1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 64th season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in the MLB. The Dodgers repeated as National League champions by posting a 105–49 record. 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.

Offseason

October 10, 1952: Dixie Howell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.
October 10, 1952: Clyde King was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.
October 14, 1952: Billy Hunter was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman, Stan Rojek, Bob Mahoney and cash.
January 17, 1953: Andy Pafko was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy Hartsfield and cash.
February 16, 1953: The Dodgers traded Rocky Bridges to the Cincinnati Reds and Jim Pendleton to the Milwaukee Braves as part of a four-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to the Dodgers. The Braves sent cash to the Reds and Earl Torgeson to the Phillies. The Reds sent Joe Adcock to the Braves, and the Phillies sent cash to the Braves.

Regular season

Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 27 games.

Notable transactions

May 25, 1953: Bud Byerly was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Norman Fox.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		144	519	162	.312	41	142
1B		141	520	157	.302	31	122
2B		151	605	168	.278	6	63
3B		100	327	95	.291	10	44
SS		140	524	142	.271	13	61
OF		153	590	198	.336	42	126
OF		136	484	159	.329	12	95
OF		132	479	165	.344	21	92

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	69	196	51	.260	7	33
	74	169	43	.254	5	23
	69	163	39	.239	11	34
	96	153	37	.242	1	12
	43	95	23	.242	3	9
	30	55	12	.218	2	5
	40	43	7	.163	1	4
	8	9	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	39	246.2	20	6	3.54	187
	34	191.1	15	5	4.56	106
	32	162.2	14	8	4.54	75
	25	157.0	11	3	4.36	85
	1	8.0	0	1	3.38	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	117.2	8	4	3.37	65
	33	115.0	9	4	4.23	82
	4	6.1	0	1	11.37	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	48	4	3	9	3.47	49
	37	11	6	7	2.77	44
	34	6	3	5	5.33	42
	32	7	5	3	3.79	65
	7	0	0	0	9.82	5
	4	0	0	0	12.00	3

1953 World Series

Game 1

September 30, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 2

October 1, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 6

October 5, 1953, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Awards and honors

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal