1943 Major League Baseball season
# 1943 Major League Baseball season

The 1943 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 20 to October 11, 1943. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the Yankees then defeated the Cardinals in the World Series, four games to one.

In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 spring training sites was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. Spring training sites included the Chicago White Sox in French Lick, Indiana; the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland; and the Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

## Awards and honors

* Most Valuable Player
   * Spud Chandler (AL) – P, New York Yankees
   * Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
* The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
   * Spud Chandler – P, New York Yankees
* The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
   * Spud Chandler (AL) – P, New York Yankees
   * Stan Musial (NL) – 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
* The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
   * Joe McCarthy (AL) – New York Yankees

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | New York Yankees | 4 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 |

## Managers

### American League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Lou Boudreau | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Del Baker | |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Luke Sewell | |
| Washington Senators | Ossie Bluege | Finished 2nd |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Casey Stengel and Bob Coleman | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | Finished 3rd |
| Chicago Cubs | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | Finished 2nd |
| New York Giants | Mel Ott | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Bucky Harris and Freddie Fitzsimmons | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Frankie Frisch | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | Won Pennant |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | -22.1% | 661,739 | -36.2% | 8,594 |
| New York Yankees | 98 | -4.9% | 618,330 | -32.9% | 8,030 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 6.8% | 606,287 | 4.5% | 7,773 |
| Washington Senators | 84 | 35.5% | 574,694 | 42.4% | 7,562 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | -0.9% | 517,135 | -6.6% | 6,384 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 24.2% | 508,962 | 19.5% | 6,697 |
| Chicago Cubs | 74 | 8.8% | 508,247 | -14.0% | 6,777 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 21.2% | 498,740 | 11.1% | 6,394 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 52.4% | 466,975 | 102.9% | 5,987 |
| New York Giants | 55 | -35.3% | 466,095 | -40.2% | 6,053 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 9.3% | 438,894 | -4.5% | 5,700 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 14.5% | 379,122 | -11.2% | 4,861 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | -10.9% | 376,735 | -11.0% | 4,769 |
| Boston Red Sox | 68 | -26.9% | 358,275 | -50.9% | 4,653 |
| Boston Braves | 68 | 15.3% | 271,289 | -4.9% | 3,523 |
| St. Louis Browns | 72 | -12.2% | 214,392 | -16.1% | 2,784 |
