1953 Little League World Series
1953 Little League World Series | |
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Dates | August 25–August 28 |
Teams participating | 8 |
Champion |
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Runner-up |
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The 1953 Little League World Series was held from August 25 to August 28 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1] In the championship game, Birmingham, Alabama, beat Schenectady, New York, by a score of 1–0 in the seventh edition of the tournament.[2]
The Birmingham Public Library commemorated the 50th anniversary of the championship in 2003.[3]
Teams
Results
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
August 25 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
August 27 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
10 | ||||||||||
August 25 | ||||||||||
9 | ||||||||||
17 | ||||||||||
August 28 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
August 26 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
August 27 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
August 26 | ||||||||||
10 | Third place | |||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
August 28 | ||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
Notable players
- Jim Barbieri of Schenectady would return in 1954 as a member of that year's championship team, and would later play in Major League Baseball.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Little League World Series Opens Tuesday". Pottsville Republican. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. AP. August 24, 1953. p. 12. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Alabama Wins Little League World Series". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP. August 29, 1953. p. 11. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Boys of Summer 1953 – Photo 13". Birmingham Public Library. 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Schenectady In Little Loop WS". New York Daily News. August 23, 1953. p. 91. Retrieved August 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Boys of Summer 1953 – Photo 11". Birmingham Public Library. 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
External links
- 1953 Tournament Bracket via Wayback Machine
- 1953 Line Scores via Wayback Machine
- "The Boys of Summer 1953". Birmingham Public Library. 2003.
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