1953 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season New York Yankees (4) Casey Stengel 99–52, .656, GA: 8+1⁄2 Brooklyn Dodgers (2) Chuck Dressen 105–49, .682, GA: 13
Dates	September 30–October 5
Venue(s)	Yankee Stadium (New York) Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)
Umpires	Bill Grieve (AL),Bill Stewart (NL),Eddie Hurley (AL),Artie Gore (NL),Hank Soar (AL: outfield only),Frank Dascoli (NL: outfield only)
Hall of Famers	Yankees: Casey Stengel (manager) Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle Johnny Mize Phil Rizzuto Dodgers: Roy Campanella Gil Hodges Pee Wee Reese Jackie Robinson Duke Snider Dick Williams‡ ‡ Elected as a manager
Broadcast
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Mel Allen andVin Scully
Radio	Mutual
Radio announcers	Al Helfer andGene Kelly
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The1953 World Series was thechampionship series inMajor League Baseball for the1953 season. The 50th edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff that matched theAmerican League (AL) champion and four-time defending World Series championNew York Yankees against theNational League (NL) championBrooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the1952 Series, and the fourth such matchup between the two teams in the past seven seasons. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth consecutive title—a mark which has not been equalled—and their 16th overall. It was also the last of seven consecutive World Series wins by teams from the American League, the longest such streak for the AL in series history.^[1]Billy Martin was the standout player of the series as he hit .500 with a record-tying 12 hits and a walk-off RBI single in Game 6.

ALNew York Yankees (4) vs. NLBrooklyn Dodgers (2)

Before a full house (69,734 in attendance), the Yankees scored four runs in the first inning. Brooklyn starterCarl Erskine did not last past the first. After a one-out walk, an RBI triple byHank Bauer put the Yankees up 1–0. After a strikeout, two more walks loaded the bases beforeBilly Martin cleared them with a triple of his own and the Dodgers pinch-hit for Erskine in the top of the second. They did not score offAllie Reynolds until the fifth on aJim Gilliam home run.Yogi Berra matched it in the bottom of the fifth with a home run of his own, and the Yankee lead looked safe until a leadoff home run byGil Hodges and two-run home run by pinch-hitterGeorge Shuba chased Reynolds in the sixth. Brooklyn tied it an inning later againstJohnny Sain with consecutive leadoff singles byRoy Campanella, Hodges andCarl Furillo. A home run by unsung first basemanJoe Collins proved the game-winner offClem Labine, with winning pitcherJohnny Sain providing two more runs himself in the eighth offBen Wade with a two-run double. Sain then scored on aJoe Collins single, and pitched a scoreless ninth to give the Yankees a 9–5 win and 1–0 series lead.

He looked shaky in the first, walking three, hitting a batter, and allowing a sacrifice fly toYogi Berra for the game's first run, but Brooklyn'sPreacher Roe settled down after that and engagedEddie Lopat in a complete-game pitching duel.Billy Cox's two-run double after back-to-back two-out singles in the fourth inning put the Dodgers up 2–1.Billy Martin's leadoff home run off Roe in the seventh inning tied the score. The game-winning blast came fromMickey Mantle, a two-run shot to left field in the bottom of the eighth. Brooklyn got two runners aboard in the ninth, but Lopat was able to retireDuke Snider on a game-ending grounder to second base.

Although the Yankees won the Series, Brooklyn had at least one shining moment, as pitcherCarl Erskine set a new Series record by striking out 14 Yankees in Game 3. That brokeHoward Ehmke's1929 record by one. Ersk's record would stand untilSandy Koufax got 15 in1963.

In that same game,Yogi Berra washit twice by Erskine, making him the firstAmerican League player in World Series history to be a hit-batsman twice during the same game. The Yankees struck first in the fifth on an RBI single byGil McDougald with runners on second and third, but the Dodgers tied it in the bottom half onBilly Cox's fielder's choice withJackie Robinson at third. Robinson's RBI single next inning put the Dodgers up 2–1, but again the game became tied at 2–2 in the eighth on an RBI single by the Yankees'Gene Woodling. The decisive blow came in the bottom of the inning whenVic Raschi surrendered aRoy Campanella home run, which proved to be the game-winner.

