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baseball">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1953</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Baseball_by_year" title="Category:Baseball by year">→</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:larger; line-height:1.8em;"> <hr /><a href="/wiki/1953_in_sports" title="1953 in sports">1953 in sports</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_air_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 in air sports (page does not exist)">Air sports</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> over <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> (4–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 14 at <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>: National League, 5–1</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_College_World_Series" title="1953 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> over <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> (4–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Little_League_World_Series" title="1953 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: Southside, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a></li></ul> <p><b>Winter Leagues</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Caribbean_Series" title="1953 Caribbean Series">1953 Caribbean Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cangrejeros_de_Santurce_(baseball)" title="Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)">Cangrejeros de Santurce</a></li> <li><a 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<th>Team</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>W-L%</th> <th>GB </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Daisies" title="Fort Wayne Daisies">Fort Wayne Daisies</a></td> <td>66</td> <td>39</td> <td>.629</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a></td> <td>62</td> <td>44</td> <td>.585</td> <td>4½ </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo_Lassies" title="Kalamazoo Lassies">Kalamazoo Lassies</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>50</td> <td>.528</td> <td>10½ </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a></td> <td>51</td> <td>55</td> <td>.481</td> <td>15½ </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">South Bend Blue Sox</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>62</td> <td>.415</td> <td>22½ </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Muskegon_Belles" title="Muskegon Belles">Muskegon Belles</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>67</td> <td>.362</td> <td>28 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nippon_Professional_Baseball_final_standings">Nippon Professional Baseball final standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nippon Professional Baseball final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_League_final_standings">Central League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Central League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> </th> <td>125</td> <td>87</td> <td>37</td> <td>1</td> <td>.702</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Osaka Tigers">Osaka Tigers</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>74</td> <td>56</td> <td>0</td> <td>.569</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>70</td> <td>57</td> <td>3</td> <td>.551</td> <td>18.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Carp</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>53</td> <td>75</td> <td>2</td> <td>.414</td> <td>36.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Shochiku_Robins" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Shochiku Robins">Taiyo Shochiku Robins</a> </th> <td>130</td> <td>52</td> <td>77</td> <td>1</td> <td>.403</td> <td>37.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kokutetsu_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokutetsu Swallows">Kokutetsu Swallows</a> </th> <td>125</td> <td>45</td> <td>79</td> <td>1</td> <td>.363</td> <td>42.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_League_final_standings">Pacific League final standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pacific League final standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="35%"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">W</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">L</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">T</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="7%"><a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="5%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>71</td> <td>48</td> <td>1</td> <td>.597</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>67</td> <td>52</td> <td>1</td> <td>.563</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>63</td> <td>53</td> <td>4</td> <td>.543</td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>57</td> <td>61</td> <td>2</td> <td>.483</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainichi Orions">Mainichi Orions</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>56</td> <td>62</td> <td>2</td> <td>.475</td> <td>14.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyu_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyu Flyers">Tokyu Flyers</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>50</td> <td>67</td> <td>3</td> <td>.427</td> <td>20.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Pearls" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Pearls">Kintetsu Pearls</a> </th> <td>120</td> <td>48</td> <td>69</td> <td>3</td> <td>.410</td> <td>22.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> trade veteran outfielder <a href="/wiki/Andy_Pafko" title="Andy Pafko">Andy Pafko</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> for infielder <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hartsfield" title="Roy Hartsfield">Roy Hartsfield</a> and $50,000. Two months later, Wisconsin-native Pafko will find himself playing in his home state when Boston's <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> franchise abruptly transfers to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> during <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a>.</li> <li>January 21 – The <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> inducts former <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> slugger <a href="/wiki/Al_Simmons" title="Al Simmons">Al Simmons</a>.</li> <li>January 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> acquire the reigning, two-time <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting champion</a>, first baseman <a href="/wiki/Ferris_Fain" title="Ferris Fain">Ferris Fain</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in a five-player trade. Chicago also receives a minor-league infielder and sends first baseman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Eddie Robinson (baseball)">Eddie Robinson</a>, shortstop <a href="/wiki/Joe_DeMaestri" title="Joe DeMaestri">Joe DeMaestri</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Ed_McGhee" title="Ed McGhee">Ed McGhee</a> to Philadelphia in the deal.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Fred_Saigh" title="Fred Saigh">Fred Saigh</a> pleads no contest to two charges of income tax evasion in a U.S. federal court, and is sentenced to 15 months in prison. The penalty forces Saigh to put the Cardinals up for sale, and triggers fears that an out-of-town buyer could move the franchise out of <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StL53_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StL53-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> trade shortstop/third baseman <a href="/wiki/Vern_Stephens" title="Vern Stephens">Vern Stephens</a>, 32, an eight-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> and 3x AL <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> champion, to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for pitchers <a href="/wiki/Hal_Brown" title="Hal Brown">Hal Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marv_Grissom" title="Marv Grissom">Marv Grissom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kennedy_(baseball,_born_1921)" title="Bill Kennedy (baseball, born 1921)">Bill Kennedy</a>. Stephens, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Doerr" title="Bobby Doerr">Bobby Doerr</a> had formed a formidable slugging trio for the Bosox' late-1940s contending teams.</li> <li>February 13 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>' home field, known as <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a> since its 1909 opening, is renamed <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Connie Mack Stadium">Connie Mack Stadium</a> in honor of the team's 90-year-old, legendary and longtime (1901–1950) former manager.</li> <li>February 16: <ul><li>Future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> hitter <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>, flying combat missions as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marines">U.S. Marine Corps</a> pilot during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, survives the crash-landing of his <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">F9F Panther fighter jet</a> at <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> airfield after it's hobbled by enemy anti-aircraft fire. The jet is "trailing smoke and a 30-foot ribbon of fire" as Williams brings it in on its belly; he escapes with minor injuries.</li> <li>A complicated four-team, five-player trade occurs in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> involving the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. When the smoke clears, the Braves acquire first baseman <a href="/wiki/Joe_Adcock" title="Joe Adcock">Joe Adcock</a> from the Reds and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pendleton" title="Jim Pendleton">Jim Pendleton</a> from the Dodgers, Brooklyn obtains pitcher <a href="/wiki/Russ_Meyer_(baseball)" title="Russ Meyer (baseball)">Russ Meyer</a> from the Phillies, the Reds get infielder <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Bridges" title="Rocky Bridges">Rocky Bridges</a> from the Dodgers, and the Phillies receive first baseman <a href="/wiki/Earl_Torgeson" title="Earl Torgeson">Earl Torgeson</a> from Boston. Cash payments also figure in the transaction.</li></ul></li> <li>February 20 – Brewing giant <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a> and its president, <a href="/wiki/August_A._Busch_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="August A. Busch Jr.">August A. Busch Jr.</a>, purchase the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> franchise from <a href="/wiki/Fred_Saigh" title="Fred Saigh">Fred Saigh</a> for $3.75 million, removing all concerns that the team will move elsewhere. Rumors had abounded that a group from <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a> were bidding on the club with the intention of transferring it to that Texas city.<sup id="cite_ref-StL53_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StL53-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Busch ownership will last until the start of <a href="/wiki/1996_in_baseball" title="1996 in baseball">1996</a>, and witness six NL pennants and three <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> championships.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 13 – <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Lou_Perini" title="Lou Perini">Lou Perini</a> announces he is moving the team to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, site of the Braves' <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (American Association)">top farm club</a>, in time for the 1953 season. The move ends the club's presence in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> after 82 consecutive years, predating the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, of which it is a charter member; it began in 1871 as a member of the old <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association of Professional Base Ball Players</a>. The franchise transfer is the NL's first of the 20th century, and MLB's first since 1903—but nine more will follow over the next two decades.</li> <li>March 19 – The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> sign twin brothers <a href="/wiki/Eddie_O%27Brien_(baseball)" title="Eddie O'Brien (baseball)">Eddie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_O%27Brien" title="Johnny O'Brien">Johnny O'Brien</a>, 22, former baseball and basketball stars at <a href="/wiki/Seattle_University" title="Seattle University">Seattle University</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Bonus_baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonus baby">bonus</a> contracts as amateur free agents. The first twins to play on the same MLB team in 38 years, on June 7, they will start at shortstop and second base and become Pittsburgh's primary double-play combination for the 1953 season.</li> <li>March 26 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> return minor-league southpaw <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lasorda" title="Tommy Lasorda">Tommy Lasorda</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>' organization. Lasorda's contract had been sold to the Browns on a conditional basis on February 21.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/180px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg" decoding="async" width="180" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/270px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/360px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Jim Thorpe</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>March 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Jim Thorpe</a>, famed American Indian athlete considered by many as the greatest athlete in recorded history, dies in <a href="/wiki/Lomita,_California" title="Lomita, California">Lomita, California</a> at the age of 64. A native of <a href="/wiki/Prague,_Oklahoma" title="Prague, Oklahoma">Prague, Oklahoma</a>, Thorpe played six seasons of Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919, mostly for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(MLB)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (MLB)">New York Giants</a>, in addition to his Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon competition, while playing and coaching for a long time in the National Football League.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 9: <ul><li>The financially-stressed <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> sell <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a> to <a href="/wiki/August_A._Busch_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="August A. Busch Jr.">August A. Busch Jr.