1943 Cincinnati Reds season

1943 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General managers	Warren Giles
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Radio	WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Dick Nesbitt)
Seasons

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

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 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	—

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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Syracuse

External links

• 1943 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference