1953 New York Yankees season

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 (since 1903);
Other information
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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.604	8.5
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

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League Records Sources:
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

1953 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

40 Ewell Blackwell

16 Whitey Ford

24 Tom Gorman

35 Steve Kraly

21 Bob Kuzava

30 Eddie Lopat

18 Jim McDonald

23 Bill Miller

17 Vic Raschi

22 Allie Reynolds

11 Johnny Sain

19 Ray Scarborough

20,38 Art Schallock

35 Johnny Schmitz

Catchers

8 Yogi Berra

32 Ralph Houk

29 Charlie Silvera

Infielders

38 Loren Babe

45 Don Bollweg

27 Jim Brideweser

6 Andy Carey

42 Jerry Coleman

15 Joe Collins

1 Billy Martin

12 Gil McDougald

20 Willy Miranda

36 Johnny Mize

10 Phil Rizzuto

26 Gus Triandos

44 Frank Verdi

Outfielders

9 Hank Bauer

7 Mickey Mantle

25 Irv Noren

28 Bill Renna

14 Gene Woodling

Other batters

41 Bob Cerv

43 Art Schult

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

2 Frankie Crosetti

33 Bill Dickey

32 Ralph Houk

31 Jim Turner

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
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
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
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
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
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
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]

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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	Bunny Mick
D	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	Marvin Crater
D	Olean Yankees	PONY League	Bill Davis and Walter Lance
D	McAlester Rockets	Sooner State League	Bill Cope

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Binghamton, Quincy, Norfolk, McAlester^[2]

Notes

↑ 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

References

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[1] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.21, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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

New York Yankees 1953 World Series champions
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 29 Charlie Silvera 30 Ed Lopat 36 Johnny Mize 38 Art Schallock 45 Don Bollweg
Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 31 Jim Turner 32 Ralph Houk 33 Bill Dickey
Regular season Dodgers–Yankees rivalry Subway Series

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 (since 1903)
Other information
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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