</a>, new owner of their <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> tenants, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">Cardinals</a>, for $800,000. The brewery magnate will refurbish the 44-year-old edifice and rename it "Busch Stadium."</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> announce they're changing their official name to the <i><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Redlegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Redlegs">Cincinnati Redlegs</a>.</i> The name "Reds" dates to 1890 and is derived from the famous <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings" title="Cincinnati Red Stockings">Cincinnati Red Stockings</a> of 1869. But American troops are fighting <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> is escalating globally; as Cincinnati's general manager, <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Gabe Paul</a>, notes later, "We wanted to be certain we weren't confused with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">'Russian Reds'</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's official identity will remain "Redlegs" until February 1959.</li></ul></li> <li>April 13 – In <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, over 30,000 see the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> win their first game, 2–0, behind the pitching of <a href="/wiki/Max_Surkont" title="Max Surkont">Max Surkont</a>.</li> <li>April 14 – After a motorcade through its downtown streets, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> hosts its first major-league baseball game since the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(1894%E2%80%931901)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (1894–1901)">"original" Brewers</a>, a turn-of-the-century <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> team, played their last home game on <a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">September 12, 1901</a> before transferring to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a> for <a href="/wiki/1902_in_baseball" title="1902 in baseball">1902</a>. Today, the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Braves</a> debut before a delirious <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">County Stadium</a> crowd by defeating the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in ten innings, 3–2. <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> gets the win, secured by <a href="/wiki/Rookie" title="Rookie">rookie</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bruton" title="Bill Bruton">Bill Bruton</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a>. The single-game attendance—34,357—represents 12 percent of the total turnstile count of the <a href="/wiki/1952_Boston_Braves_season" title="1952 Boston Braves season">1952 Boston Braves</a>.</li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> baseball returns to <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo</a> with the relocation of the minor-league <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)" title="Milwaukee Brewers (American Association)">Milwaukee Brewers</a> franchise that has been displaced by the MLB Braves. The <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Sox" title="Toledo Sox">Toledo Sox</a> succeed the famous original <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Mud Hens</a>, who moved to <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="Charleston, West Virginia">Charleston, West Virginia</a>, on June 23, 1952. The T-Sox will win the regular-season <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(20th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (20th century)">American Association</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a> and lead the circuit in attendance.</li> <li>April 17 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>' <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> hits the longest home run in <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a> history, a 565-foot shot off <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a>' left-hander <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Stobbs" title="Chuck Stobbs">Chuck Stobbs</a>. The Yankees win, 7–3.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Adcock" title="Joe Adcock">Joe Adcock</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves_(1953%E2%80%9365)" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)">Milwaukee Braves</a> hits the first home run ever hit over the center field wall of the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. The shot, measured 475 feet, comes off <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hearn" title="Jim Hearn">Jim Hearn</a> in the third inning of the Braves' 3–1 victory over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>.</li> <li>April 30 – The Little-Bigger League changes its name to the <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth_League" title="Babe Ruth League">Babe Ruth League</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 6 – At <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Holloman" title="Bobo Holloman">Bobo Holloman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_St._Louis_Browns" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, 6–0, in his very first Major League <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">start</a>. (He had pitched five previous games in <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief</a>.) Holloman walks five and strikes out three. He will only post two more victories in his MLB career, with his final appearance coming on July 19 of this season.</li> <li>May 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> battle 15 innings at <a href="/wiki/Comiskey_Park" title="Comiskey Park">Comiskey Park</a>, but can't break a 2–2 deadlock. Each team has 12 hits. The game, halted by a 1 a.m. curfew, will be replayed in full at a later date.</li> <li>May 28 – It's the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League's</a> turn for a tie game: in this case, at <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Redlegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Redlegs">Cincinnati Redlegs</a> battle back with two runs in the home half of the tenth to tie the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, 10–all. Then the game is called so the Redbirds can catch a train.</li> <li>May 31 – At <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> sweep a Sunday doubleheader from the last-place <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, 4–3 and 4–1, to stretch their winning streak to ten. At 27–14, they lead the surprising, second-place <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> (25–13) by half a game.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 3 – <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> cites the research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving that <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright" title="Alexander Cartwright">Alexander Cartwright</a> "founded" baseball and not <a href="/wiki/Abner_Doubleday" title="Abner Doubleday">Abner Doubleday</a>. His 1947 book <i>Bat, Ball and Bishop</i> documents Cartwright's contributions to the origins of the game of the baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 4 – Future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Fame</a> slugger <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a>, who has led (or co-led) the NL in home runs every year since 1946, is traded by the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in a ten-player blockbuster. The Bucs send Kiner, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Howie_Pollet" title="Howie Pollet">Howie Pollet</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Garagiola" title="Joe Garagiola">Joe Garagiola</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Catfish_Metkovich" title="Catfish Metkovich">Catfish Metkovich</a> to Chicago for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Schultz" title="Bob Schultz">Bob Schultz</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Toby_Atwell" title="Toby Atwell">Toby Atwell</a>, infielders <a href="/wiki/Preston_Ward" title="Preston Ward">Preston Ward</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Freese" title="George Freese">George Freese</a>, outfielders <a href="/wiki/Bob_Addis" title="Bob Addis">Bob Addis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Hermanski" title="Gene Hermanski">Gene Hermanski</a>, and cash.</li> <li>June 13 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> acquire veteran right-handed fire-baller <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Trucks" title="Virgil Trucks">Virgil Trucks</a> and third baseman <a href="/wiki/Bob_Elliott_(baseball)" title="Bob Elliott (baseball)">Bob Elliott</a> from the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Lou_Kretlow" title="Lou Kretlow">Lou Kretlow</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Johnson" title="Darrell Johnson">Darrell Johnson</a> and $75,000. Trucks, 36, will win 47 games for the ChiSox over the next 2½ seasons.</li> <li>June 14 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> sweep the second-place <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, 6–2 and 3–0, before 74,708 at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a> to extend their winning streak to 18 games. The Bombers are 41–11 and 10½ games ahead of Cleveland in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. Two nights later, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>' <a href="/wiki/Duane_Pillette" title="Duane Pillette">Duane Pillette</a> defeats <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a> 3–1 at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a> to end the skein, with <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a> getting the <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">save</a>.</li> <li>June 15 – Second-place <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland</a> and the last-place <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> make an eight-player trade. The Indians get pitchers <a href="/wiki/Art_Houtteman" title="Art Houtteman">Art Houtteman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wight" title="Bill Wight">Bill Wight</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ginsberg" title="Joe Ginsberg">Joe Ginsberg</a> and infielder <a href="/wiki/Owen_Friend" title="Owen Friend">Owen Friend</a> in exchange for hurlers <a href="/wiki/Al_Aber" title="Al Aber">Al Aber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gromek" title="Steve Gromek">Steve Gromek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Weik" title="Dick Weik">Dick Weik</a>, and hard-hitting infielder <a href="/wiki/Ray_Boone" title="Ray Boone">Ray Boone</a>.</li> <li>June 18 – In a 23–3 thrashing of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> set a still-standing Major League record by scoring 17 runs in one inning. After scoring twice in the sixth to break a 3–3 tie, the Red Sox go on their record-breaking run-scoring output in the seventh. Eleven Boston players score in the inning, with <a href="/wiki/Sammy_White_(baseball)" title="Sammy White (baseball)">Sammy White</a> scoring three times and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Stephens" title="Gene Stephens">Gene Stephens</a> (who also collects three hits in the inning, becoming the first Major Leaguer in modern history to do so), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Umphlett" title="Tom Umphlett">Tom Umphlett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gernert" title="Dick Gernert">Dick Gernert</a> and winning pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Kinder" title="Ellis Kinder">Ellis Kinder</a> scoring twice.</li> <li>June 19 – In perhaps the brightest moment of their so-far dismal season, the 15–43 <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Tigers</a> sign 18-year-old "<a href="/wiki/Bonus_baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonus baby">bonus baby</a>" <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a> one day after he graduates from <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Southern_High_School_(Baltimore,_Maryland)" title="Southern High School (Baltimore, Maryland)">Southern High School</a>.</li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kazanski" title="Ted Kazanski">Ted Kazanski</a> collects three hits and four <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> in his MLB debut to lead the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> to a 13–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>. As a result, Kazanski becomes the first player in Major League history to drive in at least four runs as a <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> in his major league debut, according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(MLB)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (MLB)">New York Giants</a> claim right-hander <a href="/wiki/Marv_Grissom" title="Marv Grissom">Marv Grissom</a> off waivers from the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>. Grissom, 35, will become one of the top <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitchers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> over the next five seasons.</li> <li>July 4 – When the holiday doubleheaders are in the books, the half-way point of the 1953 season sees <a href="/wiki/1952_in_baseball" title="1952 in baseball">1952</a>'s champions setting the pace once more: the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> (45–27) hold a two-game lead over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (50–22) occupy first place in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> by 6½ games over the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>.</li> <li>July 14 – The <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> wins its fourth consecutive <a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All–Star Game</a>, 5–1, at Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a> behind the stellar pitching of <a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a>. National League outfielder <a href="/wiki/Enos_Slaughter" title="Enos Slaughter">Enos Slaughter</a> gets two hits, scores twice and robs <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Harvey Kuenn</a> of an extra-base hit.