1943 in the Negro Leagues

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1943 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Homestead Grays 68 53 14 1 0.791 --
2 New York Cubans 34 19 14 1 0.576 17.0
3 Harrisburg Stars 16 8 8 0 0.500 19.5
4 Newark Eagles 58 26 32 0 0.448 22.5
5 Baltimore Elite Giants 47 18 26 3 0.409 23.5
6 Philadelphia Stars 53 21 31 1 0.404 24.5
6 New York Black Yankees 30 4 24 2 0.143 29.5
The Harrisburg Stars were suspended by the league in the second half.

Negro American League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Cleveland Buckeyes 61 38 22 1 0.633 --
2 Kansas City Monarchs 71 43 27 1 0.614 --
3 Birmingham Black Barons 83 46 35 2 0.568 2.5
4 Chicago American Giants 69 35 34 0 0.507 7.5
5 Memphis Red Sox 81 30 48 3 0.385 17.0
6 Cincinnati Clowns 93 31 57 5 0.352 21.0

Independent Teams[edit]

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

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Postseason[edit]

The Birmingham Black Barons beat the Chicago American Giants 3 games to 2 to capture their first Negro American League title.

In the Negro World Series, the Homestead Grays (NNL) defeated the Black Barons 4 games to 3.

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