The 1953 New York Yankees season was the 51st season for the team. 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 their home games 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.
1953 New York Yankees | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | George Weiss | |
Managers | Casey Stengel | |
Television | WPIX | |
Radio | WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Joe E. Brown) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Yogi Berra | 137 | 503 | 149 | .296 | 27 | 108 |
1B | Joe Collins | 127 | 387 | 104 | .269 | 17 | 44 |
2B | Billy Martin | 149 | 587 | 151 | .257 | 15 | 75 |
3B | Gil McDougald | 141 | 581 | 154 | .285 | 10 | 83 |
SS | Phil Rizzuto | 134 | 413 | 112 | .271 | 2 | 54 |
OF | Gene Woodling | 125 | 395 | 121 | .306 | 10 | 58 |
OF | Hank Bauer | 133 | 437 | 133 | .304 | 10 | 57 |
OF | Mickey Mantle | 127 | 461 | 136 | .295 | 21 | 92 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Irv Noren | 109 | 345 | 92 | .267 | 6 | 46 |
Don Bollweg | 70 | 155 | 46 | .297 | 6 | 24 |
Bill Renna | 61 | 121 | 38 | .314 | 2 | 13 |
Johnny Mize | 81 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 4 | 27 |
Charlie Silvera | 42 | 82 | 23 | .280 | 0 | 12 |
Andy Carey | 51 | 81 | 26 | .321 | 4 | 8 |
Willy Miranda | 48 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 1 | 5 |
Gus Triandos | 18 | 51 | 8 | .157 | 1 | 6 |
Loren Babe | 5 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 2 | 6 |
Jerry Coleman | 8 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Houk | 8 | 9 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Cerv | 8 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Brideweser | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 |
Art Schult | 7 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Frank Verdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Whitey Ford | 32 | 207.0 | 18 | 6 | 3.00 | 110 |
Vic Raschi | 28 | 181.0 | 13 | 6 | 3.33 | 76 |
Ed Lopat | 25 | 178.1 | 16 | 4 | 2.42 | 50 |
Jim McDonald | 27 | 129.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.82 | 43 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Sain | 40 | 189.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.00 | 84 |
Allie Reynolds | 41 | 145.0 | 13 | 7 | 3.41 | 86 |
Bob Kuzava | 33 | 92.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.31 | 48 |
Bill Miller | 13 | 34.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.76 | 17 |
Steve Kraly | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.24 | 8 |
Ewell Blackwell | 8 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 | 11 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Gorman | 40 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3.39 | 38 |
Ray Scarborough | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 20 |
Art Schallock | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.95 | 13 |
Johnny Schmitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 | 0 |
1953 World Series edit
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (2)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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 |
Awards and honors edit
- Billy Martin, Babe Ruth Award
- Yogi Berra, Runner-up, American League MVP [1]
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Binghamton, Quincy, Norfolk, McAlester[2]
Notes edit
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.21, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007