Charlie Gilbert led the league with 47 home runs this year, tied for the second most ever. Gilbert didn't have much success in real life, hitting just 5 home runs over the course of 6 seasons. This dynasty certainly has seen some real unusual results so far.
Mule Suttles retired from baseball, and went out as the career home run leader with 559. I've talked a lot about the Negro League star already, but he really had an impressive career. A .337 career batting average, 4222 hits, 2230 RBI, 2159 runs scored, and the 559 home runs. He didn't quite reach Rose's 4256 hits, or Hank Aarons' 2297 RBI for his career, and would have been seventh in runs behind Rickey Henderson, Cobb, Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, and Rose. Definitely not too shabby of a career.
In other news, Jimmie Foxx was released by the New York Giants. His career appears just about over at this point, and I'd expect Foxx to retire as the third failure in a row, even if he signs with another team.
Willard Brown joined the career home run list, while both Frank Brazill and Al Simmons dropped off with 167 homers.
The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Mel Ott (511) 342
Jimmie Foxx (534) 266
Ted Williams (521) 159
Stan Musial (475) 69
Players to Debut
(43) - next debut: 1944 - Duke Snider (407)
Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(2) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450
Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(2) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290
1943 Home Run Leaders
1. Charlie Gilbert - 47
2. Willard Brown - 28
3. Joe Bauman - 25
4. Frankie Kelleher - 22
5. Rudy York - 22
6. Bob Garretson - 21
7. Hank Greenberg - 21
1943 Home Run Rookie Leader
Ted Kluszewski - 15
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
2. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
3. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
4. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
5. Mule Suttles (1929) 43
6. Mule Suttles (1930) 43
7. Leroy Jones (1928) 42
8. Syl Simon (1930) 39
9. Mule Suttles (1934) 39
10. Bud Davis (1923) 38
11. Leroy Jones (1925) 36
Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
5. Larry Doby (1942) 20
6. Nick Etten (1932) 18
7. Tommy Henrich (1932) 17
8. George Selkirk (1927) 17
9. Frank Colman (1938) 17
10. Stan Musial (1939) 17
11. Al Rosen (1942) 17
Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Leroy Jones -450
3. Ed Breckenridge - 355
4. Babe Ruth -351
5. Mel Ott #-342
6. Syl Simon -314
7. Lou Gehrig -290
8. Yam Yaryan -281
9. Hank Greenberg #-274
10. Jimmie Foxx #-266
11. Dan Lally - 255
12. Frank Reiger -244
13. Henry Cote - 237
14. Johnny Mize #-232
15. Buster Burrell - 224
16. Carr Smith -219
17. Oscar Charleston -209
18. Phil Weintraub #-203
19. Bud Davis -195
20. Joe DiMaggio #-194
21. Charlie Keller #-190
22. Billy Klusman - 189
23. Claude Wilborn #-185
24. Willard Brown #-179
25. Rogers Hornsby -175