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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 30, 1953 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 1, 1953 at Yankee Stad (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 - Ed Lopat
	       LP - Preacher Roe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              NYY - Mantle, Martin

  ATTENDANCE: 66,786

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Fld (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

  October 3, 1953 at Ebbets Fld (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

  October 4, 1953 at Ebbets Fld (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

  October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stad (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

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Hank Bauer          6  23  6  6  0  1  0   1  2  4  .261  .346  .348  0 | 437 133 10  .304  .840   2
*Yogi Berra          6  21  3  9  1  0  1   4  3  3  .429  .538  .619  0 | 503 149 27  .296  .886   0
*Don Bollweg         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 155  46  6  .297  .887   1
*Joe Collins         6  24  4  4  1  0  1   2  3  8  .167  .259  .333  0 | 387 104 17  .269  .804   2
*Whitey Ford         2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 |  75  20  0  .267  .638   0
 Tom Gorman          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  15   2  0  .133  .321   0
#Bob Kuzava          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  21   1  0  .048  .248   0
*Ed Lopat            1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63  12  0  .190  .488   0
#Mickey Mantle       6  24  3  5  0  0  2   7  3  8  .208  .296  .458  0 | 461 136 21  .295  .895   8
 Billy Martin        6  24  5 12  1  2  2   8  1  2  .500  .520  .958  1 | 587 151 15  .257  .709   6
 Jim McDonald        1   2  0  1  1  0  0   1  1  1  .500  .667 1.000  0 |  41   4  0  .098  .238   0
 Gil McDougald       6  24  2  4  0  1  2   4  1  3  .167  .231  .500  0 | 541 154 10  .285  .777   3
*Johnny Mize         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 104  26  4  .250  .733   0
*Irv Noren           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 345  92  6  .267  .738   3
 Vic Raschi          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63   9  0  .143  .341   0
 Allie Reynolds      3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .500  .667  .500  0 |  41   5  0  .122  .436   0
 Phil Rizzuto        6  19  4  6  1  0  0   0  3  2  .316  .409  .368  1 | 413 112  2  .271  .734   4
 Johnny Sain         2   2  1  1  1  0  0   2  0  1  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  68  17  0  .250  .625   0
*Art Schallock       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   2  0  .333  .666   0
*Gene Woodling       6  20  5  6  0  0  1   3  6  2  .300  .462  .450  0 | 395 121 10  .306  .897   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 201 33 56  6  4  9  32 25 43  .279  .370  .483  2 |        139  .273  .772  34

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Wayne Belardi       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 163  39 11  .239  .796   0
 Joe Black           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  17   4  0  .235  .470   0
 Roy Campanella      6  22  6  6  0  0  1   2  2  3  .273  .360  .409  0 | 519 162 41  .312 1.006   4
 Billy Cox           6  23  3  7  3  0  1   6  1  4  .304  .333  .565  0 | 327  95 10  .291  .806   2
 Carl Erskine        3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 |  93  20  0  .215  .460   0
 Carl Furillo        6  24  4  8  2  0  1   4  1  3  .333  .360  .542  0 | 479 165 21  .344  .973   1
#Jim Gilliam         6  27  4  8  3  0  2   4  0  2  .296  .321  .630  0 | 605 168  6  .278  .798  21
 Gil Hodges          6  22  3  8  0  0  1   1  3  3  .364  .440  .500  1 | 520 157 31  .302  .943   1
 Jim Hughes          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  14   4  0  .286  .572   0
 Clem Labine         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  28   2  0  .071  .268   0
 Billy Loes          1   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 |  56   7  0  .125  .319   0
#Russ Meyer          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  75  11  0  .147  .339   0
 Bob Milliken        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  34   4  0  .118  .319   0
 Bobby Morgan        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 196  51  7  .260  .788   2
*Johnny Podres       1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  36  11  0  .306  .630   1
 Pee Wee Reese       6  24  0  5  0  1  0   0  4  1  .208  .321  .292  0 | 524 142 13  .271  .794  22
 Jackie Robinson     6  25  3  8  2  0  0   2  1  0  .320  .346  .400  1 | 484 159 12  .329  .927  17
 Preacher Roe        1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   3  1  .053  .205   0
*George Shuba        2   1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 4.000  0 | 169  43  5  .254  .752   1
*Duke Snider         6  25  3  8  3  0  1   5  2  6  .320  .370  .560  0 | 590 198 42  .336 1.046  16
*Don Thompson        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 153  37  1  .242  .604   2
 Ben Wade            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  24   4  1  .167  .459   0
 Dick Williams       3   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .500  .667  .500  0 |  55  12  2  .218  .635   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 213 27 64 13  1  8  26 15 30  .300  .352  .484  2 |        208  .285  .836  90

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Ed Lopat            1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  9  2  4  3 | 16-4  178  2.42  1.13  50   
 Vic Raschi          1   3.38 0-1  0  1  8.0  9  3  3  4 | 13-6  181  3.33  1.13  76  1
*Whitey Ford         2   4.50 0-1  0  0  8.0  9  4  2  7 | 18-6  207  3.00  1.43 110   
 Allie Reynolds      3   6.75 1-0  1  0  8.0  9  6  4  9 | 13-7  145  3.41  1.39  86 13
 Jim McDonald        1   5.87 1-0  0  0  7.7 12  5  0  3 |  9-7  130  3.82  1.29  43   
 Johnny Sain         2   4.76 1-0  0  0  5.7  8  3  1  1 | 14-7  189  3.00  1.24  84  9
 Tom Gorman          1   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  1  0  1 |  4-5   77  3.39  1.26  38  6
*Art Schallock       1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  1  1  1 |  0-0   21  2.95  2.11  13  1
*Bob Kuzava          1  13.50 0-0  0  0  0.7  2  1  0  1 |  6-5   92  3.31  1.36  48  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.50 4-2  1  2 52.0 64 26 15 30 |            3.20 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Brooklyn Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Carl Erskine        3   5.79 1-0  0  1 14.0 14  9  9 16 | 20-6  247  3.54  1.25 187  3
 Billy Loes          1   3.38 1-0  0  0  8.0  8  3  2  8 | 14-8  163  4.54  1.34  75   
*Preacher Roe        1   4.50 0-1  0  1  8.0  5  4  4  4 | 11-3  157  4.36  1.34  85   
 Clem Labine         3   3.60 0-2  1  0  5.0 10  2  1  3 | 11-6  110  2.77  1.11  44  7
 Russ Meyer          1   6.23 0-0  0  0  4.3  8  3  4  5 | 15-5  191  4.56  1.38 106   
 Jim Hughes          1   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  3  1  1  3 |  4-3   86  3.47  1.41  49  9
*Johnny Podres       1   3.38 0-1  0  0  2.7  1  1  2  0 |  9-4  115  4.23  1.65  82   
 Ben Wade            2  15.43 0-0  0  0  2.3  4  4  1  2 |  7-5   90  3.79  1.24  65  3
 Bob Milliken        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  0  1  0 |  8-4  118  3.37  1.16  65  2
 Joe Black           1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  0  2 |  6-3   73  5.33  1.39  42  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.91 2-4  1  2 51.3 56 28 25 43 |            4.10 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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