1943 Boston Braves season

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1943 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record68–85 (.444)
League place6th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersCasey Stengel, Bob Coleman
RadioWNAC
(George Hartrick, Tom Hussey)
← 1942
1944 →

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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 105 49 0.682 58–21 47–28
Cincinnati Reds 87 67 0.565 18 48–29 39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers 81 72 0.529 23½ 46–31 35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 0.519 25 47–30 33–44
Chicago Cubs 74 79 0.484 30½ 36–38 38–41
Boston Braves 68 85 0.444 36½ 38–39 30–46
Philadelphia Phillies 64 90 0.416 41 33–43 31–47
New York Giants 55 98 0.359 49½ 34–43 21–55

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 12–9 8–14 11–11 11–11 11–11 12–10 3–19
Brooklyn 9–12 10–12 13–9 14–8 17–5 11–11 7–15
Chicago 14–8 12–10 9–13 12–9–1 10–12 8–14 9–13
Cincinnati 11–11 9–13 13–9 16–6–1 19–3 9–13 10–12
New York 11–11 8–14 9–12–1 6–16–1 8–14–1 9–13 4–18
Philadelphia 11–11 5–17 12–10 3–19 14–8–1 10–12–1 9–13–1
Pittsburgh 10–12 11–11 14–8 13–9 13–9 12–10–1 7–15–2
St. Louis 19–3 15–7 13–9 12–10 18–4 13–9–1 15–7–2


Notable transactions

Roster

1943 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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 44 141 27 .191 0 13
Joe Burns 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 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 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

Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Bees Eastern League Del Bissonette

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Notes

  1. ^ Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References