</li> <li>July 31 – At <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County_Stadium" title="Milwaukee County Stadium">Milwaukee County Stadium</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Braves</a>' <a href="/wiki/Max_Surkont" title="Max Surkont">Max Surkont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Miller_(baseball,_born_1926)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Miller (baseball, born 1926)">Bob Miller</a> each throw ten shutout innings and allow only four hits, before rain forces the game to end in a 0–0 tie.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> left-hander <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a> throws a one-hitter to defeat the visiting <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 5–0. He walks none, strikes out eight and faces 28 hitters, one over the minimum. Fellow future <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Richie Ashburn</a> reaches him for a single in the fourth inning for the only blemish on an otherwise perfect outing. It's Spahn's second and last career one-hitter, although he'll fire <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitters</a> in both <a href="/wiki/1960_in_baseball" title="1960 in baseball">1960</a> and <a href="/wiki/1961_in_baseball" title="1961 in baseball">1961</a>.</li> <li>August 2 – Over fifty <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department" title="Los Angeles Police Department">Los Angeles police</a> are dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Gilmore_Field" title="Gilmore Field">Gilmore Field</a> to quell an on-field brawl between the city's two <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> teams, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_(PCL)" title="Los Angeles Angels (PCL)">minor-league Angels</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Stars" title="Hollywood Stars">Hollywood Stars</a>. The melee between the bitter rivals, engaged in a <a href="/wiki/Beanball" title="Beanball">beanball</a> war, is the third within three days, and lasts for a full half-hour. Los Angeles police chief <a href="/wiki/William_H._Parker_(police_officer)" title="William H. Parker (police officer)">William Parker</a> is watching the game on television from his home when the slugfest breaks out, and he orders his men to Hollywood's home stadium to restore order. No arrests are made, but Parker warns both sides that further violence will result in "disturbing the peace" charges.</li> <li>August 5 – Rookie <a href="/wiki/Don_Larsen" title="Don Larsen">Don Larsen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> pitches a complete game but drops a 5–0 decision to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. However, he goes three for three at the plate to set a consecutive-hits record for pitchers with seven. Over the course of Larsen's 14-season career, he will prove to be one of MLB's best-hitting hurlers, batting .242 with 144 hits (including 25 doubles, five triples and 14 home runs) and 72 RBI in 596 at bats.</li> <li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>' name appears in an MLB <a href="/wiki/Box_score_(baseball)" title="Box score (baseball)">box score</a> for the first time since April 30, 1952, days before he began his active <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> service as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> pilot. The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> legend flew 37 combat missions during his tour of duty, and survived a crash-landing when his plane was hit by enemy fire in February. Today, Williams <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hits</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tom_Umphlett" title="Tom Umphlett">Tom Umphlett</a> in the ninth inning of a 7–7 tie against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. He pops out to first base, but after six more appearances as an emergency batsman, he returns to his familiar post in left field and resumes his lusty hitting. By season's end, he gets into 37 games (26 of them as starting <a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">left fielder</a>), and smashes 37 hits, including 13 home runs, in 91 <a href="/wiki/At_bats" class="mw-redirect" title="At bats">at bats</a>, for a batting average of .407 and an <a href="/wiki/On_base_plus_slugging" class="mw-redirect" title="On base plus slugging">OPS</a> of 1.410.</li> <li>August 8 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> deal a double setback to their closest pennant pursuer, the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, by shutting them out in both ends of a doubleheader at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a>, 1–0 (behind <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a>) and 3–0 (behind <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kuzava" title="Bob Kuzava">Bob Kuzava</a>). In the second game, Kuzava throws a one-hitter, allowing only a double to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boyd_(baseball)" title="Bob Boyd (baseball)">Bob Boyd</a> in the second inning. The double defeat drops the White Sox to eight games out of first place.</li> <li>August 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators'</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Porterfield" title="Bob Porterfield">Bob Porterfield</a> one-hits the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, winning 2–0 at <a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Piersall" title="Jimmy Piersall">Jimmy Piersall</a> reaches base twice, with Boston's only hit (in the third inning) and a base on balls.</li> <li>August 12 – The visiting <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> lash 28 hits in their 22–1 pasting of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>. <a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a> belts the Bombers' only home run, and he and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> each drive in five tallies. <a href="/wiki/Hank_Bauer" title="Hank Bauer">Hank Bauer</a> scores five runs, and <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Woodling" title="Gene Woodling">Gene Woodling</a> each have four hits.</li> <li>August 30 – In Game 1 of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pendleton" title="Jim Pendleton">Jim Pendleton</a> slugs three home runs, as the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> rout the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> at <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a>, 19–4. The Braves tie the major league record for most home runs in a single game with eight, held by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> since 1939. Pendleton becomes only the second <a href="/wiki/Rookie" title="Rookie">rookie</a> in history to hit three home runs in one game, joining teammate <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a>, who accomplished the feat just a year earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second game of the twin bill, the Braves hit four more long balls and crush Pittsburgh again, 11–5. Mathews belts three dingers on the day, giving him a National League-leading 43. He will finish the season with 47 home runs, 30 of them on the road—also a major league record.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only the Yankees have ever hit more home runs in consecutive games, or in a doubleheader: on June 28, 1939, against the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a>, they belted eight home runs in a 23–2 victory in the first game of a twin bill, then five more in a 10–0 win in the nightcap.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 1 – The last month of MLB's regular season holds little promise of pennant races. The <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, having gone 48–14 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.774</a>) in July and August, have built a 10½-game lead over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>; meanwhile, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> remain comfortably in front of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (8½ lengths) in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> with 22 games left to play.</li> <li>September 2 – The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> overcome a three-run <a href="/wiki/Inside-the-park_home_run" title="Inside-the-park home run">inside-the-park home run</a> by shortstop <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kazanski" title="Ted Kazanski">Ted Kazanski</a> to beat the Philadelphia Phillies‚ 10–7. <a href="/wiki/Rip_Repulski" title="Rip Repulski">Rip Repulski</a> hits his 20th home run of the season for St. Louis‚ breaking the team's rookie record set by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mize" title="Johnny Mize">Johnny Mize</a> in <a href="/wiki/1936_in_baseball" title="1936 in baseball">1936</a>. The Cardinals hammer 10 hits off Phillies starter Robin Roberts to hand him his 12th loss.</li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kokos" title="Dick Kokos">Dick Kokos</a>' 12th-inning home run settles matters as the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, 1–0 in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>. The Browns' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Turley" title="Bob Turley">Bob Turley</a> fans 14 and gains the shutout win, while veteran <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Branca" title="Ralph Branca">Ralph Branca</a>, who went 11 scoreless innings for Detroit, absorbs the hard-luck defeat.</li> <li>September 8 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> sign shortstop <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Banks" title="Ernie Banks">Ernie Banks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a>. On September 17, Banks will become <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players_by_team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first black Major League Baseball players by team">the first black player in Chicago Cub history</a>. Moreover, he will earn fame as "Mister Cub" who, over 19 seasons, will blast 512 home runs as a 14-time <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a>, two-time <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1958_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1958 Major League Baseball season">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1959 Major League Baseball season">1959</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> winner. Then, in 1977, he becomes a first-ballot <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a>.</li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Erskine" title="Carl Erskine">Carl Erskine</a> defeats the second-place <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> 5–2, as the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> clinch the pennant earlier than any other team in history. Brooklyn (98–44) leads Milwaukee by 13 games with 12 to play.</li> <li>September 13 – Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Trice" title="Bob Trice">Bob Trice</a> becomes the <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_black_Major_League_Baseball_players_by_team" class="mw-redirect" title="List of first black Major League Baseball players by team">first black player in Philadelphia Athletics history</a>.</li> <li>September 14 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> clinch their fifth straight pennant with an 8–5 win over the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>. Second baseman <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> has four RBIs. The Yankees and Dodgers will meet in the <a href="/wiki/1953_World_Series" title="1953 World Series">1953 World Series</a> for the second straight year and the fourth time in seven years.</li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall-of-Fame</a> former second baseman <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a> resigns as manager of the sixth place, 64–82 <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Redlegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Redlegs">Cincinnati Redlegs</a>. Hornsby, whose .358 lifetime <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> is contemporaneously ranked as second only to <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>'s .367, wraps up a 14-year MLB managerial career with a won–lost mark of 701–812–17 (<a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">.463</a>). After coach <a href="/wiki/Buster_Mills" title="Buster Mills">Buster Mills</a> finishes Cincinnati's season as interim manager, the Redlegs will hire former <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> catcher <a href="/wiki/Birdie_Tebbetts" title="Birdie Tebbetts">Birdie Tebbetts</a> as their pilot for 1954.</li> <li>September 20 – The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> split a double-header with the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Redlegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Redlegs">Redlegs</a> at <a href="/wiki/County_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="County Stadium">County Stadium</a> in their final home date of 1953. They draw 36,011 fans, setting a new <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> attendance record (1,826,397) which they will promptly shatter in 1954 by drawing over 2.1 million spectators. On and off the field, 1953 is a spectacular first season in Wisconsin for the Braves, who improve from seventh to second place and signal their arrival as a contending team for the rest of the 1950s.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Rosen_1953.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Al_Rosen_1953.jpg/180px-Al_Rosen_1953.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Al_Rosen_1953.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption>Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>September 27 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, who leads the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> in home runs (43) and runs batted in (145), is chasing the <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> as he battles <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Vernon" title="Mickey Vernon">Mickey Vernon</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting title</a>. Rosen is batting .3361 entering his final at bat in the ninth inning; a hit will lift his average to .3372, one ten-thousandth of a point higher than Vernon's .3371, and earn him the crown. But he bounces out to third base, to finish the season at .3356.