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The 1953 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1953 season.The 50th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and four-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series, and the fourth such matchup ...
The 1953 New York Yankees season was the 51st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 99–52, winning their 20th pennant, finishing 8.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 6 ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
1952 World Series: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3. 1953 World Series ... but Los Angeles came back to win four straight games − the first three at home and last in New York − to win the World Series. ...
1953 World Series Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 Billy Martin, a .333 hitter in five Yankees’ World Series, batted .500 (12-for-24) in this one, with a double, two triples and two homers.
In a rematch of the previous season, the postseason began with Game 1 of the 50th World Series on September 30 and ended with Game 6 on October 5. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to two, capturing the 16th championship in franchise history, concluding their 5-year World Series winning streak, an all-time record. This was the fifth ...
Signed by the Dodgers, Art Schallock won three World Series titles with the Yankees. The oldest living MLB player, now 100, counted Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra as friends.
The pennant was presented to the team with the best win–loss record each year through the 1968 season, [1] after which the AL Championship Series (ALCS) was introduced to decide the pennant winner. [2] The first modern World Series was played in 1903 and, after a hiatus in 1904, has taken place every season except 1994, [2] when a players ...