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. In those games, the Red Sox compiled a record of 15 wins and 14 losses, with two ties. They played 73 extra innings in total, equivalent to playing an additional eight 9-inning games.
Offseason Due to wartime considerations, the team held spring training at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. 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
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 14: The Red Sox trade pitcher Ken Chase to the New York Giants in exchange for outfielder Babe Barna.
Roster 1943 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Third base) (Pitching) (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 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 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 49 6 6 9 2.12 40 Andy Karl 11 1 1 1 3.46 6
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1943 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1943 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com