</li> <li>Only 3,174 are on hand as the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> play their final home game at <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a>. The Brownies fall to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>' <a href="/wiki/Billy_Pierce" title="Billy Pierce">Billy Pierce</a> 2–1 in 11 innings. In their 52nd and last season in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, the American Leaguers attract only 297,238 fans.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 5 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, 4–3, in Game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1953_World_Series" title="1953 World Series">World Series</a>, to win their record-setting fifth consecutive <a href="/wiki/World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="World Championship">World Championship</a> and sixteenth overall, four games to two. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a> is the star of the Series with a record-setting 12 hits, including the game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth of Game 6 to clinch the title.</li> <li>October 7 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a>, facing dwindling attendance and revenue, is forced to sell the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>-based group led by attorney <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Miles" title="Clarence Miles">Clarence Miles</a> and brewer <a href="/wiki/Jerold_Hoffberger" title="Jerold Hoffberger">Jerry Hoffberger</a>. The Browns will move to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> and be known as the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Orioles</a> starting in the <a href="/wiki/1954_in_baseball" title="1954 in baseball">1954</a> season.</li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> president <a href="/wiki/Walter_O%27Malley" title="Walter O'Malley">Walter O'Malley</a> tells the press that "the Dodgers will have a new <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> next year." The announcement reveals that incumbent skipper <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Dressen" title="Chuck Dressen">Chuck Dressen</a>, coming off 105 victories and a second-straight <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> pennant in 1953, has demanded a three-year contract to return for 1954; O'Malley's policy is to limit his managers' contract terms to one year only. Although O'Malley gives Dressen "a few more days" to reconsider his demand, on October 28 it's reported that Dressen will not return to Brooklyn, instead signing a three-year pact to manage the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)" title="Oakland Oaks (PCL)">Oakland Oaks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Classification_history" title="Minor League Baseball">Open-Classification</a> <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defending NL champs begin their search for a new pilot.</li> <li>October 28 – Legendary <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>' play-by-play announcer <a href="/wiki/Red_Barber" title="Red Barber">Red Barber</a> resigns and takes a job as broadcaster for the rival <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>. Barber is upset that Dodger owner <a href="/wiki/Walter_O%27Malley" title="Walter O'Malley">Walter O'Malley</a> has refused to support him in his fee-negotiation dispute with <a href="/wiki/Gillette" title="Gillette">Gillette</a>, sponsor of the television coverage of the 1953 World Series.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 4 – In what some see as a cost-cutting measure, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> replace skipper <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dykes" title="Jimmy Dykes">Jimmy Dykes</a> with player-manager <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Joost" title="Eddie Joost">Eddie Joost</a>, 37, the club's longtime shortstop.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 9 – Reaffirming its earlier position, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> rules, 7–2, that baseball is a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws. The ruling is made in a case involving New York Yankees minor league player George Toolson, who refused to move from Triple-A to Double-A.</li> <li>November 10 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> end their tour of Japan. It is reported that each Giants player received just $331 of the $3,000 they were promised.</li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dykes" title="Jimmy Dykes">Jimmy Dykes</a> becomes the first manager of the reborn <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, ten days after his release from the same position with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>. In October, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ehlers" title="Arthur Ehlers">Arthur Ehlers</a>, former Philadelphia <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a>, made the same switch to Baltimore. The Orioles are the transplanted <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>, set to rejoin the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> after a 52-year absence in 1954. On November 11, Ehlers had fired <a href="/wiki/Marty_Marion" title="Marty Marion">Marty Marion</a>, the Browns' manager whom he and the Orioles have inherited.</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn's</a> <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Cooperstown-bound</a> catcher, wins the second of what will be his three <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player Award">National League MVP Awards</a>, capturing 17 of 24 first-place ballots. In an unusual pattern, Campanella will be named MVP every other year between <a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a> and <a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a>.</li> <li>November 24 – After what <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> calls a month-long "guessing game," the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> sign <a href="/wiki/Walter_Alston" title="Walter Alston">Walter Alston</a>, 42, a veteran minor-league manager, to a one-year pact to lead their team on the field in 1954. Although he has fashioned an outstanding record in Brooklyn's <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a>, most recently with the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Saints_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="St. Paul Saints (1901–1960)">St. Paul Saints</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a>, Alston is so obscure a choice compared to well-known figures such as <a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese" title="Pee Wee Reese">Pee Wee Reese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Terry" title="Bill Terry">Bill Terry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Frisch" title="Frankie Frisch">Frank Frisch</a>—all objects of press speculation<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—that some New York newspapers bear the headline "Wally Who?" But Alston will manage the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers over the next 23 seasons (all on one-year contracts), winning 2,040 games, seven NL pennants, four World Series championships, and a berth in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>.</li> <li>November 27 – <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> third baseman <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a>, who missed out on the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> by .0015 batting average points, is unanimously selected <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">the AL's Most Valuable Player</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 1 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> trade for hard-hitting right fielder <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jensen" title="Jackie Jensen">Jackie Jensen</a>, sending pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mickey_McDermott" title="Mickey McDermott">Mickey McDermott</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Tom_Umphlett" title="Tom Umphlett">Tom Umphlett</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" title="Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>. Jensen will average 25 home runs a year during his seven seasons for Boston, lead the league in RBI three times, make two <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> squads, and win a <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Most Valuable Player Award">American League Most Valuable Player Award</a> in <a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball" title="1958 in baseball">1958</a>. A fear of flying will end his career prematurely.</li> <li>December 16 – In an 11-player deal, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> trade pitcher <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gray_(baseball)" title="Johnny Gray (baseball)">Johnny Gray</a>, catcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Robertson_(baseball)" title="Jim Robertson (baseball)">Jim Robertson</a>, first basemen <a href="/wiki/Don_Bollweg" title="Don Bollweg">Don Bollweg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vic_Power" title="Vic Power">Vic Power</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Finigan" title="Jim Finigan">Jim Finigan</a>, outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bill_Renna" title="Bill Renna">Bill Renna</a> and $25,000 to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Harry_Byrd_(baseball)" title="Harry Byrd (baseball)">Harry Byrd</a>, first baseman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Eddie Robinson (baseball)">Eddie Robinson</a>, third baseman <a href="/wiki/Loren_Babe" title="Loren Babe">Loren Babe</a>, and outfielders <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hamilton_(baseball)" title="Tom Hamilton (baseball)">Tom Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Mauro" title="Carmen Mauro">Carmen Mauro</a>.</li> <li>December 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Athletics</a> obtain left-handed pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cain" title="Bob Cain">Bob Cain</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> for hurlers <a href="/wiki/Joe_Coleman_(baseball,_born_1922)" title="Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1922)">Joe Coleman Sr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Fanovich" title="Frank Fanovich">Frank Fanovich</a>.</li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilliam" title="Jim Gilliam">Jim Gilliam</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> is named <a href="/wiki/National_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Rookie of the Year Award">NL Rookie of the Year</a>, beating out <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Haddix" title="Harvey Haddix">Harvey Haddix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Jablonski" title="Ray Jablonski">Ray Jablonski</a> for the honor. Eight days earlier, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Harvey Kuenn</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> took home the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> version of the award, winning 23 of 24 votes cast.</li> <li>December 26 – The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a> trade six players, plus $100,000 cash, to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for 24-year-old third baseman <a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Connell" title="Danny O'Connell">Danny O'Connell</a>. The six: pitchers <a href="/wiki/Curt_Raydon" title="Curt Raydon">Curt Raydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Surkont" title="Max Surkont">Max Surkont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Waters" title="Fred Waters">Fred Waters</a> and minor-leaguer Larry Lassalle and outfielders <a href="/wiki/Sid_Gordon" title="Sid Gordon">Sid Gordon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jethroe" title="Sam Jethroe">Sam Jethroe</a>. The Braves plan to use O'Connell at second base in 1954.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movies">Movies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kid_from_Left_Field_(1953_film)" title="The Kid from Left Field (1953 film)">The Kid from Left Field</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Leaguer" title="Big Leaguer">Big Leaguer</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January   1 – <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Jones" title="Lynn Jones">Lynn Jones</a></li> <li>January   1 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pittman" title="Joe Pittman">Joe Pittman</a></li> <li>January   5 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gantner" title="Jim Gantner">Jim Gantner</a></li> <li>January   8 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Bruce Sutter</a></li> <li>January   9 – <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_DeJes%C3%BAs" title="Iván DeJesús">Iván DeJesús</a></li> <li>January   9 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mankowski" title="Phil Mankowski">Phil Mankowski</a></li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Whitfield" title="Terry Whitfield">Terry Whitfield</a></li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Odell_Jones" title="Odell Jones">Odell Jones</a></li> <li>January 16 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeBarr" title="Dennis DeBarr">Dennis DeBarr</a></li> <li>January 17 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Littell" title="Mark Littell">Mark Littell</a></li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Stoddard" title="Tim Stoddard">Tim Stoddard</a></li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Junior_Moore" title="Junior Moore">Junior Moore</a></li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Bruno" title="Tom Bruno">Tom Bruno</a></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rowland_(baseball)" title="Mike Rowland (baseball)">Mike Rowland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February   4 – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Picciolo" title="Rob Picciolo">Rob Picciolo</a></li> <li>February   7 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quisenberry" title="Dan Quisenberry">Dan Quisenberry</a></li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Veryzer" title="Tom Veryzer">Tom Veryzer</a></li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Revering" title="Dave Revering">Dave Revering</a></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Easterly" title="Jamie Easterly">Jamie