1953 World Series

Infobox World Series Expanded


year = 1953
champion = New York Yankees (4)
champion_manager = Casey Stengel
champion_games = 99-52, .656, GA: 8½
runnerup = Brooklyn Dodgers (2)
runnerup_manager = Chuck Dressen
runnerup_games = 105-49, .682, GA: 13
date = October 1–October 5
MVP = Billy Martin
television = NBC
announcers = Mel Allen and Vin Scully
radio_network = Mutual.
radio_announcers = Al Helfer and Gene Kelly.
umpires = Bill Grieve (AL), Bill Stewart (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL), Artie Gore (NL), Hank Soar (AL: outfield only), Frank Dascoli (NL: outfield only)
HOFers = Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizutto. Dodgers: Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Dick Williams‡.
ALCS =
NLCS =
‡ elected as a manager.

The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth straight title—a mark which has not been equalled—and their 16^th overall. Billy Martin recorded his 12^th hit of the series scoring Hank Bauer in Game 6, and won the Series MVP.

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AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (2)

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=3|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=12|RE=2
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=4|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=1|H8=3|H9=X|HR=9|HH=12|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Johnny Sain (1-0)|LP=Clem Labine (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Jim Gilliam (1), Gil Hodges (1), George Shuba (1)|HomeHR=Yogi Berra (1), Joe Collins (1)|

Game 2

Thursday, October 1, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=9|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=2|H9=X|HR=4|HH=5|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Eddie Lopat (1-0)|LP=Preacher Roe (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Billy Martin (1), Mickey Mantle (1)|

Game 3

Friday, October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=2|RH=6|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=1|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=3|HH=9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Carl Erskine (1-0)|LP=Vic Raschi (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Roy Campanella (1)|

Although the Yankees won the Series, Brooklyn had at least one shining moment, as pitcher Carl Erskine set a new Series record by striking out 14 Yankees in Game 3. That broke Howard Ehmke's 1929 record by 1. Ersk's record would stand until Sandy Koufax got 15 in 1963.

In that same game, Yogi Berra was struck twice by Erskine, making him the first American League player in World Series history to be a hit-batsman twice during the same game.

Game 4

Saturday, October 3, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=3|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=2|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=7|HH=12|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Billy Loes (1-0)|LP=Whitey Ford (0-1)|SV=Clem Labine (1)
RoadHR=Gil McDougald (1)|HomeHR=Duke Snider (1)|

Game 5

Sunday, October 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New YorkLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=1|R2=0|R3=5|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=3|R8=1|R9=1|RR=11|RH=11|RE=1
Home=Brooklyn|HomeAbr=BRO
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=4|H9=1|HR=7|HH=14|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jim McDonald (1-0)|LP=Johnny Podres (0-1)|SV=Allie Reynolds (1)
RoadHR=Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2), Billy Martin (2), Gil McDougald (2)|HomeHR=Billy Cox (1), Jim Gilliam (2)|

Game 6

Monday, October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New YorkLinescore
Road=Brooklyn|RoadAbr=BRO
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=3|RH=8|RE=3
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=2|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=4|HH=13|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Allie Reynolds (1-0)|LP=Clem Labine (0-2)|SV=
RoadHR=Carl Furillo (1)|HomeHR=|

Aftermath

Dropping their seventh Series without a victory, the Dodgers terminated manager Chuck Dressen's contract; Dressen was demanding two more years. Walter Alston would take his place and manage the Dodgers for the next 23 seasons (1954-1976) before being replaced by Tommy Lasorda.

Composite Box

1953 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)Linescore
Road=New York Yankees
R1=8|R2=1|R3=5|R4=0|R5=4|R6=0|R7=5|R8=7|R9=3|RR=33|RH=56|RE=1
Home=Brooklyn Dodgers
H1=3|H2=1|H3=0|H4=3|H5=3|H6=7|H7=2|H8=5|H9=3|HR=27|HH=64|HE=7Total Attendance: 307,710 — Average Attendance: 51,285Winning Player's Share: $8,281 — Losing Player's Share: $6,178cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml|title=World Series Gate Receipts d Player Shares|accessdate=2008-05-07|publisher=Baseball Almanac] |

Notes

References

*Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. "The World Series." 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 245-249)
*Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). "The Baseball Encyclopedia" (5th ed.), p. 2161. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
*cite web |author=Forman, Sean L. |title=1953 World Series |date= |work=Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1953_WS.shtml |accessdate=2007-12-09

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1953_WS.shtml 1953 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1953 1953 World Series at "WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)"]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1953ws.shtml 1953 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/YPS_1953.htm 1953 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org]