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Sports season
The 1943 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 20 to October 11, 1943. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the Yankees then defeated the Cardinals in the World Series , four games to one.
In order to conserve rail transport during World War II , the 1943 spring training sites was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River . Spring training sites included the Chicago White Sox in French Lick, Indiana ; the Washington Senators in College Park, Maryland ; and the Yankees in Asbury Park, New Jersey .[ 1]
Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Brooklyn Dodgers [ 2] 81 -22.1% 661,739 -36.2% 8,594 New York Yankees [ 3] 98 -4.9% 618,330 -32.9% 8,030 Detroit Tigers [ 4] 78 6.8% 606,287 4.5% 7,773 Washington Senators [ 5] 84 35.5% 574,694 42.4% 7,562 St. Louis Cardinals [ 6] 105 -0.9% 517,135 -6.6% 6,384 Chicago White Sox [ 7] 82 24.2% 508,962 19.5% 6,697 Chicago Cubs [ 8] 74 8.8% 508,247 -14.0% 6,777 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 9] 80 21.2% 498,740 11.1% 6,394 Philadelphia Phillies [ 10] 64 52.4% 466,975 102.9% 5,987 New York Giants [ 11] 55 -35.3% 466,095 -40.2% 6,053 Cleveland Indians [ 12] 82 9.3% 438,894 -4.5% 5,700 Cincinnati Reds [ 13] 87 14.5% 379,122 -11.2% 4,861 Philadelphia Athletics [ 14] 49 -10.9% 376,735 -11.0% 4,769 Boston Red Sox [ 15] 68 -26.9% 358,275 -50.9% 4,653 Boston Braves [ 16] 68 15.3% 271,289 -4.9% 3,523 St. Louis Browns [ 17] 72 -12.2% 214,392 -16.1% 2,784
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Pre-modern era
Beginnings Competition NL monopoly
Modern era
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