1953 New York Yankees season

1953 New York Yankees
1953 World Series Champions
1953 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1953 Information
Owner(s) Dan Topping and Del Webb
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.

Contents

Offseason

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

Roster

1953 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Berra, YogiYogi Berra 137 503 149 .296 27 108
1B Collins, JoeJoe Collins 127 387 104 .269 17 44
2B Martin, BillyBilly Martin 149 587 151 .257 15 75
3B McDougald, GilGil McDougald 141 581 154 .285 10 83
SS Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto 134 413 112 .271 2 54
OF Woodling, GeneGene Woodling 125 395 121 .306 10 58
OF Bauer, HankHank Bauer 133 437 133 .304 10 57
OF Mantle, MickeyMickey 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
Noren, IrvIrv Noren 109 345 92 .267 6 46
Bollweg, DonDon Bollweg 70 155 46 .297 6 24
Renna, BillBill Renna 61 121 38 .314 2 13
Mize, JohnnyJohnny Mize 81 104 26 .250 4 27
Silvera, CharlieCharlie Silvera 42 82 23 .280 0 12
Carey, AndyAndy Carey 51 81 26 .321 4 8
Miranda, WillyWilly Miranda 48 58 13 .224 1 5
Triandos, GusGus Triandos 18 51 8 .157 1 6
Babe, LorenLoren Babe 5 18 6 .333 2 6
Coleman, JerryJerry Coleman 8 10 2 .200 0 0
Houk, RalphRalph Houk 8 9 2 .333 0 1
Cerv, BobBob Cerv 8 6 0 .000 0 0
Brideweser, JimJim Brideweser 7 3 3 1.000 0 3
Schult, ArtArt Schult 7 0 0 ---- 0 0
Verdi, FrankFrank 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
Ford, WhiteyWhitey Ford 32 207 18 6 3.00 110
Raschi, VicVic Raschi 28 181 13 6 3.33 76
Lopat, EdEd Lopat 25 178.1 16 4 2.42 50
McDonald, JimJim 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
Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain 40 189 14 7 3.00 84
Reynolds, AllieAllie Reynolds 41 145 13 7 3.41 86
Kuzava, BobBob Kuzava 33 92.1 6 5 3.31 48
Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell 8 19.2 2 0 3.66 11
Kraly, SteveSteve Kraly 5 25 0 2 3.24 8
Miller, BillBill 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
Gorman, TomTom Gorman 40 4 5 6 3.39 38
Scarborough, RayRay Scarborough 25 2 2 0 3.29 20
Schallock, ArtArt Schallock 7 0 0 1 2.95 13
Schmitz, JohnnyJohnny 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

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

  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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

Preceded by
New York Yankees
1952
American League Champions
1953
Succeeded by
Cleveland Indians
1954
Preceded by
New York Yankees
1952
World Series Champions
New York Yankees

1953
Succeeded by
New York Giants
1954