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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 ...
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 ...
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]
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.
Fred Toney, 64, trustworthy pitcher whose 11-season major league career included stints with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals between 1911 and 1923, being a member of the Giants that won World Series titles in 1921 and 1922, while pitching a 10-inning no-hitter with Cincinnati against the Cubs on May 2 ...
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 ...
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.
However, Brooklyn again failed to capture the World Series, losing in six games to the American League champion New York Yankees. The Dodgers' .682 winning percentage in 1953 stood as the best single-season winning percentage in franchise history for a full season until 2022, when they posted a .685 mark (111-51).