Easterly</a></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Umbarger" title="Jim Umbarger">Jim Umbarger</a></li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Lysander" title="Rick Lysander">Rick Lysander</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Davis_(umpire)" title="Gerry Davis (umpire)">Gerry Davis</a></li> <li>February 23 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Kuhaulua" title="Fred Kuhaulua">Fred Kuhaulua</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sember" title="Mike Sember">Mike Sember</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Riccelli" title="Frank Riccelli">Frank Riccelli</a></li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Hassey" title="Ron Hassey">Ron Hassey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March   1 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Holly" title="Jeff Holly">Jeff Holly</a></li> <li>March   2 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Tobik" title="Dave Tobik">Dave Tobik</a></li> <li>March   2 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Wolfe" title="Larry Wolfe">Larry Wolfe</a></li> <li>March   6 – <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Hannahs" title="Gerry Hannahs">Gerry Hannahs</a></li> <li>March   7 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Stein" title="Randy Stein">Randy Stein</a></li> <li>March   8 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a></li> <li>March   8 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Werner" title="Don Werner">Don Werner</a></li> <li>March 14 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Ireland" title="Tim Ireland">Tim Ireland</a></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jay_Franklin_(baseball)" title="Jay Franklin (baseball)">Jay Franklin</a></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Puig" title="Rich Puig">Rich Puig</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Miller_(baseball)" title="Randy Miller (baseball)">Randy Miller</a></li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Corcoran_(first_baseman)" title="Tim Corcoran (first baseman)">Tim Corcoran</a></li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Boitano" title="Dan Boitano">Dan Boitano</a></li> <li>March 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bo_D%C3%ADaz" title="Bo Díaz">Bo Díaz</a></li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Alexander_(baseball)" title="Gary Alexander (baseball)">Gary Alexander</a></li> <li>March 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hume" title="Tom Hume">Tom Hume</a></li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Miley" title="Mike Miley">Mike Miley</a></li> <li>March 31 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hausman" title="Tom Hausman">Tom Hausman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April   1 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Murray_(baseball)" title="Larry Murray (baseball)">Larry Murray</a></li> <li>April   2 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Cruz_(baseball)" title="Héctor Cruz (baseball)">Héctor Cruz</a></li> <li>April   5 – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Allen_(baseball)" title="Kim Allen (baseball)">Kim Allen</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Bomback_(baseball)" title="Mark Bomback (baseball)">Mark Bomback</a></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Reynolds" title="Don Reynolds">Don Reynolds</a></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Taylor_(baseball)" title="Bruce Taylor (baseball)">Bruce Taylor</a></li> <li>April 21 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Keener" title="Joe Keener">Joe Keener</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Arturo_DeFreites" title="Arturo DeFreites">Arturo DeFreites</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May   3 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Smith_(outfielder)" title="Keith Smith (outfielder)">Keith Smith</a></li> <li>May   5 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Christenson_(baseball)" title="Gary Christenson (baseball)">Gary Christenson</a></li> <li>May   6 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a></li> <li>May   9 – <a href="/wiki/Ron_Jackson_(baseball,_born_1953)" title="Ron Jackson (baseball, born 1953)">Ron Jackson</a></li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Duncan" title="Taylor Duncan">Taylor Duncan</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Rhoden" title="Rick Rhoden">Rick Rhoden</a></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Landestoy" title="Rafael Landestoy">Rafael Landestoy</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dupree_(baseball)" title="Mike Dupree (baseball)">Mike Dupree</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June   1 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Baldwin_(baseball)" title="Rick Baldwin (baseball)">Rick Baldwin</a></li> <li>June   3 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Glynn" title="Ed Glynn">Ed Glynn</a></li> <li>June   4 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Demery" title="Larry Demery">Larry Demery</a></li> <li>June   5 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Siebert" title="Paul Siebert">Paul Siebert</a></li> <li>June   6 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bergman" title="Dave Bergman">Dave Bergman</a></li> <li>June   8 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kucek" title="Jack Kucek">Jack Kucek</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Barrios" title="Francisco Barrios">Francisco Barrios</a></li> <li>June 10 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Camp" title="Rick Camp">Rick Camp</a></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Aponte" title="Luis Aponte">Luis Aponte</a></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lee_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Mark Lee (right-handed pitcher)">Mark Lee</a></li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ch%C3%A9vez" title="Tony Chévez">Tony Chévez</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Moore_(baseball)" title="Charlie Moore (baseball)">Charlie Moore</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Pentz" title="Gene Pentz">Gene Pentz</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Thomas_(pitcher)" title="Roy Thomas (pitcher)">Roy Thomas</a></li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Zdeb" title="Joe Zdeb">Joe Zdeb</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July   2 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Armas" title="Tony Armas">Tony Armas</a></li> <li>July   3 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tanana" title="Frank Tanana">Frank Tanana</a></li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Hinds_(baseball)" title="Sam Hinds (baseball)">Sam Hinds</a></li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Branch" title="Roy Branch">Roy Branch</a></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cannon_(baseball)" title="Joe Cannon (baseball)">Joe Cannon</a></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Smith_(second_baseman)" title="Billy Smith (second baseman)">Billy Smith</a></li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Mallory" title="Sheldon Mallory">Sheldon Mallory</a></li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Woods" title="Gary Woods">Gary Woods</a></li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Pasley" title="Kevin Pasley">Kevin Pasley</a></li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Biff_Pocoroba" title="Biff Pocoroba">Biff Pocoroba</a></li> <li>July 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Maddox" title="Jerry Maddox">Jerry Maddox</a></li> <li>July 28 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Williams_(baseball)" title="Mark Williams (baseball)">Mark Williams</a></li> <li>July 31 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Small_(baseball)" title="Hank Small (baseball)">Hank Small</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Masataka_Nashida" title="Masataka Nashida">Masataka Nashida</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Bosetti" title="Rick Bosetti">Rick Bosetti</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/John_Hale_(baseball)" title="John Hale (baseball)">John Hale</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_de_la_Rosa" title="Jesús de la Rosa">Jesús de la Rosa</a></li> <li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mahler" title="Rick Mahler">Rick Mahler</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Alvis_Woods" title="Alvis Woods">Alvis Woods</a></li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brookens" title="Tom Brookens">Tom Brookens</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Rex_Hudson" title="Rex Hudson">Rex Hudson</a></li> <li>August 11 – <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lewallyn" title="Dennis Lewallyn">Dennis Lewallyn</a></li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Nino_Espinosa" title="Nino Espinosa">Nino Espinosa</a></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Leyva" title="Nick Leyva">Nick Leyva</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dumoulin" title="Dan Dumoulin">Dan Dumoulin</a></li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_S%C3%A1nchez_(baseball)" title="Luis Sánchez (baseball)">Luis Sánchez</a></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lacey" title="Bob Lacey">Bob Lacey</a></li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Marv_Foley" title="Marv Foley">Marv Foley</a></li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Bernhardt" title="Juan Bernhardt">Juan Bernhardt</a></li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Nahorodny" title="Bill Nahorodny">Bill Nahorodny</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September   1 – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Wilfong" title="Rob Wilfong">Rob Wilfong</a></li> <li>September   2 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Goodwin" title="Danny Goodwin">Danny Goodwin</a></li> <li>September   3 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Paxton" title="Mike Paxton">Mike Paxton</a></li> <li>September   7 – <a href="/wiki/La_Rue_Washington" title="La Rue Washington">La Rue Washington</a></li> <li>September   9 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ratzer" title="Steve Ratzer">Steve Ratzer</a></li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gordon_(baseball)" title="Mike Gordon (baseball)">Mike Gordon</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Keatley" title="Greg Keatley">Greg Keatley</a></li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Oswaldo_Olivares" title="Oswaldo Olivares">Oswaldo Olivares</a></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Knapp_(baseball)" title="Chris Knapp (baseball)">Chris Knapp</a></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_DeJohn" title="Mark DeJohn">Mark DeJohn</a></li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Asselstine" title="Brian Asselstine">Brian Asselstine</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Davis_(baseball)" title="Dick Davis (baseball)">Dick Davis</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Putman" title="Ed Putman">Ed Putman</a></li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gideon" title="Jim Gideon">Jim Gideon</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Warren_Cromartie" title="Warren Cromartie">Warren Cromartie</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_Richards_(baseball)" title="Gene Richards (baseball)">Gene Richards</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Tosca" title="Carlos Tosca">Carlos Tosca</a></li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Dan_Gonzales" title="Dan Gonzales">Dan Gonzales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October   1 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Falcone" title="Pete Falcone">Pete Falcone</a></li> <li>October   2 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kobel" title="Kevin Kobel">Kevin Kobel</a></li> <li>October   4 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Schuler" title="Dave Schuler">Dave Schuler</a></li> <li>October   6 – <a href="/wiki/Victor_Bernal" title="Victor Bernal">Victor Bernal</a></li> <li>October   7 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Replogle" title="Andy Replogle">Andy Replogle</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Kiko_Garcia" title="Kiko Garcia">Kiko Garcia</a></li> <li>October 16 – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Scott_(baseball)" title="Rodney Scott (baseball)">Rodney Scott</a></li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Eichelberger" title="Juan Eichelberger">Juan Eichelberger</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rich_Wortham" title="Rich Wortham">Rich Wortham</a></li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/Bo_McLaughlin" title="Bo McLaughlin">Bo McLaughlin</a></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonnell" title="Barry Bonnell">Barry Bonnell</a></li> <li>October 27 – <a href="/wiki/U_L_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="U L Washington">U L Washington</a></li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_McGilberry" title="Randy McGilberry">Randy McGilberry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November   2 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hartzell" title="Paul Hartzell">Paul Hartzell</a></li> <li>November   3 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Herndon" title="Larry Herndon">Larry Herndon</a></li> <li>November   3 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thompson_(baseball)" title="Bobby Thompson (baseball)">Bobby Thompson</a></li> <li>November   4 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Slagle" title="Roger Slagle">Roger Slagle</a></li> <li>November   6 – <a href="/wiki/John_Candelaria" title="John Candelaria">John Candelaria</a></li> <li>November   6 – <a href="/wiki/Brock_Pemberton_(baseball)" title="Brock Pemberton (baseball)">Brock Pemberton</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Christenson" title="Larry Christenson">Larry Christenson</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Parrish" title="Larry Parrish">Larry Parrish</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Thormodsgard" title="Paul Thormodsgard">Paul Thormodsgard</a></li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Kim_Andrew_(baseball)" title="Kim Andrew (baseball)">Kim Andrew</a></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Gilberto_Rond%C3%B3n" title="Gilberto Rondón">Gilberto Rondón</a></li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Duane_Theiss" title="Duane Theiss">Duane Theiss</a></li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Matula" title="Rick Matula">Rick Matula</a></li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Sixto_Lezcano" title="Sixto Lezcano">Sixto Lezcano</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pate" title="Bob Pate">Bob Pate</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Putnam" title="Pat Putnam">Pat Putnam</a></li> <li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beamon_Jr." title="Charlie Beamon Jr.">Charlie Beamon Jr.