1953 World Series - New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2)

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1953 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (99-52) over Brooklyn Dodgers (105-49)

1952 WS / 1954 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, September 30, 1953 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  1  3    1  0  0     5 12  2
    New York Yankees             4  0  0    0  1  0    1  3  x     9 12  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Erskine, Hughes (2), Labine (6), Wade (7)
              NYY - Reynolds, Sain (6)

               WP - Johnny Sain
	       LP - Clem Labine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Gilliam, Hodges, Shuba
              NYY - Berra, Collins

  ATTENDANCE: 69,734

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1953 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  x     4  5  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Roe
              NYY - Lopat

               WP - Eddie Lopat
	       LP - Preacher Roe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Mantle, Martin

  ATTENDANCE: 66,786

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0     2  6  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  x     3  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Raschi
              BRO - Erskine

               WP - Carl Erskine
	       LP - Vic Raschi
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              BRO - Campanella

  ATTENDANCE: 35,270

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1953 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  1     3  9  0
    Brooklyn Dodgers             3  0  0    1  0  2    1  0  x     7 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Gorman (2), Sain (5), Schallock (7)
              BRO - Loes, Labine (9)

               WP - Billy Loes
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - Clem Labine

   HOME RUNS: NYY - McDougald
              BRO - Snider

  ATTENDANCE: 36,775

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  5    0  0  0    3  1  1    11 11  1
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  1  0    0  1  0    0  4  1     7 14  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - McDonald, Kuzava (8), Reynolds (9)
              BRO - Podres, Meyer (3), Wade (8), Black (9)

               WP - Jim McDonald
	       LP - Johnny Podres
             SAVE - Allie Reynolds

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Mantle, Martin, McDougald, Woodling
              BRO - Cox, Gilliam

  ATTENDANCE: 36,775

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Dodgers             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2     3  8  3
    New York Yankees             2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     4 13  0

    PITCHERS: BRO - Erskine, Milliken (5), Labine (7)
              NYY - Ford, Reynolds (8)

               WP - Allie Reynolds
	       LP - Clem Labine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - Furillo
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 62,370

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hank Bauer	6	23	6	6	0	1	0	1	2	4	.261	.346	.348	.694	0	0	133	437	77	133	10	57	2	.304	.841
Yogi Berra	6	21	3	9	1	0	1	4	3	3	.429	.538	.619	1.158	0	1	137	503	80	149	27	108	0	.296	.886
Don Bollweg	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	70	155	24	46	6	24	1	.297	.887
Joe Collins	6	24	4	4	1	0	1	2	3	8	.167	.259	.333	.593	0	0	127	387	72	104	17	44	2	.269	.805
Whitey Ford	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	33	75	10	20	0	10	0	.267	.639
Tom Gorman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	40	15	0	2	0	0	0	.133	.321
Bob Kuzava	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	21	3	1	0	0	0	.048	.248
Eddie Lopat	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	26	63	5	12	0	1	0	.190	.488
Mickey Mantle	6	24	3	5	0	0	2	7	3	8	.208	.296	.458	.755	0	1	127	461	105	136	21	92	8	.295	.895
Billy Martin	6	24	5	12	1	2	2	8	1	2	.500	.520	.958	1.478	1	2	149	587	72	151	15	75	6	.257	.710
Jim McDonald	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	29	41	2	4	0	4	0	.098	.237
Gil McDougald	6	24	2	4	0	1	2	4	1	3	.167	.231	.500	.731	0	0	141	541	82	154	10	83	3	.285	.777
Johnny Mize	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	81	104	6	26	4	27	0	.250	.733
Irv Noren	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	109	345	55	92	6	46	3	.267	.738
Vic Raschi	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	63	4	9	0	11	0	.143	.341
Allie Reynolds	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	42	41	3	5	0	2	0	.122	.436
Phil Rizzuto	6	19	4	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	.316	.409	.368	.778	1	0	134	413	54	112	2	54	4	.271	.734
Johnny Sain	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	41	68	8	17	0	8	0	.250	.625
Art Schallock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.667
Gene Woodling	6	20	5	6	0	0	1	3	6	2	.300	.462	.450	.912	0	0	125	395	64	121	10	58	2	.306	.898
Totals	69	201	33	56	6	4	9	32	25	43	.279	.370	.483	.852	2	4	151	5194	801	1420	139		34	.273	.776

