1943 Philadelphia Phillies season

Spring training The Phillies opened spring training on March 18 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. They used the baseball diamond at Hershey High School. Notable transactions • March 24, 1943: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased by the Phillies from the Montreal Royals. Rowe compiled an impressive 14–8 record with a 2.94 ERA in 27 games. He finished 14th in the 1943 National League MVP voting, higher than any other player on the Phillies club (Babe Dahlgren was 29th). ==Regular season==

Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log :The June 5, 1943, game was protested by the Phillies in the middle of the eighth inning. The protest was later upheld and the game was completed with new umpires :The first game of a scheduled double-header on June 6, 1943, ended after five innings due to rain with the score tied 1–1, and an additional game was played on July 30. :The second game of a scheduled double-header on June 13, 1943, ended with the score 6–3. After a verbal protest in the ninth inning, the Giants' Mel Ott lodged a formal protest. National League President Ford Frick ruled the hit batsman (Babe Dahlgren) out, and that the game be resumed on August 6. :The June 30, 1943, game ended after eleven innings due to the Major League Baseball curfew with the score tied 3–3, and an additional game was played on August 11. :The second game of a scheduled double-header on July 11, 1943, ended after eight innings due to the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew law with the score 8–14. :The original schedule indicated a single games on May 10 and July 17 with New York; which became a double-header on July 17. :The September 14, 1943, game ended after ten innings due to the National League curfew with the score tied 4–4, and an additional game was played on September 15. :The original schedule indicated a single games on October 2 and 3 at Pittsburgh; which became a double-header on October 3. 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 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts ==Farm system==

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