1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season
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This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.
With the roster depleted by players leaving for service in World War II, the 1943 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in third place.
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1943 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company |
President | Branch Rickey |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Radio | WHN Red Barber, Connie Desmond |
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The team featured five future Hall of Famers: second baseman Billy Herman, shortstop Arky Vaughan, outfielders Paul Waner, and Joe Medwick, and manager Leo Durocher.
Herman finished fourth in MVP voting, after hitting .330 with 100 runs batted in. Vaughan led the league in runs scored and stolen bases.