1953 New York Yankees season

1953 New York Yankees
World Series Champions American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers	George Weiss
Managers	Casey Stengel
Television	WPIX
Radio	WINS (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	99	52	0.656	—	50–27	49–25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	8½	53–24	39–38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	11½	41–36	48–29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	0.549	16	38–38	46–31
Washington Senators	76	76	0.500	23½	39–36	37–40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	0.390	40½	30–47	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	0.383	41½	27–50	32–45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	0.351	46½	23–54	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Roster

1953 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 40 Ewell Blackwell 16 Whitey Ford 24 Tom Gorman 35 Steve Kraly 21 Bob Kuzava 30 Eddie Lopat 18 Jim McDonald 23 Bill Miller 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 11 Johnny Sain 19 Ray Scarborough 20,38 Art Schallock 35 Johnny Schmitz		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 29 Charlie Silvera Infielders 38 Loren Babe 45 Don Bollweg 27 Jim Brideweser  6 Andy Carey 42 Jerry Coleman 15 Joe Collins  1 Billy Martin 12 Gil McDougald 20 Willy Miranda 36 Johnny Mize 10 Phil Rizzuto 26 Gus Triandos 44 Frank Verdi		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer  7 Mickey Mantle 25 Irv Noren 28 Bill Renna 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 41 Bob Cerv 43 Art Schult		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 32 Ralph Houk 31 Jim Turner

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	Yogi Berra	137	503	149	.296	27	108
1B	Joe Collins	127	387	104	.269	17	44
2B	Billy Martin	149	587	151	.257	15	75
3B	Gil McDougald	141	581	154	.285	10	83
SS	Phil Rizzuto	134	413	112	.271	2	54
OF	Gene Woodling	125	395	121	.306	10	58
OF	Hank Bauer	133	437	133	.304	10	57
OF	Mickey 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
Irv Noren	109	345	92	.267	6	46
Don Bollweg	70	155	46	.297	6	24
Bill Renna	61	121	38	.314	2	13
Johnny Mize	81	104	26	.250	4	27
Charlie Silvera	42	82	23	.280	0	12
Andy Carey	51	81	26	.321	4	8
Willy Miranda	48	58	13	.224	1	5
Gus Triandos	18	51	8	.157	1	6
Loren Babe	5	18	6	.333	2	6
Jerry Coleman	8	10	2	.200	0	0
Ralph Houk	8	9	2	.333	0	1
Bob Cerv	8	6	0	.000	0	0
Jim Brideweser	7	3	3	1.000	0	3
Art Schult	7	0	0	----	0	0
Frank 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
Whitey Ford	32	207.0	18	6	3.00	110
Vic Raschi	28	181.0	13	6	3.33	76
Ed Lopat	25	178.1	16	4	2.42	50
Jim 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
Johnny Sain	40	189.0	14	7	3.00	84
Allie Reynolds	41	145.0	13	7	3.41	86
Bob Kuzava	33	92.1	6	5	3.31	48
Bill Miller	13	34.0	2	1	4.76	17
Steve Kraly	5	25.0	0	2	3.24	8
Ewell Blackwell	8	19.2	2	0	3.66	11

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 Gorman	40	4	5	6	3.39	38
Ray Scarborough	25	2	2	0	3.29	20
Art Schallock	7	0	0	1	2.95	13
Johnny Schmitz	3	0	0	1	2.08	0

1953 World Series

Main article: 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

• Billy Martin, Babe Ruth Award
• Yogi Berra, Runner-up, American League MVP

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

• 1953 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1953 World Series
• 1953 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com