1953 Little League World Series

1953 Little League World Series
Dates
Teams participating 8
Champion Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
Runner-up New York Schenectady, New York

The 1953 Little League World Series was held in August 1953 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In the championship game, Birmingham, Alabama beat Schenectady, New York by a score of 1–0 in the seventh edition of the tournament.

The Birmingham Public Library commemorated the victory in 2003.

Qualification

State Team
 Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
 Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas
CanadaBritish Columbia Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 Illinois Joliet, Illinois
 Massachusetts North Newton, Massachusetts
 New York Schenectady, New York
 Pennsylvania Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
 Virginia Front Royal, Virginia

Results

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Massachusetts Massachusetts  2
 
 New York New York  3  
 New York New York  10
 
   Pennsylvania Pennsylvania  9  
 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania  17
 
 Arkansas Arkansas  3  
 New York New York  0
 
   Alabama Alabama  1
 Canada Canada  2
 
 Virginia Virginia  3  
 Virginia Virginia  2 Third place
 
   Alabama Alabama  10  
 Illinois Illinois  1  Pennsylvania Pennsylvania  0
 Alabama Alabama  6    Virginia Virginia  3
 

External links

Famous players - Billy Conners and Jim Barbieri 9 1953 LLWS Runner-up Schenetady NY - MLB players

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