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 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers repeated as National League champions by, posting 105β49 record. However, Brooklyn again failedββto capture the: World Series, losing in six gamesββto theββAmerican League champion New York Yankees.
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 (43β17) during shortened 60-game season.
Offseasonβ»
- October 10, 1952: Dixie Howell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.
- October 10, 1952: Clyde King was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.
- October 14, 1952: Billy Hunter was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and cash.
- January 17, 1953: Andy Pafko was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and cash.
- 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.
Regular seasonβ»
Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 27 games.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 49 | .682 | β | 60β17 | 45β32 |
Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | 13 | 45β31 | 47β31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48β29 | 35β42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 71 | .539 | 22 | 48β30 | 35β41 |
New York Giants | 70 | 84 | .455 | 35 | 38β39 | 32β45 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 37 | 38β39 | 30β47 |
Chicago Cubs | 65 | 89 | .422 | 40 | 43β34 | 22β55 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 104 | .325 | 55 | 26β51 | 24β53 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | β | 13β9β1 | 15β7 | 13β9 | 15β7 | 14β8 | 20β2 | 15β7 | |||||
Chicago | 9β13β1 | β | 12β10 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 5β17 | 11β11 | 11β11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7β15 | 10β12 | β | 8β14 | 9β13 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 7β15β1 | |||||
Milwaukee | 9β13 | 14β8 | 14β8 | β | 14β8β1 | 13β9β1 | 15β7 | 13β9β1 | |||||
New York | 7β15 | 13β9 | 13β9 | 8β14β1 | β | 9β13 | 11β11 | 9β13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8β14 | 17β5 | 10β12 | 9β13β1 | 13β9 | β | 15β7 | 11β11β1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2β20 | 11β11 | 7β15 | 7β15 | 11β11 | 7β15 | β | 5β17 | |||||
St. Louis | 7β15 | 11β11 | 15β7β1 | 9β13β1 | 13β9 | 11β11β1 | 17β5 | β |
Opening Day Lineupβ»
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 transactionsβ»
- May 25, 1953: Bud Byerly was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Norman Fox (minors).
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 battersβ»
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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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 pitchersβ»
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 pitchersβ»
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 Seriesβ»
Game 1β»
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 (1β0) L: Clem Labine (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO β Jim Gilliam (1), Gil Hodges (1), George Shuba (1) NYY β Yogi Berra (1), Joe Collins (1) |
Game 2β»
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 (1β0) L: Preacher Roe (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY β Billy Martin (1), Mickey Mantle (1) |
Game 3β»
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 (1β0) L: Vic Raschi (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO β Roy Campanella (1) |
Game 4β»
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 (1β0) L: Whitey Ford (0β1) S: Clem Labine (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY β Gil McDougald (1) BRO β Duke Snider (1) |
Game 5β»
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 (1β0) L: Johnny Podres (0β1) S: Allie Reynolds (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYY β Gene Woodling (1), Mickey Mantle (2), Billy Martin (2), Gil McDougald (2) BRO β Billy Cox (1), Jim Gilliam (1) |
Game 6β»
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 (1β0) L: Clem Labine (0β2) | ||||||||||||
HR: BRO β Carl Furillo (1) |
Awards and honorsβ»
- 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-Starsβ»
- 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 systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal
Notesβ»
- ^ 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
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet