1943 World Series - New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)

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1943 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (98-56) over St. Louis Cardinals (105-49)

1942 WS / 1944 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 5, 1943 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2  7  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  x     4  8  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Lanier, Brecheen (8)
              NYY - Chandler

               WP - Spud Chandler
	       LP - Max Lanier
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Gordon

  ATTENDANCE: 68,676

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 6, 1943 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  0     4  7  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Cooper
              NYY - Bonham, Murphy (9)

               WP - Mort Cooper
	       LP - Tiny Bonham
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Marion, Sanders
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 68,578

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 7, 1943 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  6  4
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  5  x     6  8  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Brazle, Krist (8), Brecheen (8)
              NYY - Borowy, Murphy (9)

               WP - Hank Borowy
	       LP - Al Brazle
             SAVE - Johnny Murphy

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 69,990

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 10, 1943 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  6  2
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Russo
              STL - Lanier, Brecheen (8)

               WP - Marius Russo
	       LP - Harry Brecheen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,196

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 11, 1943 at Sportsman's Park III (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     2  7  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Chandler
              STL - Cooper, Lanier (8), Dickson (9)

               WP - Spud Chandler
	       LP - Mort Cooper
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Dickey
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,872

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Tiny Bonham	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	76	5	15	0	2	0	.197	.448
Hank Borowy	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	29	74	2	15	0	7	0	.203	.537
Spud Chandler	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	30	97	9	25	2	7	0	.258	.658
Frankie Crosetti	5	18	4	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	.278	.350	.278	.628	1	0	95	348	36	81	2	20	4	.233	.596
Bill Dickey	5	18	1	5	0	0	1	4	2	2	.278	.350	.444	.794	0	0	85	242	29	85	4	33	2	.351	.937
Nick Etten	5	19	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.105	.150	.105	.255	0	0	154	583	78	158	14	107	3	.271	.775
Joe Gordon	5	17	2	4	1	0	1	2	3	3	.235	.350	.471	.821	0	0	152	543	82	135	17	69	4	.249	.778
Billy Johnson	5	20	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	3	.300	.300	.450	.750	0	0	155	592	70	166	5	94	3	.280	.710
Charlie Keller	5	18	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	5	.222	.300	.333	.633	1	0	141	512	97	139	31	86	7	.271	.922
Johnny Lindell	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	122	441	53	108	4	51	2	.245	.694
Bud Metheny	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	103	360	51	94	9	36	2	.261	.731
Johnny Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	19	1	1	0	0	0	.053	.105
Marius Russo	1	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	0	0	24	31	4	6	0	2	0	.194	.512
Tuck Stainback	5	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	.353	0	0	71	231	31	60	0	10	3	.260	.609
Snuffy Stirnweiss	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	83	274	34	60	1	25	11	.219	.622
Roy Weatherly	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	77	280	37	74	7	28	4	.264	.700
Totals	50	159	17	35	5	2	2	14	12	30	.220	.275	.314	.589	2	0	155	5282	669	1350	100		46	.256	.713

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Al Brazle	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	32	4	9	0	4	0	.281	.656
Harry Brecheen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	42	4	8	0	3	0	.190	.483
Mort Cooper	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	100	7	17	1	11	0	.170	.416
Walker Cooper	5	17	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.294	.294	.294	.588	0	1	122	449	52	143	9	81	1	.318	.812
Frank Demaree	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	86	5	25	0	9	1	.291	.665
Murry Dickson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	34	1	9	0	6	0	.265	.588
Debs Garms	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	90	249	26	64	0	22	1	.257	.612
Johnny Hopp	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	91	241	33	54	2	25	8	.224	.604
Lou Klein	5	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.136	.174	.136	.310	0	0	154	627	91	180	7	62	9	.287	.752
Howie Krist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	60	7	10	0	2	0	.167	.364
Whitey Kurowski	5	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.278	.500	0	0	139	522	69	150	13	70	3	.287	.768
Max Lanier	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	32	73	8	12	0	5	0	.164	.340
Danny Litwhiler	5	15	0	4	1	0	0	2	2	4	.267	.353	.333	.686	0	0	*116	397	63	108	12	48	2	.272	.755
Marty Marion	5	14	1	5	2	0	1	2	3	1	.357	.471	.714	1.185	1	0	129	418	38	117	1	52	1	.280	.671
Stan Musial	5	18	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.278	.350	.278	.628	0	0	157	617	108	220	13	81	9	.357	.988
Sam Narron	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	11	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.258
Ken O'Dea	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	71	203	15	57	3	25	0	.281	.744
Ray Sanders	5	17	3	5	0	0	1	2	3	4	.294	.400	.471	.871	0	0	144	478	69	134	11	73	1	.280	.796
Harry Walker	5	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.222	.389	0	0	148	564	76	166	2	53	5	.294	.717
Ernie White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	28	5	6	0	0	0	.214	.456
Totals	59	165	9	37	5	0	2	8	11	26	.224	.273	.291	.564	1	1	157	5438	679	1515	70		40	.279	.725

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tiny Bonham	1	1	4.50	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	4	3	9	1.125	28	26	2.27	15	8	1	225.2	197	52	71	1.103
Hank Borowy	1	1	2.25	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	3	4	1.125	29	27	2.82	14	9	0	217.1	195	72	113	1.229
Spud Chandler	2	2	0.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	17	1	3	10	1.111	30	30	1.64	20	4	0	253.0	197	54	134	0.992
Johnny Murphy	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	0	1	1	1.000	37	0	2.51	12	4	8	68.0	44	30	31	1.088
Marius Russo	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	0	1	2	0.889	24	14	3.72	5	10	1	101.2	89	45	42	1.318
Totals	7	5	1.40	4	1	1	3	45.0	37	7	11	26	1.067	155	155	2.925	98	56		1415.1	1229	489	653	1.214

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Al Brazle	1	1	3.68	0	1	0	0	7.1	5	3	2	4	0.955	13	9	1.53	8	2	0	88.0	74	29	26	1.170
Harry Brecheen	3	0	2.45	0	1	0	0	3.2	5	1	3	3	2.182	29	13	2.26	9	6	4	135.1	98	39	68	1.012
Mort Cooper	2	2	2.81	1	1	0	1	16.0	11	5	3	10	0.875	37	32	2.30	21	8	3	274.0	228	79	141	1.120
Murry Dickson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	1	0	1.500	31	7	3.58	8	2	0	115.2	119	49	44	1.452
Howie Krist	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0		34	17	2.90	11	5	3	164.1	141	62	57	1.235
Max Lanier	3	2	1.76	0	1	0	0	15.1	13	3	3	13	1.043	32	25	1.90	15	7	3	213.1	195	75	123	1.266
Totals	11	5	2.51	1	4	0	1	43.0	35	12	12	30	1.093	157	157	2.567	105	49		1427.0	1246	477	639	1.207

1942 WS / 1944 WS

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