1943 Philadelphia Phillies season

Lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943. On March 9, Cox announced that the team would officially be called the "Phillies" again after former-President Gerald Nugent had named them "Phils" prior to the 1942 season.

In 1943, the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. The fans responded with an increase in attendance. Eventually, it was revealed by Cox that he had been betting on the Phillies, and he was banned from baseball.

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 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Game log

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 * undefinedThe 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 on June 29.
 * undefinedThe 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.
 * undefinedThe 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.
 * undefinedThe 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.
 * undefinedThe 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.
 * undefinedThe original schedule indicated a single games on May 10 and July 17 with New York; which became a double-header on July 17.
 * undefinedThe 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.
 * undefinedThe original schedule indicated a single games on October 2 and 3 at Pittsburgh; which became a double-header on October 3.

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''

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