Season Almanac

1943 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

Team	Record	Roster VAL	Top player	Result
St. Louis Cardinals	105-49	238.4	Stan Musial	Playoffs
New York Yankees	98-56	233.6	Charlie Keller	Playoffs
Homestead Grays	57-15	63.1	Josh Gibson
Cincinnati Reds	87-67	199	Eric Tipton
Minnesota Twins	84-69	191.1	Stan Spence
Cleveland Indians	82-71	218.4	Jeff Heath
Chicago White Sox	82-72	187.8	Luke Appling
Los Angeles Dodgers	81-72	168.8	Arky Vaughan
New York Cubans	23-14	24.7	Tetelo Vargas
Pittsburgh Pirates	80-74	206.8	Bob Elliott
Kansas City Monarchs	30-24	28.1	Willard Brown
Chicago American Giants	20-15	9.2	Alex Radcliff
Detroit Tigers	78-76	222.8	Rudy York
Cincinnati Clowns	17-20	12.2	Sylvester Snead
Newark Eagles	16-19	11.8	Johnny Davis
Memphis Red Sox	14-17	1.6	Red Longley
Harrisburgh-St. Louis Stars	5-8	—	—
Philadelphia Stars	22-26	26.2	Jim West
Birmingham Black Barons	20-24	16.8	Piper Davis
Chicago Cubs	74-79	194.4	Bill Nicholson
Cleveland Buckeyes	16-21	7.6	Sam Jethroe
Baltimore Orioles	72-80	178.6	Vern Stephens
Baltimore Elite Giants	18-30	19.3	George Scales
Boston Red Sox	68-84	184.3	Bobby Doerr
Atlanta Black Crackers	68-85	140.9	Al Javery
New York Black Yankees	5-25	7.4	Marvin Barker
Philadelphia Phillies	64-90	99.1	Ron Northey
San Francisco Giants	55-98	139.1	Mel Ott
Athletics	49-105	131.5	Roger Wolff

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.