Retrosheet has box scores for twenty-one interracial games played in 1943. Thirteen of these games were directly related to World War II. Twelve of these games involved the Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars, who abandoned their Negro National League schedule to barnstorm with a white team organized by Honus Wagner to raise money for the war effort. The Stars were sometimes referred to as the "War Bond Bombers" or "Victory Bombers" during this tour.
In addition, a game was played at Great Lakes Naval Station between a white team of former and future major-leaguers in the U.S. Navy (GLK) and the Chicago American Giants (CAG) of the Negro American League. The game story for this game in the Chicago Defender noted that "[t]he Great Lakes team ha[d] wins against the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs." A play-by-play account of this game has been deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores.
The remaining interracial games this season are more typical games between barnstorming "All-Star" teams in California in October and November. The Negro League teams involved in these games were the Baltimore Colored Giants (BCG) and Kansas City Royals (KCR) - neither of whom seemed to have an obvious connection to Baltimore or Kansas City. The white teams include a team organized by Joe Pirrone (PIR), a team referred to as "Major League All Stars" (MLS) and the (somewhat oddly named) Western Pipe & Steel Boilermakers (WSB). Retrosheet has box scores for several other games between high-level teams which are not included here because the white teams (mostly a team referred to as Kent Parker's All-Stars) did not necessarily have enough major-league talent. These games may be added at a later date. Retrosheet is also aware of several games for which box scores have not been found.
July 4, 1943 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati OH Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 - 6 2 0 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 4 0 WP: R.T. Walker, LP: Dick Tate Retrosheet game file July 4, 1943 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati OH Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 4 5 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 5 1 0 WP: Howard Peckman, LP: Retrosheet game file July 11, 1943 at Island Park, Harrisburg PA Exhibition game Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 3 Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 3 WP: R.T. Walker, LP: Howard Peckman Retrosheet game file July 13, 1943 at Elks Park, Uniontown PA Exhibition game Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 0 0 0 0 0 ? ? ? ? - 4 0 Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 3 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 7 0 WP: Lefty Boone, LP: Retrosheet game file July 18, 1943 at Ramage-Hasson Field, Oil City PA Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 11 2 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 WP: Henry Grimes, LP: James Baurle, SV: Lefty Boone Retrosheet game file July 18, 1943 at Ramage-Hasson Field, Oil City PA Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 3 0 1 - 4 5 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 3 1 5 0 x - 9 8 0 WP: Dick Tate, LP: Lefty Boone Retrosheet game file July 25, 1943 at Elks Park, Uniontown PA Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 4 10 3 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 10 0 WP: Dick Tate, LP: Lefty Boone Retrosheet game file August 1, 1943 at Offermann Stadium, Buffalo NY Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 6 1 0 WP: Dizzy Dean, LP: Retrosheet game file August 7, 1943 at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Great Lakes IL Exhibition game Chicago American Giants 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 19 2 Great Lakes Naval Training 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 12 1 WP: Gentry Jessup, LP: Tom Ferrick Retrosheet game file August 22, 1943 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA Exhibition game Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 12 6 Honus Wagner All-Stars (HW) 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 x - 13 13 3 WP: Howard Peckman, LP: Lefty Boone Retrosheet game file October 17, 1943 at Recreation Park, Long Beach CA Exhibition game Kansas City Royals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 1 Major League All Stars(M) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 WP: , LP: Walter Olsen Retrosheet game file October 24, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 - 8 12 3 Baltimore Colored Giants 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 3 WP: Newt Kimball, LP: Booker McDaniel Retrosheet game file October 24, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 Baltimore Colored Giants 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 7 1 WP: Booker McDaniel, LP: Red Kress Retrosheet game file October 31, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 6 2 Baltimore Colored Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4 13 2 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Red Kress Retrosheet game file October 31, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 1 Baltimore Colored Giants 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 1 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file November 5, 1943 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Major League All Stars(M) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 2 Kansas City Royals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 WP: Jack Salveson, LP: Jack Matchett Retrosheet game file November 7, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 - 8 12 2 Baltimore Colored Giants 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 x - 11 12 3 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Bobo Newsom Retrosheet game file November 7, 1943 at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 2 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0 Baltimore Colored Giants 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 5 1 WP: Fay Thomas, LP: Johnny Markham Retrosheet game file November 11, 1943 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Western Pipe & Steel Boilermakers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 x - 4 9 0 WP: Terris McDuffie, LP: Jesse Flores Retrosheet game file November 14, 1943 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Major League All Stars(M) 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 6 11 2 Kansas City Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 3 3 WP: Walter Olsen, LP: Jack Matchett Retrosheet game file November 14, 1943 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Major League All Stars(M) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1 Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 WP: Bill Seinsoth, LP: Chet Brewer Retrosheet game file
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