# 1943 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1943 New York Giants season was the franchise's 61st season. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a 55–98 record, 49½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 49 | .682 | — | 58‍–‍21 | 47‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 18 | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 81 | 72 | .529 | 23½ | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 25 | 47‍–‍30 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Cubs | 74 | 79 | .484 | 30½ | 36‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Boston Braves | 68 | 85 | .444 | 36½ | 38‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | .416 | 41 | 33‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍47 |
| New York Giants | 55 | 98 | .359 | 49½ | 34‍–‍43 | 21‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–9 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 3–19 |
| Brooklyn | 9–12 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 12–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 |
| Cincinnati | 11–11 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 16–6–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| New York | 11–11 | 8–14 | 9–12–1 | 6–16–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | 4–18 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 14–8–1 | — | 10–12–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — | 7–15–2 |
| St. Louis | 19–3 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 15–7–2 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Gus Mancuso | 94 | 252 | 50 | .198 | 2 | 20 |
| 1B | Joe Orengo | 83 | 266 | 58 | .218 | 6 | 29 |
| 2B | Mickey Witek | 153 | 622 | 195 | .314 | 6 | 55 |
| SS | Bill Jurges | 136 | 481 | 110 | .229 | 4 | 29 |
| 3B | Dick Bartell | 99 | 337 | 91 | .270 | 5 | 28 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 125 | 380 | 89 | .234 | 18 | 47 |
| OF | Joe Medwick | 78 | 324 | 91 | .281 | 5 | 45 |
| OF | Johnny Rucker | 132 | 505 | 138 | .273 | 2 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Sid Gordon | 131 | 474 | 119 | .251 | 9 | 63 |
| Buster Maynard | 121 | 393 | 81 | .206 | 9 | 32 |
| Ernie Lombardi | 104 | 295 | 90 | .305 | 10 | 51 |
| Charlie Mead | 37 | 146 | 40 | .274 | 1 | 13 |
| Nap Reyes | 40 | 125 | 32 | .256 | 0 | 13 |
| Babe Barna | 40 | 113 | 23 | .204 | 1 | 12 |
| Buddy Kerr | 27 | 98 | 28 | .286 | 2 | 12 |
| Ray Berres | 20 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Stephenson | 9 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Hugh Poland | 4 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
| Vic Bradford | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Cliff Melton | 34 | 186.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.19 | 55 |
| Rube Fischer | 22 | 130.2 | 5 | 10 | 4.61 | 47 |
| Ken Chase | 21 | 129.1 | 4 | 12 | 4.11 | 86 |
| Bill Lohrman | 17 | 80.1 | 5 | 6 | 5.15 | 16 |
| Carl Hubbell | 12 | 66.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.91 | 31 |
| Bill Voiselle | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.03 | 19 |
| Frank Seward | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Tom Sunkel | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Johnnie Wittig | 40 | 164.0 | 5 | 15 | 4.23 | 56 |
| Van Mungo | 45 | 154.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.91 | 83 |
| Harry Feldman | 31 | 104.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.30 | 49 |
| Bill Sayles | 18 | 53.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.75 | 38 |
| Ken Trinkle | 11 | 45.2 | 1 | 5 | 3.74 | 10 |
| Hugh East | 13 | 40.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.36 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Ace Adams | 70 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2.82 | 46 |
| Johnny Allen | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.07 | 24 |
| Bobby Coombs | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.94 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Gabby Hartnett |
| A | Springfield Rifles | Eastern League | Spencer Abbott |
| D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Hal Gruber |