1943 International League season

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The 1943 International League season was the 58th in the league's history, and ended with the Syracuse Chiefs winning their second straight Governors' Cup. The Chiefs would lose the Junior World Series again, as well.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Toronto Maple Leafs	95	57	.625	--	Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates
Newark Bears	85	68	.556	10½	Billy Meyer	New York Yankees
Syracuse Chiefs	82	71	.536	13½	Jewel Ens	Cincinnati Reds
Montreal Royals	76	76	.500	19	Fresco Thompson	Brooklyn Dodgers
Rochester Red Wings	74	78	.487	21	Pepper Martin	St. Louis Cardinals
Baltimore Orioles	73	81	.474	23	Tommy Thomas	Cleveland Indians
Buffalo Bisons	66	87	.431	29½	Greg Mulleavy	Detroit Tigers
Jersey City Giants	60	93	.392	35½	Gabby Hartnett	New York Giants

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	4	Montreal Royals	0
						1	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
						3	Syracuse Chiefs	4
	2	Newark Bears	2
	3	Syracuse Chiefs	4

First Round

Toronto vs. Montreal Date Away Home September 14 Montreal 2 Toronto 5 September 15 Montreal 3 Toronto 7 September 17 Toronto 5 Montreal 3 September 18 Toronto 5 Montreal 1 Toronto wins series 4-0

Newark vs. Syracuse Date Away Home September 14 Newark 2 Syracuse 6 September 15 Newark 3 Syracuse 4 September 17 Syracuse 8 Newark 9 10 innings September 18 Syracuse 0 Newark 1 September 19 Syracuse 4 Newark 0 September 20 Newark 4 Syracuse 14 Syracuse wins series 4-2

Governors' Cup Finals

Toronto vs. Syracuse Date Away Home September 22 Syracuse 5 Toronto 3 September 23 Syracuse 0 Toronto 6 September 25 Toronto 3 Syracuse 1 September 26 Toronto 1 Syracuse 4 September 27 Toronto 0 Syracuse 2 September 28 Syracuse 2 Toronto 0 Syracuse wins series 4-2 and advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Red Schoendienst, Rochester, .337
• Runs Scored Frankie Zak, Toronto, 101
• Hits Schoendienst, 187
• Doubles Roberto Ortiz, Montreal, 40
• Triples Luis Olmo, Montreal, 12
• Home Runs Ed Kobesky, Buffalo, 18
• Runs Batted In George Staller, Baltimore, 98
• Stolen Bases Roland Harrington, Syracuse, 52

Pitching

• Wins Ed Klieman, Baltimore, 23
• Earned Run Average Lou Polli, Jersey City, 1.85
• Complete Games Rufe Gentry, Buffalo, 27
• Shutouts Luke Hamlin, Toronto, 8
• Strikeouts Steve Gromek, Baltimore, 188

References

• The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

• The International League: Year-by-Year Statistics Marshall Wright. McFarland, 1998