1953 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1953 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1953

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Brooklyn Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Al Rosen NL: Roy Campanella

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Harvey Kuenn NL: Jim Gilliam

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Cincinnati,Ohio

Teams

Players

529

Attendance

14,383,797

Payroll

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1953 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R	151	99	52	.656	--	801	547	254	Won World Series (Dodgers)	1,537,811	2	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	92	62	.597	8.5	770	627	143	dnq	1,069,176	5	Hank Greenberg	Al Lopez	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
3	3	5	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	11.5	716	592	124	dnq	1,191,353	3	Frank Lane	Paul Richards	Comiskey Park
4	4	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	153	84	69	.549	16.0	656	632	24	dnq	1,026,133	6	Joe Cronin	Lou Boudreau	Fenway Park
5	5	9	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	152	76	76	.500	23.5	687	614	73	dnq	595,594	12	Calvin Griffith	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
6	6	13	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	60	94	.390	40.5	695	923	-228	dnq	884,658	7	Charlie Gehringer	Fred Hutchinson	Briggs Stadium
7	7	14	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	59	95	.383	41.5	632	799	-167	dnq	362,113	15	Art Ehlers	Jimmy Dykes	Connie Mack Stadium
8	8	15	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	54	100	.351	46.5	555	778	-223	dnq	297,238	16	Bill Veeck	Marty Marion	Sportsman's Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	105	49	.682	--	955	689	266	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,163,419	4	Buzzie Bavasi	Chuck Dressen	Ebbets Field
2	2	3	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R	154	92	62	.597	13.0	738	589	149	dnq	1,826,397	1	John Quinn	Charlie Grimm	County Stadium
3	3	7	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	22.0	768	713	55	dnq	880,242	8	---	Eddie Stanky	Sportsman's Park
4	4	8	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	22.0	716	666	50	dnq	853,644	9	Bob Carpenter	Steve O'Neill	Connie Mack Stadium
5	5	10	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	70	84	.455	35.0	768	747	21	dnq	811,518	10	Chub Feeney	Leo Durocher	Polo Grounds
6	6	11	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	68	86	.442	37.0	714	788	-74	dnq	548,086	14	Gabe Paul	Rogers Hornsby, Buster Mills	Crosley Field
7	7	12	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	65	89	.422	40.0	633	835	-202	dnq	763,658	11	Wid Mathews	Phil Cavarretta	Wrigley Field
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	50	104	.325	55.0	622	887	-265	dnq	572,757	13	Branch Rickey	Fred Haney	Forbes Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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