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 |
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Radio |
WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
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.
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]
Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 27 games. [7]
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 |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal