| 1943 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Spud Chandler (NYY) NL: Stan Musial (SLC) |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Washington Senators |
| NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
| NL runners-up | Cincinnati Reds |
| World Series | |
| Champions | New York Yankees |
| Runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
The 1943 major league baseball season began on April 20, 1943. The regular season ended on October 3, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the postseason began with Game 1 of the 40th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 5 on October 11. The Yankees defeated the Cardinals, four games to one.
The 11th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 13, hosted by the Philadelphia Athletics at the Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the American League winning, 5–3. This was also the first All-Star Game held at night.
In order to conserve rail transport during World War II, the 1943 spring training sites was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. Spring training sites included the Chicago White Sox in French Lick, Indiana; the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland; and the Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[1]
- ^ Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 103. Random House. ISBN 0-394-50253-1.