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The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

Offseason

November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted by the Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 rule 5 draft.^[1]

1943 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

1943 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hal Wagner	111	289	69	.239	1	26
1B	Dick Siebert	146	558	140	.251	1	72
2B	Pete Suder	131	475	105	.221	3	41
SS	Irv Hall	151	544	139	.256	0	54
3B	Eddie Mayo	128	471	103	.219	0	28
OF	Jo-Jo White	139	500	124	.248	1	30
OF	Bobby Estalella	117	367	95	.259	11	63
OF	Johnny Welaj	93	281	68	.242	0	15

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Elmer Valo	77	249	55	.221	3	18
Bob Swift	77	224	43	.192	1	11
Don Heffner	52	178	37	.208	0	8
Jim Tyack	54	155	40	.258	0	23
Jimmy Ripple	32	126	30	.238	0	15
George Staller	21	85	23	.271	3	12
Bill Burgo	17	70	26	.371	1	9
Frank Skaff	32	64	18	.281	1	8
Joe Rullo	16	55	16	.291	0	6
Woody Wheaton	7	30	6	.200	0	2
Ed Busch	4	17	5	.294	0	0
Tony Parisse	6	17	3	.176	0	1
Felix Mackiewicz	9	16	1	.063	0	0
Lew Flick	1	5	3	.600	0	0
George Kell	1	5	1	.200	0	1
Vern Benson	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Bruce Konopka	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Earle Brucker	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jesse Flores	31	231.1	12	14	3.11	113
Lum Harris	32	216.1	7	21	4.20	55
Don Black	33	208.0	6	16	4.20	65
Charlie Bowles	2	18.0	1	1	3.00	6
Jim Mains	1	8.0	0	1	5.63	4
Norm Brown	1	7.0	0	0	0.00	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Wolff	41	221.0	10	15	3.54	91
Orie Arntzen	32	164.1	4	13	4.22	66
Russ Christopher	24	133.0	5	8	3.45	56
Lou Ciola	12	43.2	1	3	5.56	7
Bert Kuczynski	6	24.2	0	1	4.01	8
Herman Besse	5	16.1	1	1	3.31	3
Tal Abernathy	5	14.2	0	3	12.89	10
John Burrows	4	7.2	0	1	8.22	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Everett Fagan	18	2	6	3	6.27	9
Carl Scheib	6	0	1	0	4.34	3
Sam Lowry	5	0	0	0	5.00	4
Tom Clyde	4	0	0	0	9.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira^[3]

^ Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference
^ Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007