Brooklyn Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Wayne Belardi	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	69	163	19	39	11	34	0	.239	.796
Joe Black	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	17	1	4	0	1	0	.235	.471
Roy Campanella	6	22	6	6	0	0	1	2	2	3	.273	.360	.409	.769	0	0	144	519	103	162	41	142	4	.312	1.006
Billy Cox	6	23	3	7	3	0	1	6	1	4	.304	.333	.565	.899	0	0	100	327	44	95	10	44	2	.291	.806
Carl Erskine	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	43	93	12	20	0	8	0	.215	.460
Carl Furillo	6	24	4	8	2	0	1	4	1	3	.333	.360	.542	.902	0	0	132	479	82	165	21	92	1	.344	.973
Jim Gilliam	6	27	4	8	3	0	2	4	0	2	.296	.321	.630	.951	0	1	151	605	125	168	6	63	21	.278	.798
Gil Hodges	6	22	3	8	0	0	1	1	3	3	.364	.440	.500	.940	1	0	141	520	101	157	31	122	1	.302	.943
Jim Hughes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	48	14	1	4	0	1	0	.286	.571
Clem Labine	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	28	1	2	0	0	0	.071	.268
Billy Loes	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	32	56	2	7	0	4	0	.125	.319
Russ Meyer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	75	6	11	0	2	0	.147	.339
Bob Milliken	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	34	1	4	0	1	0	.118	.319
Bobby Morgan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	69	196	35	51	7	33	2	.260	.788
Johnny Podres	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	34	36	5	11	0	1	1	.306	.630
Pee Wee Reese	6	24	0	5	0	1	0	0	4	1	.208	.321	.292	.613	0	0	140	524	108	142	13	61	22	.271	.794
Jackie Robinson	6	25	3	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	1	0	136	484	109	159	12	95	17	.329	.927
Preacher Roe	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	25	57	4	3	1	2	0	.053	.205
George Shuba	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	0	0	74	169	19	43	5	23	1	.254	.752
Duke Snider	6	25	3	8	3	0	1	5	2	6	.320	.370	.560	.930	0	0	153	590	132	198	42	126	16	.336	1.046
Don Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	96	153	25	37	1	12	2	.242	.604
Ben Wade	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	24	1	4	1	2	0	.167	.458
Dick Williams	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	30	55	4	12	2	5	0	.218	.635
Totals	73	213	27	64	13	1	8	26	15	30	.300	.352	.484	.836	2	1	155	5373	955	1529	208		90	.285	.840

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Whitey Ford	2	2	4.50	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	4	2	7	1.375	32	30	3.00	18	6	0	207.0	187	110	110	1.435
Tom Gorman	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	0	1	1.333	40	1	3.39	4	5	6	77.0	65	32	38	1.260
Bob Kuzava	1	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	0	1	3.000	33	6	3.31	6	5	4	92.1	92	34	48	1.365
Eddie Lopat	1	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	9	2	4	3	1.444	25	24	2.42	16	4	0	178.1	169	32	50	1.127
Jim McDonald	1	1	5.87	1	0	0	0	7.2	12	5	0	3	1.565	27	18	3.82	9	7	0	129.2	128	39	43	1.288
Vic Raschi	1	1	3.38	0	1	0	1	8.0	9	3	3	4	1.500	28	26	3.33	13	6	1	181.0	150	55	76	1.133
Allie Reynolds	3	1	6.75	1	0	1	0	8.0	9	6	4	9	1.625	41	15	3.41	13	7	13	145.0	140	61	86	1.386
Johnny Sain	2	0	4.76	1	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	1	1	1.588	40	19	3.00	14	7	9	189.0	189	45	84	1.238
Art Schallock	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1.500	7	1	2.95	0	0	1	21.1	30	15	13	2.109
Totals	13	6	4.50	4	2	1	2	52.0	64	26	15	30	1.519	151	151	3.200	99	52		1358.1	1286	500	604	1.315

Brooklyn Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joe Black	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	2	1.000	34	3	5.33	6	3	5	72.2	74	27	42	1.390
Carl Erskine	3	3	5.79	1	0	0	1	14.0	14	9	9	16	1.643	39	33	3.54	20	6	3	246.2	213	95	187	1.249
Jim Hughes	1	0	2.25	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	3	1.000	48	0	3.47	4	3	9	85.2	80	41	49	1.412
Clem Labine	3	0	3.60	0	2	1	0	5.0	10	2	1	3	2.200	37	7	2.77	11	6	7	110.1	92	30	44	1.106
Billy Loes	1	1	3.38	1	0	0	0	8.0	8	3	2	8	1.250	32	25	4.54	14	8	0	162.2	165	53	75	1.340
Russ Meyer	1	0	6.23	0	0	0	0	4.1	8	3	4	5	2.769	34	32	4.56	15	5	0	191.1	201	63	106	1.380
Bob Milliken	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	1	0	1.500	37	10	3.37	8	4	2	117.2	94	42	65	1.156
Johnny Podres	1	1	3.38	0	1	0	0	2.2	1	1	2	0	1.125	33	18	4.23	9	4	0	115.0	126	64	82	1.652
Preacher Roe	1	1	4.50	0	1	0	1	8.0	5	4	4	4	1.125	25	24	4.36	11	3	0	157.0	171	40	85	1.344
Ben Wade	2	0	15.43	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	1	2	2.143	32	0	3.79	7	5	3	90.1	79	33	65	1.240
Totals	15	6	4.91	2	4	1	2	51.1	56	28	25	43	1.578	155	155	4.100	105	49		1380.2	1337	509	817	1.337

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