1943 St. Louis Cardinals season


The 1943 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 62nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 52nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105–49 during the season and finished 1st in the National League. In the World Series, they met the New York Yankees. They lost the series in 5 games.

Offseason

Outfielder Stan Musial won the MVP Award this year, batting.357, with 13 home runs and 81 RBIs. This was the second consecutive year a Cardinal won the MVP award, with Mort Cooper having won the award the previous season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C122449143.318981
1B144478134.2801173
2B154627180.287762
SS129418117.280152
3B139522150.2871370
OF157617220.3571381
OF148564166.294253
OF8025872.279731

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9124154.224225
9024964.257022
7120357.281325
3411020.18208
398625.29109
367818.23105
9252.08014
8111.09101
10111.09100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
372742182.30141
32213.11571.90123
211331052.8440
213103.466

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
16118.1841.7561
1478.2553.7828
1388821.5326

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
3411532.9057
299642.2668
318203.5844
329523.9545

1943 World Series

AL New York Yankees vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals

Awards and records

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus