1943 MLB Leaders
Who led all of MLB in 1943, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Tetelo Vargas .472
- 2 Josh Gibson .466
- 3 Jerry Benjamin .374
- 4 Pancho Coimbre .362
- 5 Vic Harris .362
Home Runs
HR- 1 Rudy York 34
- 2 Charlie Keller 31
- 3 Bill Nicholson 29
- 4 Vern Stephens 22
- 5 Josh Gibson 20
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Bill Nicholson 128
- 2 Rudy York 118
- 3 Josh Gibson 112
- 4 Nick Etten 107
- 5 Bob Elliott 101
Hits
H- 1 Stan Musial 220
- 2 Dick Wakefield 200
- 3 Mickey Witek 195
- 4 Billy Herman 193
- 5 Luke Appling 192
Runs
R- 1 Arky Vaughan 112
- 2 Stan Musial 108
- 3 George Case 102
- 4 Charlie Keller 97
- 5 Bill Nicholson 95
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 George Case 61
- 2 Wally Moses 56
- 3 Thurman Tucker 29
- 4 Luke Appling 27
- 5 Mickey Vernon 24
- 1 Josh Gibson 1.435
- 2 Tetelo Vargas 1.136
- 3 Stan Musial .988
- 4 Larry Doby .973
- 5 Buck Leonard .953
Pitching
- 1 Spud Chandler 1.64
- 2 Max Lanier 1.90
- 3 R. T. Walker 2.13
- 4 Tiny Bonham 2.27
- 5 Mickey Haefner 2.29
Wins
W- 1 Mort Cooper 21
- 1 Elmer Riddle 21
- 1 Rip Sewell 21
- 4 Dizzy Trout 20
- 4 Spud Chandler 20
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Johnny Vander Meer 174
- 2 Allie Reynolds 151
- 3 Hal Newhouser 144
- 4 Mort Cooper 141
- 5 Al Javery 134
Saves
SV- 1 Gordon Maltzberger 14
- 2 Les Webber 10
- 3 Ace Adams 9
- 3 Mace Brown 9
- 3 Joe Heving 9
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Hilton Smith 0.98
- 2 Spud Chandler 0.99
- 3 Whit Wyatt 1.01
- 4 R. T. Walker 1.03
- 5 Virgil Trucks 1.10
- 1 Al Javery 303.0
- 2 Johnny Vander Meer 289.0
- 3 Nate Andrews 283.2
- 4 Mort Cooper 274.0
- 5 Jim Bagby 273.0
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.