1953 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersDan Topping and Del Webb
General managersGeorge Weiss
ManagersCasey Stengel
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Joe E. Brown)
Seasons

The 1953 New York Yankees season was the 51st season for the team. 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 Home Road
New York Yankees 9952 0.656 — 50–27 49–25
Cleveland Indians 9262 0.597 8½ 53–24 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 11½ 41–36 48–29
Boston Red Sox 8469 0.549 16 38–38 46–31
Washington Senators 7676 0.500 23½ 39–36 37–40
Detroit Tigers 6094 0.390 40½ 30–47 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5995 0.383 41½ 27–50 32–45
St. Louis Browns 54100 0.351 46½ 23–54 31–46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —6–1613–913–910–1115–717–510–12
Chicago 16–6—11–11–114–8–19–1310–1217–512–10
Cleveland 9–1311–11–1—14–811–1119–317–511–11
Detroit 9–138–14–18–14—6–1611–11–37–1511–11
New York 11–1013–911–1116–6—17–517–514–6
Philadelphia 7–1512–103–1911–11–35–17—13–98–14
St. Louis 5–175–175–1715–75–179–13—10–12
Washington 12–1010–1211–1111–116–1414–812–10—

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
CYogi Berra137503149.29627108
1BJoe Collins127387104.2691744
2BBilly Martin149587151.2571575
3BGil McDougald141581154.2851083
SSPhil Rizzuto134413112.271254
OFGene Woodling125395121.3061058
OFHank Bauer133437133.3041057
OFMickey Mantle127461136.2952192

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 Noren10934592.267646
Don Bollweg7015546.297624
Bill Renna6112138.314213
Johnny Mize8110426.250427
Charlie Silvera428223.280012
Andy Carey518126.32148
Willy Miranda485813.22415
Gus Triandos18518.15716
Loren Babe5186.33326
Jerry Coleman8102.20000
Ralph Houk892.33301
Bob Cerv860.00000
Jim Brideweser7331.00003
Art Schult700----00
Frank Verdi100----00

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 Ford32207.01863.00110
Vic Raschi28181.01363.3376
Ed Lopat25178.11642.4250
Jim McDonald27129.2973.8243

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 Sain40189.01473.0084
Allie Reynolds41145.01373.4186
Bob Kuzava3392.1653.3148
Bill Miller1334.0214.7617
Steve Kraly525.0023.248
Ewell Blackwell819.2203.6611

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 Gorman404563.3938
Ray Scarborough252203.2920
Art Schallock70012.9513
Johnny Schmitz30012.080

1953 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dodgers – 5, Yankees – 9September 30Yankee Stadium69,374
2Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 4October 1Yankee Stadium66,786
3Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 3October 2Ebbets Field35,270
4Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 7October 3Ebbets Field36,775
5Yankees – 11, Dodgers – 7October 4Ebbets Field36,775
6Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 4October 5Yankee Stadium62,370

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, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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