1943 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1943 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 61st season in the history of the franchise.
Lumber baron William D. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season.
In 1943, the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. The fans responded with an increase in attendance. Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball.

Offseason

Spring training

The Phillies opened spring training on March 18 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. They used the baseball diamond at Hershey High School.

Notable transactions

March 24, 1943: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased by the Phillies from the Montreal Royals. Rowe compiled an impressive 14–8 record with a 2.94 ERA in 27 games. He finished 14th in the 1943 National League MVP voting, higher than any other player on the Phillies club.

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
C	Mickey Livingston	84	265	66	.249	3	18
1B	Jimmy Wasdell	141	522	136	.261	4	67
2B	Danny Murtaugh	113	451	123	.273	1	35
SS		110	336	71	.211	2	24
3B	Pinky May	137	415	117	.282	1	48
OF	Ron Northey	147	586	163	.278	16	68
OF	Coaker Triplett	105	360	98	.272	14	52
OF	Buster Adams	111	418	107	.256	4	38

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
Babe Dahlgren	136	508	146	.287	5	56
Ray Hamrick	44	160	32	.200	0	9
Charlie Brewster	49	159	35	.220	0	12
Danny Litwhiler	36	139	36	.259	5	17
Earl Naylor	33	120	21	.175	3	14
Dee Moore	37	113	27	.239	1	8
Bob Finley	28	81	21	.259	1	7
Andy Seminick	22	72	13	.181	2	5
Tom Padden	17	41	12	.293	0	1
Paul Busby	26	40	10	.250	0	5
Benny Culp	10	24	5	.208	0	2
	12	20	2	.100	0	3
Garton Del Savio	4	11	1	.091	0	0

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
Al Gerheauser	38	215.0	10	19	3.60	92
Jack Kraus	34	199.2	9	15	3.16	48
	27	199.0	14	8	2.94	52
	23	169.1	10	9	2.39	65
Si Johnson	21	113.0	8	3	3.27	46
Dick Conger	13	54.2	2	7	6.09	18
Ken Raffensberger	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	3

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
Newt Kimball	34	89.2	1	6	4.12	33
	17	77.2	2	7	4.29	12
Johnny Podgajny	13	64.0	4	4	4.22	13
	13	60.2	1	5	4.60	17
Andy Karl	9	26.2	1	2	7.09	4
Roger McKee	4	13.1	1	0	6.08	1

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
Dutch Dietz	21	1	1	2	6.50	10
Dale Matthewson	11	0	3	0	4.85	8
George Eyrich	9	0	0	0	3.38	5
Boom-Boom Beck	4	0	0	0	9.88	3
Deacon Donahue	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Andy Lapihuska	1	0	0	0	23.14	0
Bill Webb	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	0