1943 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1943 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 87–67, 18 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	.682	—	58‍–‍21	47‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	.565	18	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	.529	23½	46‍–‍31	35‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	25	47‍–‍30	33‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	.484	30½	36‍–‍38	38‍–‍41
Boston Braves	68	85	.444	36½	38‍–‍39	30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	41	33‍–‍43	31‍–‍47
New York Giants	55	98	.359	49½	34‍–‍43	21‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1943 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 43 Joe Beggs 34 Ed Heusser 38 Bob Malloy 29 Jack Niemes 41 Elmer Riddle 35 Clyde Shoun 37 Ray Starr 39 Rocky Stone 33 Johnny Vander Meer 31 Bucky Walters		Catchers 6 Tony DePhillips 4 Al Lakeman 7 Ray Mueller Infielders 19 Charlie Brewster 11 Lonny Frey 22 Lonnie Goldstein 18 Bert Haas 10 Frank McCormick 16 Steve Mesner 15 Eddie Miller 17 Woody Williams		Outfielders 28 Chuck Aleno 20 Dain Clay 3 Estel Crabtree 22 Frankie Kelleher 21 Max Marshall 20 Mike McCormick 23 Eric Tipton 27 Gee Walker Other batters 5 Dick West		Manager 1 Bill McKechnie Coaches 3 Estel Crabtree 2 Hans Lobert

1943 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Dick West

Manager

1 Bill McKechnie

Coaches

3 Estel Crabtree
2 Hans Lobert

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	Ray Mueller	141	427	111	.260	8	52
1B	Frank McCormick	126	472	143	.303	8	59
2B	Lonny Frey	144	586	154	.263	2	43
SS	Eddie Miller	154	576	129	.224	2	71
3B	Steve Mesner	137	504	137	.272	0	52
OF	Max Marshall	132	508	120	.236	4	39
OF	Eric Tipton	140	493	142	.288	9	49
OF	Gee Walker	114	429	105	.245	3	54

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
Bert Haas	101	332	87	.262	4	44
Estel Crabtree	95	254	70	.276	2	26
Dain Clay	49	93	25	.269	0	9
Woody Williams	30	69	26	.377	0	11
Al Lakeman	22	55	14	.255	0	6
Tony DePhillips	35	20	2	.100	0	2
Mike McCormick	4	15	2	.133	0	0
Chuck Aleno	7	10	3	.300	0	1
Charlie Brewster	7	8	1	.125	0	0
Lon Goldstein	5	5	1	.200	0	0
Dick West	3	0	0	----	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
Johnny Vander Meer	36	289.0	15	16	2.87	174
Elmer Riddle	36	260.1	21	11	2.63	69
Bucky Walters	34	246.1	15	15	3.54	80
Ray Starr	36	217.1	11	10	3.64	42

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
Ed Heusser	26	91.0	4	3	3.46	28

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
Clyde Shoun	45	14	5	7	3.06	61
Joe Beggs	39	7	6	6	2.34	28
Rocky Stone	13	0	1	0	4.38	11
Bob Malloy	6	0	0	0	6.30	4
Jack Niemes	3	0	0	0	6.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jewel Ens
A1	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Johnny Riddle

References

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1943 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

1943 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Estadio Sixto Escobar; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bob Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Nick Krall
General Manager: Brad Meador
Manager: Freddie Benavides (interim)

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

Media

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