</a></li> <li>December 6 – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Ward_(outfielder)" title="Gary Ward (outfielder)">Gary Ward</a></li> <li>December 9 – <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a></li> <li>December 18 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Howell" title="Roy Howell">Roy Howell</a></li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Moskau" title="Paul Moskau">Paul Moskau</a></li> <li>December 22 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Underwood" title="Tom Underwood">Tom Underwood</a></li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Manuel" title="Jerry Manuel">Jerry Manuel</a></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Anderson_(baseball,_born_1953)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rick Anderson (baseball, born 1953)">Rick Anderson</a></li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(infielder)" title="Steve Davis (infielder)">Steve Davis</a></li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_B%C3%A1ez_(baseball)" title="José Báez (baseball)">José Báez</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January   1 – <a href="/wiki/Doug_McWeeny" title="Doug McWeeny">Doug McWeeny</a>, 56, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Robins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Robins">Brooklyn Robins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> over seven seasons between 1921 and 1930.</li> <li>January   2 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Atkinson_(baseball)" title="Harry Atkinson (baseball)">Harry Atkinson</a>, 78, left fielder for the <a href="/wiki/1895_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1895 St. Louis Browns season">1895 St. Louis Browns</a>.</li> <li>January   3 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Houser" title="Joe Houser">Joe Houser</a>, 61, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Buffeds" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Buffeds">Buffalo Buffeds</a> of the outlaw <a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a> in 1914.</li> <li>January   3 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Workman_(baseball)" title="Chuck Workman (baseball)">Chuck Workman</a>, 37, right fielder and third baseman who played for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in parts of four seasons spanning 1938–1946.</li> <li>January   5 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cantwell" title="Mike Cantwell">Mike Cantwell</a>, 58, pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in 1916 and for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> from 1919 to 1920.</li> <li>January   5 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Lapan" title="Pete Lapan">Pete Lapan</a>, 61, backup catcher for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> in 1922 and 1923.</li> <li>January   9 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carney_(baseball)" title="Pat Carney (baseball)">Pat Carney</a>, 76, pitcher who played from 1901 through 1904 for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> of the National League.</li> <li>January 11 – <a href="/wiki/Doc_Moskiman" title="Doc Moskiman">Doc Moskiman</a>, 73, first baseman and right fielder for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in <a href="/wiki/1910_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1910 Boston Red Sox season">its 1910 season</a>, who also spent parts of 13 seasons playing minor-league and independent-league ball, pitching more often than not and obtaining considerably good results.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 14 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Small" title="Charlie Small">Charlie Small</a>, 47, center fielder who played in 25 games for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> during <a href="/wiki/1930_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1930 Boston Red Sox season">their 1930 season</a>.</li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Carl_East" title="Carl East">Carl East</a>, 58, outfielder and pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> in 1915 and for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> in 1924.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Lorenza_Cobb" title="Lorenza Cobb">Lorenza Cobb</a>, 64, Negro league baseball catcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_ABCs" title="Indianapolis ABCs">Indianapolis ABCs</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Baden_Sprudels" title="West Baden Sprudels">West Baden Sprudels</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Giants">St. Louis Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Giants">Lincoln Giants</a> over seven seasons spanning 1914–1920.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(infielder,_born_1894)" title="José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894)">José Rodríguez</a>, 58, Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame infielder whose 18-year career in professional baseball included a stint with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> of the National League from 1917 to 1918.</li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Taylor_(Negro_Leagues)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Taylor (Negro Leagues)">Ben Taylor</a>, 64, <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame">National Baseball Hall of Fame</a> player, manager, coach and umpire, who played for 24 different teams in Negro League Baseball between 1908 and 1941, being considered the best first baseman in black baseball prior to the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Buck Leonard</a> and one of the most productive players offensively, while collecting a .334 lifetime batting average and hitting over .300 in fifteen of his first sixteen years in baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Merv_Shea" title="Merv Shea">Merv Shea</a>, 52, catcher who played in 439 games for seven teams in a span of 11 seasons from 1927 to 1944; also coached for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs during the 1940s.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Howie_Haworth" title="Howie Haworth">Howie Haworth</a>, 59, catcher who made seven game appearances for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> in <a href="/wiki/1915_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1915 Cleveland Indians season">its 1915 season</a>.</li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Handiboe" title="Mike Handiboe">Mike Handiboe</a>, 65, backup outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/1911_New_York_Highlanders_season" title="1911 New York Highlanders season">1911 New York Highlanders</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Happy_Foreman" title="Happy Foreman">Happy Foreman</a>, 53, relief pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in 1924 and for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in 1926.</li> <li>February   2 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dejan" title="Mike Dejan">Mike Dejan</a>, 38, outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> in <a href="/wiki/1940_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1940 Cincinnati Reds season">its 1940 season</a>.</li> <li>February   3 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Donnelly" title="Frank Donnelly">Frank Donnelly</a>, 83, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Chicago_Cubs#Cap_Anson_and_a_Chicago_dynasty" title="History of the Chicago Cubs">Chicago Colts</a> in part of two seasons from 1893 to 1894.</li> <li>February   6 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Haigh" title="Ed Haigh">Ed Haigh</a>, 86, backup outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/1892_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1892 St. Louis Browns season">St. Louis Browns</a> of the National League in 1892.</li> <li>February   6 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Pruiett" title="Tex Pruiett">Tex Pruiett</a>, 69, pitcher who played from <a href="/wiki/1907_in_baseball" title="1907 in baseball">1907</a> through <a href="/wiki/1908_in_baseball" title="1908 in baseball">1908</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans and Red Sox</a>.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Freeman_(pitcher)" title="Buck Freeman (pitcher)">Buck Freeman</a>, 56. pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in the 1921 and 1922 seasons.</li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Metz" title="Lenny Metz">Lenny Metz</a>, 53, shortstop who played for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in a span of three seasons from 1923 to 1925.</li> <li>February 27 – <a href="/wiki/Barney_Wolfe" title="Barney Wolfe">Barney Wolfe</a>, 77, pitcher who played four seasons from 1903 to 1906 for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Highlanders" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Highlanders">New York Highlanders</a> and the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March   3 – <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Milan" title="Clyde Milan">Clyde Milan</a>, 65, speedy outfielder and solid line drive hitter who batted .285 for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> over the course of 16 seasons from 1907 to 1922, collecting 2,100 hits, 1,004 runs and 495 stolen bases, and leading the American League by stealing 88 bases in 1912 and 75 in 1913, while setting a modern-rules MLB season record for steals in 1912, a mark surpassed three years later by <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> player-manager of 1922 Senators and member of Washington coaching staff for 17 seasons (1928–1929 and 1938 until his death).</li> <li>March   6 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Pruiett" title="Tex Pruiett">Tex Pruiett</a>, 69, pitcher who played from 1907 through 1908 for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans and Red Sox</a>.</li> <li>March   7 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wilson_(1910s_catcher)" title="Tom Wilson (1910s catcher)">Tom Wilson</a>, 62, backup catcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> in <a href="/wiki/1914_Washington_Senators_season" title="1914 Washington Senators season">its 1914 season</a>.</li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jock_Menefee" title="Jock Menefee">Jock Menefee</a>, 85, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Orphans" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Orphans">Chicago Orphans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in a span of nine seasons from 1892 to 1903, who gained notoriety with the Cubs on July 15, 1902, when he became the first pitcher in National League history to pull off a successful <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steal of home</a>, a feat which he accomplished against the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers#Nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a> on July 15, 1902,<sup id="cite_ref-GETTELSON_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GETTELSON-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later on August 8, 1903 for start and win both games of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> against Brooklyn,<sup id="cite_ref-GETTELSON_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GETTELSON-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as he finished his career starting both games of a doubleheader for the third time of the season, against Pittsburgh on September 7, but did not get a decision in either contest.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Toney" title="Fred Toney">Fred Toney</a>, 64, trustworthy pitcher whose 11-season major league career included stints with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> between 1911 and 1923, being a member of the Giants that won World Series titles in <a href="/wiki/1921_World_Series" title="1921 World Series">1921</a> and <a href="/wiki/1922_World_Series" title="1922 World Series">1922</a>, while pitching a 10-inning <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> with Cincinnati against the Cubs on May 2, 1917,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ending his career with a 139–102 record and 2.69 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> in 336 appearances, including 158 <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete games</a> and 28 <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutouts</a> in 2,206 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings of work</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Jones" title="Oscar Jones">Oscar Jones</a>, 76, pitcher who played from 1903 through 1905 for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers#Nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas</a>.</li> <li>March 20 – <a href="/wiki/John_Brackenridge_(baseball)" title="John Brackenridge (baseball)">John Brackenridge</a>, 72, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in <a href="/wiki/1904_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1904 Philadelphia Phillies season">its 1904 season</a>.</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truby" title="Harry Truby">Harry Truby</a>, 82, 19th century second baseman who played from 1895 to 1896 with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Colts" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Colts">Chicago Colts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.</li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Driscoll_(baseball)" title="Michael Driscoll (baseball)">Michael Driscoll</a>, 60, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1916_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1916 Philadelphia Athletics season">1916 Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Griesenbeck" title="Tim Griesenbeck">Tim Griesenbeck</a>, 55, backup catcher for the <a href="/wiki/1920_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1920 St. Louis Cardinals season">1920 St. Louis Cardinals</a>.