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1943 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1943
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	68–84 (.447)
league_place	7th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Eddie Collins
managers	Joe Cronin
radio	WAAB
(Jim Britt)
WNAC
(Tom Hussey, George Hartrick)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Jim Britt) WNAC (Tom Hussey, George Hartrick) 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

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

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

References

"Game Length Records Inning Based Records". Baseball-Almanac.com.
"Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Only extra-inning games, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Baseball Reference.
"1943 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball Reference.
Abraham, Peter. (June 20, 2020). "Red Sox plan to hold spring training at Fenway Park".
Webb, Melville. (January 19, 1943). "Sox Complete Spring Plans". [[The Boston Globe]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howerbi01.shtml Bill Howerton page at Baseball Reference]
(June 3, 1943). "Red Sox Sign College Pitcher". [[Meriden Record]].
(June 15, 1943). "Sox Get Barna For Ken Chase". [[St. Petersburg Times]].
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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