1943 in the Negro Leagues

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1943 in the Negro Leagues

Contents 1 Standings 1.1 Negro National League 1.2 Negro American League 1.3 Independent Teams 2 Leading Players 2.1 Batters 2.2 Pitchers 3 Postseason

[edit] Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

[edit] Negro National League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
2	Birmingham Black Barons	8	5	3	0.625
4	Kansas City Monarchs	13	6	7	0.462
6	Memphis Red Sox	15	4	11	0.267
4	Philadelphia Stars	34	16	18	0.471
5	New York Cubans	22	8	14	0.364
6	New York Black Yankees	27	7	20	0.259

[edit] Negro American League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Pittsburgh Homestead Grays	33	26	7	0.788
2	New York Cubans	26	17	9	0.654
3	Newark Eagles	32	18	14	0.563
4	Philadelphia Stars	43	18	25	0.419
5	Baltimore Elite Giants	35	14	21	0.4
6	New York Black Yankees	23	2	21	0.087
	St. Louis/Harrisburg Stars	9	5	4	0.556

The St. Louis/Harrisburg Stars were suspended by the league in the second half.

[edit] Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Chicago Brown Bombers

[edit] Leading Players

[edit] Batters

[edit] Pitchers

[edit] Postseason

In the Negro World Series, the Homestead Grays (NNL) defeated the Birmingham Black Barons (NAL), 4 games to 3.

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