The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers repeated as National League champions by posting a 105–49 record. However, Brooklyn again failed to capture the World Series, losing in six games to the American League champion New York Yankees.
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith |
President | Walter O'Malley |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi |
Managers | Chuck Dressen |
Television | WOR-TV WPIX WABC-TV WABD |
Radio | WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
The Dodgers' .682 winning percentage in 1953 stood is still the best single-season winning percentage in franchise history for a full season. In 2020, the Dodgers posted a .717 mark (43–17) during a shortened 60-game season.[1]
Offseason edit
- October 10, 1952: Dixie Howell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
- October 10, 1952: Clyde King was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.[3]
- October 14, 1952: Billy Hunter was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and cash.[4]
- January 17, 1953: Andy Pafko was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and cash.[5]
- February 16, 1953: The Dodgers traded Rocky Bridges to the Cincinnati Reds and Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves as part of a four-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to the Dodgers. The Braves sent cash to the Reds and Earl Torgeson to the Phillies. The Reds sent Joe Adcock to the Braves, and the Phillies sent cash to the Braves.[6]
Regular season edit
Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 27 games.[7]
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | 0.682 | — | 60–17 | 45–32 |
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 13 | 45–31 | 47–31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 22 | 48–29 | 35–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 22 | 48–30 | 35–41 |
New York Giants | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 35 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 37 | 38–39 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | 0.422 | 40 | 43–34 | 22–55 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | 0.325 | 55 | 26–51 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 20–2 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13–1 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15–1 | |||||
Milwaukee | 9–13 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 14–8–1 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | |||||
New York | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–14–1 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2–20 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 11–11 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 17–5 | — |
Opening Day Lineup edit
Opening Day Lineup | ||
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# | Name | Position |
19 | Jim Gilliam | 2B |
1 | Pee Wee Reese | SS |
4 | Duke Snider | CF |
42 | Jackie Robinson | 3B |
39 | Roy Campanella | C |
29 | Don Thompson | LF |
14 | Gil Hodges | 1B |
6 | Carl Furillo | RF |
17 | Carl Erskine | P |
Notable transactions edit
- May 25, 1953: Bud Byerly was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Norman Fox (minors).[9]
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Roy Campanella | 144 | 519 | 162 | .312 | 41 | 142 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 141 | 520 | 157 | .302 | 31 | 122 |
2B | Jim Gilliam | 151 | 605 | 168 | .278 | 6 | 63 |
3B | Billy Cox | 100 | 327 | 95 | .291 | 10 | 44 |
SS | Pee Wee Reese | 140 | 524 | 142 | .271 | 13 | 61 |
OF | Duke Snider | 153 | 590 | 198 | .336 | 42 | 126 |
OF | Jackie Robinson | 136 | 484 | 159 | .329 | 12 | 95 |
OF | Carl Furillo | 132 | 479 | 165 | .344 | 21 | 92 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Bobby Morgan | 69 | 196 | 51 | .260 | 7 | 33 |
George Shuba | 74 | 169 | 43 | .254 | 5 | 23 |
Wayne Belardi | 69 | 163 | 39 | .239 | 11 | 34 |
Don Thompson | 96 | 153 | 37 | .242 | 1 | 12 |
Rube Walker | 43 | 95 | 23 | .242 | 3 | 9 |
Dick Williams | 30 | 55 | 12 | .218 | 2 | 5 |
Bill Antonello | 40 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 1 | 4 |
Carmen Mauro | 8 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Teed | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dixie Howell | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Carl Erskine | 39 | 246.2 | 20 | 6 | 3.54 | 187 |
Russ Meyer | 34 | 191.1 | 15 | 5 | 4.56 | 106 |
Billy Loes | 32 | 162.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.54 | 75 |
Preacher Roe | 25 | 157.0 | 11 | 3 | 4.36 | 85 |
Ray Moore | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 4 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Milliken | 37 | 117.2 | 8 | 4 | 3.37 | 65 |
Johnny Podres | 33 | 115.0 | 9 | 4 | 4.23 | 82 |
Glenn Mickens | 4 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 11.37 | 5 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Hughes | 48 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3.47 | 49 |
Clem Labine | 37 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2.77 | 44 |
Joe Black | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5.33 | 42 |
Ben Wade | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3.79 | 65 |
Ralph Branca | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 5 |
Erv Palica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 |
1953 World Series edit
Game 1 edit
September 30, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
New York (A) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | x | 9 | 12 | 0 |
W: Johnny Sain (1–0) L: Clem Labine (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO – Jim Gilliam (1), Gil Hodges (1), George Shuba (1) NYY – Yogi Berra (1), Joe Collins (1) |
Game 2 edit
October 1, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 4 | 5 | 0 |
W: Ed Lopat (1–0) L: Preacher Roe (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Billy Martin (1), Mickey Mantle (1) |
Game 3 edit
October 2, 1953, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 3 | 9 | 0 |
W: Carl Erskine (1–0) L: Vic Raschi (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO – Roy Campanella (1) |
Game 4 edit
October 3, 1953, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Brooklyn (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | x | 7 | 12 | 0 |
W: Billy Loes (1–0) L: Whitey Ford (0–1) S: Clem Labine (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Gil McDougald (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1) |
Game 5 edit
October 4, 1953, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
W: Jim McDonald (1–0) L: Johnny Podres (0–1) S: Allie Reynolds (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY – Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2), Billy Martin (2), Gil McDougald (2) BRO – Billy Cox (1), Jim Gilliam (1) |
Game 6 edit
October 5, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
New York (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
W: Allie Reynolds (1–0) L: Clem Labine (0–2) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO – Carl Furillo (1) |
Awards and honors edit
- National League Most Valuable Player
- National League Rookie of the Year
- TSN Player of the Year Award
- TSN NL Rookie of the Year Award
All-Stars edit
- 1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella, starter, catcher
- Pee Wee Reese, starter, shortstop
- Carl Furillo, reserve
- Gil Hodges, reserve
- Jackie Robinson, reserve
- Duke Snider, reserve
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Roy Campanella, catcher
- Carl Furillo, outfield
- Duke Snider, outfield
- Pee Wee Reese, shortstop
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal
Notes edit
- ^ Los Angeles Dodgers Team History & Encyclopedia
- ^ Dixie Howell at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Clyde King at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Billy Hunter at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Andy Pafko at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jim Pendleton at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Duke Snider at The Baseball Page
- ^ 1953 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bud Byerly at Baseball-Reference
References edit
External links edit
- 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet