1953 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1953

Champions

Major League Baseball

*World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2)
*All-Star Game, July 14 at Crosley Field: National League, 5-1

Other champions

*Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)
*College World Series: Michigan
*Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-2)
*Little League World Series: Southside, Birmingham, Alabama
*All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Grand Rapids Chicks

Awards and honors

*MLB Most Valuable Player Award
** Al Rosen (unanimous), Cleveland Indians, 3B
** Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, C
*MLB Rookie of the Year Award
** Harvey Kuenn, Detroit Tigers, SS
** Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn Dodgers, 2B
*The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
**Al Rosen, Cleveland Indians
*The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
**Bob Porterfield, Washington Senators
**Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves
*The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
**Casey Stengel, New York Yankees

tatistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

January-March

*January 21 - The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean and former Philadelphia Athletics slugger Al Simmons.

*March 13 - Boston Braves owner, Lou Perini, announced he was moving the team to Milwuakee, where the Braves had their top farm club, in time for the 1953 season.

April-June

*April 13 - In Cincinnati over 30,000 see the Milwaukee Braves win their first game, 2-0, behind the pitching of Max Surkont

*April 17 - New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hit the longest home run in Griffith Stadium history, a 565-feet shot off Washington Senators Chuck Stobbs. The Yankees win, 7-3.

*April 30 - The Little-Bigger League changes its name to the Babe Ruth League.

*May 6 - In his very first Major League start, Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns no-hits the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0. Holloman will only post two more victories in his Major League career, in which his final appearance is on July 19 of this season.

*June 3 - Congress cites the research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving that Alexander Cartwright "founded" baseball and not Abner Doubleday. His 1947 book "Bat, Ball and Bishop" documents Cartwright's contributions to the origins of the game of the baseball.

*June 14 - The New York Yankees sweep the Cleveland Indians, 6-2 and 3-0, before 74,708 at Cleveland Stadium to extend their winning streak at 18 games.

July-September

*July 14 - The National League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5-1 in Cincinnati's Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets 2 hits, scores twice and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base hit.

*September 12 - Carl Erskine defeats the Braves 5-2, as the Brooklyn Dodgers clinch the pennant earlier than any other team in history.

*September 13 - Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player in Philadelphia Athletics history.

*September 14 - The New York Yankees clinch their 5th straight pennant with an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. Second baseman Billy Martin has 4 RBIs.

October-December

*October 5 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3, in Game 6 of the World Series, to win their record-setting fifth consecutive World Championship and sixteenth overll, four games to two. Billy Martin was the star of the Series with a record-setting 12 hits, including the game-winning single in the bottom of the 9th of Game 6 to clinch the title.

*At the end of the 1953 season, Bill Veeck, facing dwindling attendance and revenue is forced to sell the St. Louis Browns to a Baltimore-based group led by attorney Clarence Miles and brewer Jerry Hoffberger. The Browns would move to Baltimore and be known as the Orioles for the by|1954 season.

Movies

*"The Kid from Left Field"
*"Big Leaguer"

Births

January-March

*January 1 - Lynn Jones
*January 8 - Bruce Sutter
*January 9 - Iván DeJesús
*January 13 - Odell Jones
*January 24 - Tim Stoddard
*February 7 - Dan Quisenberry
*February 27 - Ron Hassey
*March 8 - Jim Rice
*March 23 - Bo Diaz
*March 27 - Gary Alexander
*March 29 - Tom Hume
*March 31 - Tom Hausman

April-June

*April 2 - Héctor Cruz
*May 6 - Larry Andersen
*May 9 - Ron Jackson
*May 15 - George Brett
*May 16 - Rick Rhoden
*May 28 - Rafael Landestoy
*June 6 - Dave Bergman
*June 10 - Francisco Barrios
*June 14 - Luis Aponte
*June 21 - Charlie Moore
*June 22 - Roy Thomas

July-September

*July 3 - Frank Tanana
*July 25 - Biff Pocoroba
*August 5 - Rick Mahler
*August 8 - Al Woods
*August 10 - Tom Brookens
*August 15 - Nino Espinosa
*August 24 - Luis Sánchez
*September 2 - Danny Goodwin
*September 3 - Mike Paxton
*September 23 - Tony Armas
*September 29 - Warren Cromartie

October-December

*October 1 - Pete Falcone
*October 20 - Keith Hernandez
*October 21 - Juan Eichelberger
*October 23 - Bo McLaughlin
*November 3 - Larry Herndon
*November 6 - John Candelaria
*November 10 - Larry Parrish
*November 29 - Sixto Lezcano
*December 6 - Gary Ward
*December 22 - Tom Underwood
*December 23 - Jerry Manuel

Deaths

*January 11 - Doc Moskiman, 73, first baseman/right fielder for the 1910 Boston Red Sox
*January 24 - Ben Taylor, 64, star first baseman of the Negro Leagues, later a manager, coach and umpire
*February 13 - Happy Foreman, 53, relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox between 1924 and 1926
*March 6 - Tex Pruiett, 69, pitcher for the Boston Americans/Red Sox from 1907 to 1908
*March 28 - Jim Thorpe, 65, tremendous all-around athlete who, despite hitting only .252 in his career, saw his batting average improve in each of his six seasons, lastly hitting .327 in 1919
*April 11 - Kid Nichols, 83, Hall of Fame pitcher who won 361 games, with 7 seasons of 30 victories
*April 18 - Harry Niles, 72, speedy infielder/outfielder for the St. Louis Browns, New York Highlanders, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Naps from 1906 to 1910, who also broke up the perfect game bid of pitcher Cy Young during the 1908 season
*May 19 - Sam Leever, 81, 4-time 20-game winner who compiled a career record of 194-100, all with Pittsburgh
*May 27 - Jesse Burkett, 84, Hall of Fame outfielder who batted .338 in a 16-year career
*June 22 - Charlie Hemphill, 77, outfielder for five teams, who also became the first Opening Day right fielder in Boston American League franchise's history in 1901
*December 13 - Klondike Douglass, 81, First baseman/Catcher for nine seasons.
*December 15 - Ed Barrow, 85, Hall of Fame executive who built the Yankees into a dynasty in the 1920s and 1930s
*December 24 - Pinch Thomas, 65, catcher who won three World Series rings with the Boston Red in 1915-16 and Cleveland Indians in 1920
*December 25 - Patsy Donovan, 88, outfielder who batted .301 and went on to manage five teams