1943 By The Numbers
World Series
New York Giants 4-3 over Philadelphia Athletics
MVP Tommy Heinrich (Giants)
Batting Champions
AL: Johnny Mize (Philadelphia Athletics) .334
NL: Ted Williams (New York Giants) .362
The Home Run Kings
AL: Johnny Mize (Philadelphia Athletics) 21
NL: Ted Williams (New York Giants) .31
New Records
None
Accomplishments
Wally Judnich (Pirates) 3 HR in a single game
Dom DiMaggio (Athletics) and Wally Moses (Red Sox) hit for the cycle
Only 3 pitchers win over 20 games
Johnny Mize (Athletics) AL Triple Crown
Snuffy Strinweiss (Giants) 31 game hitting streak
Lou Gehrig (Pirates) 600th HR
Hank Greenberg (Senators) 300th HR
Jimmie Foxx (Red Sox) 3000th hit
Luke Appling (Pirates) 2500th hit
The Slam File
Elbie Fletcher is the second player to hit a GRAND SLAM in a World Series game. Season low 22 hit this season
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April 30th 1943 Bobby Doerr (Philadelphia Athletics)
May 18th 1943 Dolph Camilli (Brooklyn Dodgers)
May 22nd 1943 Bob Fenner (Brooklyn Dodgers)
May 26th 1943 Bill Hoskins (Chicago White Sox)
May 27th 1943 Ray Mueller (Cincinnati Reds)
June 6th 1943 Billy Johnson (Pittsburgh Pirates)
June 22nd 1943 Luke Appling (Pittsburgh Pirates)
June 23rd 1943 Les Fleming (Chicago Cubs) PH
June 27th 1943 Mutt Miller (Cleveland Indians)
July 2nd 1943 Billy Jurges (Philadelphia Athletics)
July 4th 1943 Frankie Kelleher (Chicago White Sox)
July 11th 1943 Tommy Holmes (Brooklyn Dodgers)
July 11th 1943 Babe Young (Cleveland Indians)
August 6th 1943 Ted Williams (New York Giants)
August 15th 1943 Bert Haas (Boston Braves) Walk off
August 15th 1943 Joe Becker (Detroit Tigers)
August 19th 1943 Enos Slaughter (Philadelphia Athletics)
August 22nd 1943 Jack Graham (Boston Red Sox)
August 24th 1943 Jake Early (New York Giants)
September 19th 1943 Joe Orengo (Chicago White Sox)
September 22nd 1943 Phil Weintraub (Boston Red Sox)
September 23rd 1943 Eddie Lake (Pittsburgh Pirates)
September 27th 1943 Hank Majeski (Detroit Tigers)
October 11th 1943 Elbie Fletcher (New York Giants) WS
35 were hit this year with Howard Murdeski (Cincinnati Reds) hitting 3