1953 World Series
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The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth straight title – a mark which has not been equalled – and their 16th overall. Billy Martin recorded his 12th hit of the series scoring Hank Bauer in Game 6, and won the Series MVP.
Although the Yankees won the Series, Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine set a Series record by striking out 14 Yankees in Game 3 (a record which has since been broken).
Managers: Casey Stengel (New York), Chuck Dressen (Brooklyn)
Umpires: Bill Grieve (AL), Bill Stewart (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL), Artie Gore (NL), Hank Soar (AL: outfield only), Frank Dascoli (NL: outfield only)
Television: NBC (Mel Allen and Vin Scully announcing)
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[edit] Summary
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] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
September 30: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| New York (A) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | x | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Johnny Sain (1-0) L: Clem Labine (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: BRO – Jim Gilliam (1), Gil Hodges (1), George Shuba (1) NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Joe Collins (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 1: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Ed Lopat (1-0) L: Preacher Roe (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Billy Martin (1), Mickey Mantle (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 2: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Carl Erskine (1-0) L: Vic Raschi (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: BRO – Roy Campanella (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 3: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Billy Loes (1-0) L: Whitey Ford (0-1) S: Clem Labine (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 4: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| W: Jim McDonald (1-0) L: Johnny Podres (0-1) S: Allie Reynolds (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2), Billy Martin (2), Gil McDougald (2) BRO – Billy Cox (1), Jim Gilliam (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 6
October 5: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| New York (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| W: Allie Reynolds (1-0) L: Clem Labine (0-2) | ||||||||||||
| HR: BRO – Carl Furillo (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] External links
- 1953 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1953 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1953 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
- 1953 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
[edit] Trivia
- The Brooklyn Dodgers batted exactly .300 as a team, yet lost. This was the ninth time in World Series history where a losing team had a better team batting average and only the fifth time a team batted at least .300.
- On October 2, 1953, Yogi Berra was struck twice by pitcher Carl Erskine making him the first American League player in World Series history to be a hit-batsman twice during the same game.
- During Game 3, Carl Erskine mowed down fourteen (14) batters for a new World Series single game record — one later beaten by Bob Gibson with seventeen (17) in game one of the 1968 World Series.
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