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1953
From BR Bullpen
| 1953 in baseball |
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| Japanese baseball |
| American League |
| National League |
| Negro Leagues |
| << 1952 1954 >> |
Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1953.
Contents |
[edit] Club competitions
[edit] Professional
[edit] Asia and Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 - 2 - 1 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: New South Wales
[edit] Europe
[edit] North America
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Junior World Series: Montreal Royals (IL) over the Kansas City Blues (AA), 4 - 1 (Details)
- American Association: Kansas City Blues (Details)
- International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Hollywood Stars (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo
- Negro Leagues
- East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 5 - 1 at Comiskey Park (Details)
- American Girls' Baseball League: Grand Rapids Chicks defeated the Kalamazoo Lassies in the playoff finals, 2 - 0 (Details)
[edit] Winter Leagues
- Serie del Caribe: in Havana, Cuba; Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the league's finals, 4 - 1
- Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán
[edit] Amateur
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Rikkyo University defeated the Chuo University in the final, 6 - 2 (Details)
- College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Michigan defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the best-of-three finals, 7 - 5 (Details)
- Community College League of California: Santa Rosa Junior College over the Santa Ana College in the finals
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Sumoto High School (Hyogo) defeat Naniwa High School (Osaka), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Matsuyama High School (Ehime) defeat Tosa High School (Kochi), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Southside (Birmingham, AL) defeat Schenectady (Schenectady, NY), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
- National Girls Baseball League: [[]]
[edit] International competitions
[edit] Events
[edit] Culture
[edit] Literature
- Great Negro Baseball Stars, by A.S. Young
- The Philadelphia Phillies, by Frederick G. Lieb and Stan Baumgartner
- The Southpaw, by Mark Harris
[edit] Song
[edit] Film
[edit] Births
- Further information: Births in 1953
[edit] Deaths
- Further information: Deaths in 1953
