1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1953
misc = 1953 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Chuck Dressen
television = WOR-TV
radio = WMGM
Red Barber, Vin Scully, Connie Desmond|

The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers repeated as NL Champs by posting a 105-49 record, the best season in team history. Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 27 games. [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php] However, the Dodgers again failed to win the World Series, losing in six games to the New York Yankees.

eason standings

1953 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Game 2

October 1, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Game 5

October 4, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Game 6

October 5, 1953 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

1953 Awards

*1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Roy Campanella starter
**Pee Wee Reese starter
**Carl Furillo reserve
**Gil Hodges reserve
**Jackie Robinson reserve
**Duke Snider reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Roy Campanella
*National League Rookie of the Year
**Jim Gilliam
*TSN Player of the Year Award
**Roy Campanella
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Roy Campanella
**Carl Furillo
**Duke Snider
**Pee Wee Reese
*TSN NL Rookie of the Year Award
**Jim Gilliam

1953 Transactions

*October 10: Purchased Dixie Howell from the Cincinnati Reds
*October 10: Sold Clyde King to the Cincinnati Reds
*October 14: Traded Billy Hunter to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and cash
*January 17: Traded Andy Pafko to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and cash
*February 16: Received Russ Meyer from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a 4-team trade where the Dodgers sent Rocky Bridges to the Cincinnati Reds and Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves
*May 25: Traded Bud Byerly to the New York Giants

1953 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Walter Alston) - International League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Clay Bryant) - American Association
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Max Macon) - Texas League
*AA Mobile Bears (managed by Ed Head) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by Al Brancato)- Eastern League
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by George Pfister) - Western League
*B: Asheville Tourists (managed by Ray Hathaway) - Tri-State League
*B: Miami Sun Sox (managed by Doc Alexson)- Florida International League
*B: Newport News Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak) - Piedmont League
*C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Pioneer League
*C: Santa Barbara Dodgers (managed by George Scherger) - California League
*D: Hornell Dodgers (managed by Mervin Dornburg/Jack Banta)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Shawnee Hawks (managed by Boyd Bartley) - Sooner State League
*D: Sheboygan Indians (managed by Joe Hauser) - Wisconsin State League
*D: Thomasville Dodgers (managed by John Angelone)- Georgia-Florida League
*D: Union City Dodgers (managed by Earl Naylor)- Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1953_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=842 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1953.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1953&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]