</li> <li>March 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Jim Thorpe</a>, 65, <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> and one of the greatest all-around athlete in the first half of the 20th century, who in addition to playing in <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> for six seasons between 1913 and 1919,<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> won gold medals in the <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe#Olympic_career" title="Jim Thorpe">pentathlon and decathlon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> played in the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a> for eight seasons between 1920 and 1928,<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barnstorm_(athletics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnstorm (athletics)">barnstormed</a> as a basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians, playing professional sports before retiring in 1928 at age 41,<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later appeared in several films as an actor<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while being portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1951_in_film#Notable_films_released_in_1951" title="1951 in film">1951 biopic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_%E2%80%93_All-American" title="Jim Thorpe – All-American">Jim Thorpe – All-American</a></i>.</li> <li>March 30 – <a href="/wiki/Alva_Bradley" title="Alva Bradley">Alva Bradley</a>, 69, principal owner of the Cleveland Indians from 1927 until he sold the franchise to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Bill Veeck</a> in 1946.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April   3 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Benton" title="Larry Benton">Larry Benton</a>, 55, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> over parts of thirteen seasons from 1923 to 1935, leading the National League with 25 wins and 28 <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete games</a> in 1928, and twice in <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">W-L record</a> from 1927 to 1928.</li> <li>April   5 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Erwin" title="Tex Erwin">Tex Erwin</a>, 67, catcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> in 1907, and for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> and the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers#Nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas, Robins and Dodgers clubs</a> in a span of five seasons from 1910 to 1914.</li> <li>April   5 – <a href="/wiki/Connie_Walsh" title="Connie Walsh">Connie Walsh</a>, 70, pitcher who appeared in one game for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in <a href="/wiki/1907_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1907 Pittsburgh Pirates season">its 1907 season</a>.</li> <li>April   5 – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Gorman" title="Herb Gorman">Herb Gorman</a>, 28, first baseman who made a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch-hit</a> appearance for the <a href="/wiki/1952_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1952 St. Louis Cardinals season">1952 St. Louis Cardinals</a>; suffered a fatal heart attack while playing in a Pacific Coast League game.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Kid_Nichols" title="Kid Nichols">Kid Nichols</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Fame</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> who posted 361 victories for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_wins_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders">seventh most wins in Major League Baseball history</a>, died in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> at the age of 79. Born in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, Nichols anchored the pitching staff of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves#1871–1913" title="Atlanta Braves">Boston Beaneaters</a> between 1890 and 1901, guiding Boston to five National League championships in his first nine seasons with the club. He surpassed the 30-victory plateau seven times from 1891 to 1894 and 1896–1898, as his career record shows that he hurled 20 or more wins in ten consecutive seasons from 1891 to 1994 and in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he remains as the youngest pitcher to reach the illustrious 300-win milestone, getting there months before his 31st birthday. His most productive season came in 1892, when he had a 35–16 record and won two games in the league's Championship Series as the Beaneaters defeated <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young" title="Cy Young">Cy Young</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Spiders" title="Cleveland Spiders">Cleveland Spiders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nichols remained with Boston through 1901, when the team let him go in an effort to save money.<sup id="cite_ref-HOF_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOF-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a two-year lapse, he returned to the majors as <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> and pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1904 to 1905 and ended his career with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-BR_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, Nichols posted a 2.96 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a>, led the National league in wins for three straight years from 1896 to 1898, pitched more than 300 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings</a> in every season but three and more than 400 five times while pitching 532 <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete games</a> and 48 <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutouts</a> in 562 <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BR_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was never removed from a game for a <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief hurler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides, his record of seven seasons with 30 or more victories is a mark that is likely to stand forever, since the implementation of five-man rotations, pitch count and inning limits in modern baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-HOF_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HOF-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Wetmore" title="Bruce Wetmore">Bruce Wetmore</a>, 77, Canadian-born Boston businessman and associate of <a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Adams_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles F. Adams (ice hockey)">Charles F. Adams</a> who was a co-owner of the Braves from 1927 through 1935.</li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Patterson" title="Roy Patterson">Roy Patterson</a>, 77, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> pitcher best remembered for throwing the first pitch and recording the first win in the first official American League game on April 24, 1901, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Blues_(AL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Blues (AL)">Cleveland Blues</a> at Chicago's <a href="/wiki/South_Side_Park#South_Side_Park_III_(1900-40)" title="South Side Park">South Side Park</a>, 8–2, while collecting an 81-72 career record and 2.75 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> for Chicago in seven seasons from 1901 to 1907, including AL pennants in 1901 and 1906, though he did not pitch for the <a href="/wiki/1906_World_Series" title="1906 World Series">1906 World Series champion White Sox team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 16 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Gray_(baseball)" title="Sam Gray (baseball)">Sam Gray</a>, 55, pitcher in 379 games for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over ten seasons from 1924 to 1933; won 20 games for 1928 Browns, then lost 24 for them three years later; led American League in shutouts in 1929.</li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Niles" title="Harry Niles">Harry Niles</a>, 72, outfielder and second baseman who played from 1906 through 1910 for the St. Louis Browns, New York Highlanders, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Naps.</li> <li>April 18 – <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Tierney" title="Cotton Tierney">Cotton Tierney</a>, 59, second baseman and third baseman who played from 1920 to 1925 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers, being honored by his great-great-nephew Jeff Euston, who created in 2005 a website named <i><a href="/wiki/Cot%27s_Baseball_Contracts" class="mw-redirect" title="Cot's Baseball Contracts">Cot's Baseball Contracts</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which track all salaries of MLB players, contracts, bonuses, service time and franchise values.</li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Brennan_(baseball)" title="Don Brennan (baseball)">Don Brennan</a>, 49, pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants in a span of five seasons from 1933 to 1937.</li> <li>April 29 – <a href="/wiki/Gene_McAuliffe" title="Gene McAuliffe">Gene McAuliffe</a>, 81, backup catcher for the <a href="/wiki/1904_Boston_Beaneaters_season" title="1904 Boston Beaneaters season">1904 Boston Beaneaters</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May   2 – <a href="/wiki/Fred_Miller_(baseball)" title="Fred Miller (baseball)">Fred Miller</a>, 66, pitcher who made six appearances for the <a href="/wiki/1910_Brooklyn_Superbas_season" title="1910 Brooklyn Superbas season">1910 Brooklyn Superbas</a>.</li> <li>May   3 – <a href="/wiki/Kewpie_Pennington" title="Kewpie Pennington">Kewpie Pennington</a>, 56, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1917_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1917 St. Louis Browns season">1917 St. Louis Browns</a>.</li> <li>May   3 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Scott" title="Pete Scott">Pete Scott</a>, 55, backup outfielder who played from 1926 through 1928 for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>May   6 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones_(baseball,_born_1876)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Jones (baseball, born 1876)">Jim Jones</a>, 76, outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Colonels" title="Louisville Colonels">Louisville Colonels</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> in part of three seasons spanning 1897–1901.</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Hug" title="Ed Hug">Ed Hug</a>, 68, backup catcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Superbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Superbas">Brooklyn Superbas</a> in <a href="/wiki/1903_Brooklyn_Superbas_season" title="1903 Brooklyn Superbas season">its 1903 season</a>.</li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a>, 68, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> over five seasons from 1908 to 1912, who posted a 24–12 record and 1.64 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> in 301 innings of work in his rookie season, including two <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete game</a> victories over the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a>, finishing with a two-hit, 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutout</a> in ten innings in the second game, becoming the only pitcher in major league history to throw two complete game victories and more than eighteen innings in both games of a doubleheader, a record that remain intact.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 13 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Field" title="Jim Field">Jim Field</a>, 90, 19th-century first baseman who played most of his career with five <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(19th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (19th century)">American Association</a> clubs during four seasons between 1883 and 1890, but also played in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1898_Washington_Senators_season" title="1898 Washington Senators season">1898 Washington Senators</a>.</li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace_(baseball)" title="Jim Wallace (baseball)">Jim Wallace</a>, 71, backup outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/1905_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1905 Pittsburgh Pirates season">1905 Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.</li> <li>May 19 – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Leever" title="Sam Leever">Sam Leever</a>, 81, pitcher who spent his 13-year career with the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> from 1898 to 1910, compiling a 194–100 record for a .660 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">W–L percentage</a>, the ninth highest in MLB baseball history, leading the National League with a 2.06 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a> and seven <a href="/wiki/Shutout" title="Shutout">shutouts</a> in 1903 and in W-L% three times, while amassing 20 or more wins in four seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Grimes" title="Ray Grimes">Ray Grimes</a>, 69, first baseman for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies in a span of six seasons from 1921 to 1926, who posted a .329/.413/.480 line in 433 games and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Grimes#Record_season_(1922)" title="Ray Grimes">established a Major League season record</a> with at least one <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">run batted in</a> over 17 consecutive games in 1922, a mark which still stands.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burkett" title="Jesse Burkett">Jesse Burkett</a>, Hall of Fame left fielder and three-time batting champion, died in <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RETROSHEET_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RETROSHEET-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the age of 84. Born on December 4, 1868, in <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-RETROSHEET_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RETROSHEET-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burkett made his professional baseball debut in 1888 as a pitcher, winning 27 games for a minor league team in Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, he posted a 39–6 record for a team in his native Worcester<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before surfacing in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> in 1890 with the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a>, where he was turned into an outfielder.