1943 in the Negro Leagues

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1943 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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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

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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

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

• Chicago Brown Bombers

Postseason

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.