1953 New York Yankees season
1953 New York Yankees | |
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1953 World Series Champions 1953 American League Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Dan Topping and Del Webb |
General manager(s) | George Weiss |
Manager(s) | Casey Stengel |
Local television | WPIX |
Local radio | WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Joe E. Brown) |
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The 1953 New York Yankees season was the 51st season for the team in New York, and its 53rd season overall. 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.
Offseason[]
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Regular season[]
Season standings[]
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[]
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
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[]
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[]
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 |
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Whitey Ford | 32 | 207 | 18 | 6 | 3.00 | 110 |
Vic Raschi | 28 | 181 | 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[]
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 | 14 | 7 | 3.00 | 84 |
Allie Reynolds | 41 | 145 | 13 | 7 | 3.41 | 86 |
Bob Kuzava | 33 | 92.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.31 | 48 |
Ewell Blackwell | 8 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 | 11 |
Steve Kraly | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 3.24 | 8 |
Bill Miller | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 4.76 | 17 |
Relief pitchers[]
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[]
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[]
- Billy Martin, Babe Ruth Award
- Yogi Berra, Runner-up, American League MVP [1]
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Harry Craft |
AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern Association | Mayo Smith |
A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Phil Page |
B | Quincy Gems | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Vern Hoscheit |
B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Mickey Owen |
C | Boise Yankees | Pioneer League | Tedd Gullic |
C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | |
D | Owensboro Oilers | KITTY League | |
D | Olean Yankees | PONY League | and |
D | McAlester Rockets | Sooner State League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Binghamton, Quincy, Norfolk, McAlester[2]
Notes[]
References[]
- New York Yankees seasons
- 1953 Major League Baseball season
- 1953 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in the Bronx
- American League champion seasons
- World Series champion seasons
- Yankee Stadium (1923)