1953 New York Yankees season

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1953 New York Yankees 1953 World Series Champions 1953 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1953 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Joe E. Brown)

The New York Yankees' 1953 season was the 51st season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 99-52, winning their 20th pennant, finishing 8.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 6 games. This was the Yankees fifth consecutive World Series win, a record that still stands in the 21st Century. Between the player flexibility of free agency, and the two extra post-season playoff layers, neither of which were factors in 1953, winning even two consecutive Series is a daunting challenge in the 2000s.

1 Season standings
2 Roster
3 Player stats
4 World Series
5 Awards and Honors
6 External links

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.604	2
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.325	40.5
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46.5

[edit] Roster

1953 New York Yankees roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Hank Bauer	133	437	133	.304	10	57
Yogi Berra	137	503	149	.296	27	108
Joe Collins	127	387	104	.269	17	44
Mickey Mantle	127	461	136	.295	21	92
Billy Martin	149	587	151	.257	15	75
Gil McDougald	141	581	154	.285	10	83
Phil Rizzuto	134	413	112	.271	2	54
Gene Woodling	125	395	121	.306	10	58

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Loren Babe	5	18	6	.333	2	6
Don Bollweg	70	155	46	.297	6	24
Jim Brideweser	7	3	3	1.000	0	3
Andy Carey	51	81	26	.321	4	8
Bob Cerv	8	6	0	.000	0	0
Jerry Coleman	8	10	2	.200	0	0
Ralph Houk	8	9	2	.333	0	1
Willy Miranda	48	58	13	.224	1	5
Johnny Mize	81	104	26	.250	4	27
Irv Norton	109	345	92	.267	6	46
Bill Renna	61	121	38	.314	2	13
Art Schult	7	0	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Silvera	42	82	23	.280	0	12
Gus Triandos	18	51	8	.157	1	6
Frank Verdi	1	0	0	.000	0	0

[edit] Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Whitey Ford	32	207	18	6	3.00	110
Ed Lopat	25	178.3	16	4	2.42	50
Jim McDonald	27	129.7	9	7	3.82	43
Vic Raschi	28	181	13	6	3.33	76

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ewell Blackwell	8	19.7	2	0	3.66	11
Steve Kraly	5	25	0	2	3.24	8
Bill Miller	13	34	2	1	4.76	17
Art Schallock	7	21.3	0	0	2.95	13
Johnny Schmitz	3	4.3	0	0	2.08	0

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Gorman	40	4	5	6	3.39	38
Bob Kuzava	33	6	5	4	3.31	48
Allie Reynolds	41	13	7	13	3.41	86
Johnny Sain	40	14	7	9	3.00	84
Ray Scarborough	25	2	2	0	3.29	20

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1953 World Series

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

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 9	September 30	Yankee Stadium	69,374
2	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4	October 1	Yankee Stadium	66,786
3	Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 3	October 2	Ebbets Field	35,270
4	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 7	October 3	Ebbets Field	36,775
5	Yankees – 11, Dodgers – 7	October 4	Ebbets Field	36,775
6	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 4	October 5	Yankee Stadium	62,370

[edit] Awards and Honors

Billy Martin, Babe Ruth Award

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1953 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1953 All-Star Game • 1953 World Series

Preceded by New York Yankees 1952	American League Champions 1953	Succeeded by Cleveland Indians 1954
Preceded by New York Yankees 1952	World Series Champions New York Yankees 1953	Succeeded by New York Giants 1954

v • d • e New York Yankees 1953 World Series roster

1 Billy Martin \| 7 Mickey Mantle \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 9 Hank Bauer \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 11 Johnny Sain \| 12 Gil McDougald \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 15 Joe Collins \| 16 Whitey Ford \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 18 Jim McDonald \| 21 Bob Kuzava \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 24 Tom Gorman \| 25 Irv Noren \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 38 Art Schallock \| 45 Don Bollweg Manager 37 Casey Stengel

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