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1953 World Series

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
New York Yankees (4)	Casey Stengel	99–52, .656, GA: 8½
Brooklyn Dodgers (2)	Chuck Dressen	105–49, .682, GA: 13

Dates:

October 1–October 5

MVP:

Billy Martin

Television:

NBC

TV announcers:

Mel Allen, Vin Scully

Radio:

Mutual

Radio announcers:

Al Helfer, Gene Kelly

Umpires:

Bill Grieve (AL), Bill Stewart (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL), Artie Gore (NL), Hank Soar (AL: outfield only), Frank Dascoli (NL: outfield only)

Future Hall of Famers:

Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizutto. Dodgers: Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Dick Williams‡.
‡ elected as a manager.

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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 sixteenth overall. Billy Martin recorded his twelfth hit of the series scoring Hank Bauer in Game 6, and won the Series MVP.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Aftermath
4 Composite box
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 30	Brooklyn Dodgers – 5, New York Yankees – 9	Yankee Stadium (I)	3:10	69,734^[1]
2	October 1	Brooklyn Dodgers – 2, New York Yankees – 4	Yankee Stadium (I)	2:42	66,786^[2]
3	October 2	New York Yankees – 2, Brooklyn Dodgers – 3	Ebbets Field	3:00	35,270^[3]
4	October 3	New York Yankees – 3, Brooklyn Dodgers – 7	Ebbets Field	2:46	36,775^[4]
5	October 4	New York Yankees – 11, Brooklyn Dodgers – 7	Ebbets Field	3:02	36,775^[5]
6	October 5	Brooklyn Dodgers – 3, New York Yankees – 4	Yankee Stadium (I)	2:55	62,370^[6]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, September 30, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	5	12	2
New York	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	X	9	12	0

WP: Johnny Sain (1–0) LP: Clem Labine (0–1)
HRs: BRO – Jim Gilliam (1), Gil Hodges (1), George Shuba (1) NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Joe Collins (1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 1, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
New York	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	4	5	0

WP: Eddie Lopat (1–0) LP: Preacher Roe (0–1)
HRs: NYY – Billy Martin (1), Mickey Mantle (1)

Game 3

Friday, October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	0
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	3	9	0

WP: Carl Erskine (1–0) LP: Vic Raschi (0–1)
HRs: BRO – Roy Campanella (1)

Although the Yankees won the Series, Brooklyn had at least one shining moment, as pitcher Carl Erskine set a new Series record by striking out fourteen Yankees in Game 3. That broke Howard Ehmke's 1929 record by one. Ersk's record would stand until Sandy Koufax got fifteen in 1963.

In that same game, Yogi Berra was struck twice by Erskine, making him the first American League player in World Series history to be a hit-batsman twice during the same game.

Game 4

Saturday, October 3, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	9	0
Brooklyn	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	7	12	0

WP: Billy Loes (1–0) LP: Whitey Ford (0–1) SV: Clem Labine (1)
HRs: NYY – Gil McDougald (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1)

Game 5

Sunday, October 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	11	11	1
Brooklyn	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	7	14	1

WP: Jim McDonald (1–0) LP: Johnny Podres (0–1) SV: Allie Reynolds (1)
HRs: NYY – Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2), Billy Martin (2), Gil McDougald (2) BRO – Billy Cox (1), Jim Gilliam (2)

Game 6

Monday, October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	3
New York	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	13	0

WP: Allie Reynolds (1–0) LP: Clem Labine (0–2)
HRs: BRO – Carl Furillo (1)

Aftermath

Dropping their seventh Series without a victory, the Dodgers terminated manager Chuck Dressen's contract; Dressen was demanding two more years. Walter Alston would take his place and manage the Dodgers for the next 23 seasons (1954–1976) before being replaced by Tommy Lasorda.

Composite box

1953 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Brooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	8	1	5	0	4	0	5	7	3	33	56	1
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	1	0	3	3	7	2	5	3	27	64	7
Total attendance: 307,710 Average attendance: 51,285
Winning player’s share: $8,281 Losing player’s share: $6,178^[7]

Notes

^ "1953 World Series Game 1 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B09300NYA1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1953 World Series Game 2 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B10010NYA1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1953 World Series Game 3 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B10020BRO1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1953 World Series Game 4 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B10030BRO1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1953 World Series Game 5 - New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B10040BRO1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1953 World Series Game 6 - Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B10050NYA1953.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

References

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 245–249)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2161. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. "1953 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1953_WS.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

External links

1953 World Series History at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
1953 World Series at Baseball Almanac
1953 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
The 1953 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
History of the World Series - 1953 at The SportingNews

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