1953 World Series | ||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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Television | NBC | |||||||||
TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | |||||||||
Radio | Mutual | |||||||||
Radio announcers | Al Helfer and Gene Kelly | |||||||||
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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 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 won World Series MVP honors as he hit .500 with a record-tying 12 hits and a walk-off RBI single in Game 6.