The home team won for the fourth consecutive time.Whitey Ford lasted just one inning as the Yankees' starter, allowing a leadoff ground-rule double toJim Gilliam, who scored onJackie Robinson's single. After a forceout, wild pitch and intentional walk,Duke Snider's two-run double made it 3–0 Dodgers. Gilliam's double in the fourth offTom Gorman made it 4–0, but Brooklyn's lead was cut in half in the fifth whenBilly Loes gave up a two-run home run toGil McDougald. Snider's leadoff home run in the sixth offJohnny Sain made it 5–2 Dodgers, then after a double and single, Gilliam's sacrifice fly extended that lead to 6–2. Next inning, after a two-out walk, Snider's RBI double offArt Schallock made it 7–2 Dodgers. In the ninth, two singles and walk loaded the bases with no outs for the Yankees.Clem Labine relieved Loes and got two-outs beforeMickey Mantle's RBI single cut the Dodgers' lead to 7–3, butBilly Martin was thrown out trying to score from second base to end the game, tying the series 2–2.

Yankees managerCasey Stengel gave the ball toJim McDonald for Game 5 and, while he gave up a dozen hits, he got them a win. Brooklyn starterJohnny Podres was jolted by aGene Woodling home run to begin the game. After the Dodgers tied the game in the second on two singles followed by shortstopPhil Rizzuto's throwing error onCarl Furillo's ground ball, Podres was chased in a five-run third. Rizzuto drew a leadoff walk, moved to third on two groundouts, and scored on when first basemanGil Hodges misplayedJoe Collins's groundball. A hit-by-pitch and walk loaded the bases, and the first man Podres's replacementRuss Meyer faced wasMickey Mantle, who greeted him with agrand slam.Duke Snider's RBI single after a hit-by-pitch and single made it 6–2 Yankees in the fifth, but in the seventh,Billy Martin's two-run home run off Meyer extended their lead to 8–2. Rizzuto singled with two outs and scored on McDonald's double. The Yankees added another run in the eighth when Collins hit a leadoff double offBen Wade, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored onYogi Berra's sacrifice fly, but in the bottom of the inning McDonald allowed two singles, then an RBI single to Furillo before a three-runBilly Cox home run cut their lead to 10–6. He was relieved byBob Kuzava, who struck outDick Williams to end the inning. Each team got a run in the ninth on a home run,Gil McDougald for the Yankees offJoe Black andJim Gilliam for the Dodgers off Kuzava.Allie Reynolds was brought in to retireJackie Robinson for the final out.

In Game 6, after a walk, strikeout and single,Yogi Berra's ground-rule double put the Yankees up 1–0 in the first offCarl Erskine. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, an error onBilly Martin's ground ball made it 2–0 Yankees. Next inning,Gene Woodling's sacrifice fly after two leadoff singles made it 3–0 Yankees. StarterWhitey Ford pitched five shutout innings, but in the sixth, allowed a one-out double toJackie Robinson, who stole third and scored onRoy Campanella's groundout. Down 3–1 in the ninth, Brooklyn rallied back on aDuke Snider walk followed by aCarl Furillo home run offAllie Reynolds. However, Yankee second baseman Billy Martin—who made a game-saving catch inGame 7 of the 1952 World Series—again ruined the Dodgers' dreams of a championship. In the bottom of the ninth, with a runner on second base, Martin drilled a Clem Labine sinker up the middle for a Series-winning RBI single.

Dropping their seventh Series without a victory, the Dodgers terminated managerChuck Dressen's contract; Dressen was demanding two more years.Walter Alston took his place and managed the Dodgers for the next 23 seasons (1954–1976), leading them to four World Series championships in1955,1959,1963, and1965 before being replaced byTommy Lasorda, who would manage the team for 20 years himself (1976–1996). Lasorda would lead the Dodgers to a pair of World Series championships in1981 and1988.

1953 World Series(4–2):New York Yankees (A.L.) overBrooklyn Dodgers (N.L.)

The Series was broadcast onNBC television, with Yankees announcerMel Allen and Dodgers announcerVin Scully describing the action; and onMutual radio, withAl Helfer andGene Kelly announcing. For the first time, it was broadcast in the cities of Canada. It was also seen via film recordings onCMQ in Cuba.^[9]

Red Barber, Vin Scully's senior on the Dodgers' broadcast crew, was originally selected to work with Allen on NBC, but was removed from the Series due to a salary dispute withGillette, which sponsored the broadcasts. Scully, at the age of 25, became the youngest man to broadcast a World Series game (a record that stands to this day).

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