15 Hank Borowy 24 Marv Breuer 11 Tommy Byrne 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 19 Johnny Murphy 22 Marius Russo 30 Jim Turner 14 Butch Wensloff 17 Bill Zuber Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 27 Rollie Hemsley 26 Ken Sears Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti  5 Nick Etten  6 Joe Gordon 12,29 Oscar Grimes  7 Billy Johnson  6 Snuffy Stirnweiss Outfielders  9 Charlie Keller 18 Johnny Lindell  3 Bud Metheny 16 Tuck Stainback 10 Roy Weatherly Other batters 25 Aaron Robinson Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 32 Earle Combs 31 Art Fletcher 33 Johnny Schulte Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 Bill Dickey 85 242 85 .351 4 33 1B Nick Etten 154 583 158 .271 14 107 2B Joe Gordon 152 543 135 .249 17 69 3B Billy Johnson Billy Johnson (baseball) 155 592 166 .280 5 94 SS Frankie Crosetti 95 348 81 .233 2 20 OF Charlie Keller 141 512 139 .271 31 86 OF Johnny Lindell 122 441 108 .245 4 51 OF Bud Metheny 103 360 94 .261 9 36 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 Roy Weatherly 77 280 74 .264 7 28 Snuffy Stirnweiss 83 274 60 .219 1 25 Tuck Stainback 71 231 60 .260 0 10 Ken Sears Ken Sears (baseball) 60 187 52 .278 2 22 Rollie Hemsley 62 180 43 .239 2 24 Oscar Grimes 9 20 3 .150 0 1 Aaron Robinson Aaron Robinson (baseball) 1 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 Spud Chandler 30 253.0 20* 4 1.64 134 Tiny Bonham 28 225.2 15 8 2.27 71 Butch Wensloff 29 223.1 13 11 2.54 105 Hank Borowy 29 217.1 14 9 2.82 113 Atley Donald 22 119.1 6 4 4.60 57 Tied with Dizzy Trout (Detroit) 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 Bill Zuber 20 118.0 8 4 3.89 57 Marius Russo 24 101.2 5 10 3.72 42 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne (baseball) 11 31.2 2 1 6.54 22 Marv Breuer 5 14.0 0 1 8.36 6 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 Johnny Murphy 37 12 4 8 2.51 31 Jim Turner Jim Turner (baseball) 18 3 0 1 3.53 15 1943 World Series 1943 World Series AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 4 October 5Yankee Stadium 68,6762 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3 October 6Yankee Stadium 68,5783 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 6 October 7Yankee Stadium 69,9904 Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 1 October 10Sportsman's Park 36,1965 Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 0 October 11Sportsman's Park 33,872 Awards and records Spud Chandler, American League MVP (He was the oldest American League player in the 20th Century to win the MVP Award.)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Franchise records Spud Chandler, Yankees single season record, Lowest earned run average in a season (1.64) Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Kansas City Blues American Association Johnny Neun AA Newark Bears International League Billy Meyer A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Eddie Sawyer B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Tom Kain D Wellsville Yankees PONY League Herb Brett and Solly Mishkin LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norfolk, WellsvilleJohnson, 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 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1943 World Series 1943 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1940s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons