1943 Boston Braves season

1943 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Braves Field (since 1915)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	68–85 (.444)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel, Bob Coleman
Local radio	WNAC (George Hartrick, Tom Hussey)
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The 1943 Boston Braves season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Braves finished sixth in the National League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League Records 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	—

Notable transactions

• April 18, 1943: Dave Odom was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[1]
• July 19, 1943: Tony Cuccinello was released by the Braves.^[2]

Roster

1943 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers 25 Nate Andrews 19 Red Barrett 26 Ben Cardoni -- John Dagenhard 20 George Diehl 21 Bill Donovan 18 Al Javery 26 George Jeffcoat -- Carl Lindquist 36 Danny MacFayden 35 Ray Martin 34 Dave Odom 24 Manny Salvo 36 Allyn Stout -- Roy Talcott 22 Jim Tobin 27 Lou Tost		Catchers 12 Clyde Kluttz 10 Phil Masi 5,16 Hugh Poland Infielders 11 Bill Brubaker 14 Joe Burns 15 Tony Cuccinello -- Buck Etchison  9 Kerby Farrell  8 Ben Geraghty  8 Heinie Heltzel  2 Eddie Joost  3 Johnny McCarthy 30,42 Connie Ryan  7 Whitey Wietelmann		Outfielders  1 Tommy Holmes 29 Butch Nieman  6 Chet Ross  4 Chuck Workman Other batters 17 Connie Creeden 35 Sam Gentile		Manager 31 Bob Coleman 32 Casey Stengel Coaches 31 Bob Coleman 33 George Kelly

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
1B	McCarthy, JohnnyJohnny McCarthy	78	313	95	.304	2	33

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
Poland, HughHugh Poland	44	141	27	.191	0	13
Burns, JoeJoe Burns	52	135	28	.207	1	5
Cuccinello, TonyTony Cuccinello	13	19	0	.000	0	2

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
Andrews, NateNate Andrews	36	283.2	14	20	2.57	80
Barrett, RedRed Barrett	38	255	12	18	3.18	64

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

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
Odom, DaveDave Odom	23	0	3	2	5.27	17
Cardoni, BenBen Cardoni	11	0	0	1	6.43	5
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	7	1	0	0	1.84	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hartford Bees	Eastern League	Del Bissonette

^[3]

Notes

1. Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
2. Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball-Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1943 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference