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The following are the baseball events of the year 1943 throughout the world.
Champions[]
Major League Baseball[]
- World Series: New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)
- All-Star Game, July 13 at Shibe Park: American League, 5-3
Other champions[]
- Negro League World Series: Homestead Grays over Birmingham Black Barons (4-3)
- Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 2-1
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Racine Belles over Kenosha Comets
Awards and honors[]
- Most Valuable Player
- Spud Chandler (AL) - P, New York Yankees
- Stan Musial (NL) - 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
- The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
- Spud Chandler - P, New York Yankees
- The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
- Spud Chandler (AL) - P, New York Yankees
- Stan Musial (NL) - 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
- The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
- Joe McCarthy (AL) - New York Yankees
Major League Baseball final standings[]
American League final standings[]
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National League final standings[]
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Events[]
- May 30 - The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begins its first 108-game season with teams in Rockford, Kenosha, Racine, and South Bend; the league's total attendance for the year will be 176,612.
Births[]
- January 15 - Mike Marshall
- January 30 - Davey Johnson
- March 23 - Lee May
- May 22 - Tommy John
- June 27 - Rico Petrocelli
- August 28 - Lou Piniella
- September 19 - Joe Morgan
- December 13 - Ferguson Jenkins
Deaths[]
- January 3 - Bid McPhee, 83, second baseman for Cincinnati from 1882 to 1899 who was the last at his position to play without a glove; scored 100 runs ten times, set every career fielding mark at his position and was seventh player to reach 2000 hits
- March 6 - Jimmy Collins, 73, third baseman who batted .300 five times and led NL in home runs in 1898; led league in putouts five times and set career records for putouts, total chances and double plays at third base; after jumping to the American League, managed Boston to upset victory in inaugural 1903 World Series
- April 26 - Bob Emslie, 84, umpire who set records with 35 seasons of officiating and over 1000 games worked single-handedly; as pitcher, won 32 games for 1884 Baltimore Orioles
- May 6 - William Slocum, 59, sportswriter and editor for several New York newspapers since 1910
- August 14 - Joe Kelley, 71, left fielder who batted .317 lifetime, including marks over .360 for the 1894-97 Baltimore Orioles; 194 triples ranked 4th all-time upon retirement, and had six seasons of 100 runs and five of 100 RBI