<sup id="cite_ref-RETROSHEET_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RETROSHEET-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Spiders" title="Cleveland Spiders">Cleveland Spiders</a> from 1891 to 1898. In 1899, Burkette was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals#American_Association_and_early_National_League_eras_(1882–1919)" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals</a>. He won three National League batting titles from 1895 to 1901, surpassing the .400 mark twice,<sup id="cite_ref-BAT_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BAT-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> hitting for the Spiders .405 and .410 in 1895 and 1896, respectively. In 1901, Burkett captured his third batting title with a .376 mark for the Cardinals, before finishing his 16-year career in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a>. Burkett jumped to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> in 1902, playing for them three years before ending his career with the <a href="/wiki/1905_Boston_Americans_season" title="1905 Boston Americans season">1905 Boston Americans</a>, who later became the Red Sox. Overall, Burkett compiled a lifetime batting average of .338 on the strength of 2,850 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> in 2,607 games, including a .415 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>, 320 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a> and 1,720 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs scored</a>, while sharing with <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> the record of hitting .400 or better the most times.<sup id="cite_ref-BAT_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BAT-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also earned a <a href="/wiki/1916_World_Series" title="1916 World Series">1916 World Series ring</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">coach</a> for his former Giants team.<sup id="cite_ref-SABR_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABR-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June   7 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Burns_(baseball)" title="Bill Burns (baseball)">Bill Burns</a>, 73, left handed pitcher for five Major League Baseball teams in five seasons from 1908 to 1912, who infamously returned to the majors as one of the conspirators in the famous <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">Black Sox Scandal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Tex_Vache" title="Tex Vache">Tex Vache</a>, 64, fourth outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/1925_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1925 Boston Red Sox season">1925 Boston Red Sox</a>.</li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Hemphill" title="Charlie Hemphill">Charlie Hemphill</a>, 77, outfielder who played for six teams over 11 seasons from 1899 to 1911, being also the first <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> right fielder in <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans/Red Sox</a> franchise history in <a href="/wiki/1901_Boston_Americans_season" title="1901 Boston Americans season">its 1901 season</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July   5 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_McCue" title="Frank McCue">Frank McCue</a>, 54, third baseman who made two games appearances for the <a href="/wiki/1922_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1922 Philadelphia Athletics season">1922 Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Lew_Wendell" title="Lew Wendell">Lew Wendell</a>, 61, catcher for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> over five seasons spanning 1915–1926.</li> <li>July 21 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Kellogg" title="Al Kellogg">Al Kellogg</a>, 66, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> during <a href="/wiki/1908_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1908 Philadelphia Phillies season">their 1908 season</a>.</li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Hilly" title="Pat Hilly">Pat Hilly</a>, 66, right fielder for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in <a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Phillies season">its 1914 season</a>.</li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Leon_Chagnon" title="Leon Chagnon">Leon Chagnon</a>, 50, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> in a span of six seasons between 1929 and 1935.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August   6 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Phyle" title="Bill Phyle">Bill Phyle</a>, 78, <a href="/wiki/Two-way_player" title="Two-way player">two-way player</a> who <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitched</a> over twelve seasons from 1898 through 1999 with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Orphans" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Orphans">Chicago Orphans</a> and for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> in 1901, before performing as a <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a> for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in 1906, working later as an <a href="/wiki/Baseball_umpire" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball umpire">umpire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>.</li> <li>August   7 – <a href="/wiki/Abner_Powell" title="Abner Powell">Abner Powell</a>, 98, 19th century pitcher who played in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Association" title="Union Association">Union Association</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals_(UA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Nationals (UA)">Washington Nationals</a> in 1884, playing later in the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(19th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (19th century)">American Association</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1882%E2%80%931899)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)">Baltimore Orioles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_(AA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA)">Cincinnati Red Stockings</a> during the 1886 season.</li> <li>August   9 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Evans_(baseball)" title="Joe Evans (baseball)">Joe Evans</a>, 56, third baseman and outfielder whose career included stints with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> in eleven seasons spanning 1911–1925, being also a member of the <a href="/wiki/1920_World_Series" title="1920 World Series">1920 World Series Cleveland champion team</a>.</li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ty_Tyson_(baseball)" title="Ty Tyson (baseball)">Ty Tyson</a>, 61, outfielder who played from 1926 through 1928 for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Robins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Robins">Brooklyn Robins</a>.</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tabor" title="Jim Tabor">Jim Tabor</a>, 36, slugging third baseman for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> over nine seasons from 1938 to 1947; led the American League in <a href="/wiki/Assist_(baseball)" title="Assist (baseball)">assists</a> in 1939 and <a href="/wiki/Putouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Putouts">putouts</a> in 1942; collected four <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, 11 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> and 19 <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> in a 1939 <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> against the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a>; three of his homers came in the second game, including a record-tying two <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">grand slams</a> in consecutive innings, while his 11 RBI is an American League record that remains intact as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Maisel" title="Charlie Maisel">Charlie Maisel</a>, 63, catcher who played in 1915 for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Terrapins" title="Baltimore Terrapins">Baltimore Terrapins</a> of the outlaw <a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a>.</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Shields_(1900s_pitcher)" title="Charlie Shields (1900s pitcher)">Charlie Shields</a>, 73, pitcher who played in 1902 with the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901%E2%80%9302)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore Orioles (1901–02)">Baltimore Orioles</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> and for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in 1907.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September   3 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pfiester" title="Jack Pfiester">Jack Pfiester</a>, 75, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> over eight seasons between 1903 and 1911, who won two <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> with the Cubs in 1907–1908, led the National League with a 1.15 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> in 1907, winning 20 games in 1906 and posting a career record of 71-44, whose lifetime 2.02 ERA is the third best of all-time for MLB pitchers with at least 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings of work</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September   4 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Herzog" title="Buck Herzog">Buck Herzog</a>, 53, versatile infielder who played from 1908 through 1920 with four National League teams and also managed the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> from 1914 to 1916, winning four NL pennants, while collecting 12 hits in the <a href="/wiki/1912_World_Series" title="1912 World Series">1912 World Series</a> to set a series record since then tied and broken.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September   4 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Van_Graflan" title="Roy Van Graflan">Roy Van Graflan</a>, 59, American League umpire from 1927 to 1933 who worked 1,034 AL games and two World Series; one of only six umpires who ever ejected <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a> from a game (July 1, 1929).</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Coulson" title="Bob Coulson">Bob Coulson</a>, 66, outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Rebels" title="Pittsburgh Rebels">Pittsburgh Rebels</a> in part of three seasons spanning 1908–1914.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Wese_Callahan" title="Wese Callahan">Wese Callahan</a>, 6s, shortstop for the <a href="/wiki/1913_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1913 St. Louis Cardinals season">1913 St. Louis Cardinals</a>.</li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Seth_Sigsby" title="Seth Sigsby">Seth Sigsby</a>, 79, 19th century pitcher who played in 1893 for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Chub_Aubrey" title="Chub Aubrey">Chub Aubrey</a>, 72, shortstop who played for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Beaneaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Beaneaters">Boston Beaneaters</a> in <a href="/wiki/1903_Boston_Beaneaters_season" title="1903 Boston Beaneaters season">its 1903 season</a>.</li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cunningham_(outfielder)" title="Bill Cunningham (outfielder)">Bill Cunningham</a>, 59, outfielder who played from 1921 through 1924 for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a>, whose two-run single in the decisive game of the <a href="/wiki/1922_World_Series" title="1922 World Series">1922 World Series</a> sparked the Giants to a 5–3 victory over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> en route to the championship title.</li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Tyler" title="Lefty Tyler">Lefty Tyler</a>, 63, pitcher who played with the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Doves/Rustlers/Braves</a> clubs from 1910 to 1917 and for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> from 1918 to 1921, being also a member of the famous <a href="/wiki/1914_Boston_Braves_season" title="1914 Boston Braves season">Miracle Braves</a> who swept the highly favored <a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Athletics season">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1914_World_Series" title="1914 World Series">1914 World Series</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October   5 – <a href="/wiki/Rags_Faircloth" title="Rags Faircloth">Rags Faircloth</a>, 61, pitcher who made two appearances for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in 1919.</li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a>, 74, one of five Delahanty brothers to play in the majors, a fine defensive second baseman who had a 13-year career with eight teams spanning 1901–1915, while batting a solid .283/.357/.373/.730 <a href="/wiki/Slash_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Slash line">line</a> and 1,159 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> in 1,186 career games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November   3 – <a href="/wiki/John_Chapman_(baseball)" title="John Chapman (baseball)">John Chapman</a>, 54, shortstop for the <a href="/wiki/1924_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1924 Philadelphia Athletics season">1924 Philadelphia Athletics</a>.</li> <li>November   6 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dougherty_(baseball)" title="Tom Dougherty (baseball)">Tom Dougherty</a>, 72, pitcher who made one-game relief appearance for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> in 1904, who is probably unique in Major League Baseball history for his <i>perfect</i> 1-0 winning record in a game where he faced the minimum six batters over two innings, without giving up a <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">run</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> or <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walk</a> in his immaculate work.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormick_(third_baseman)" title="Mike McCormick (third baseman)">Mike McCormick</a>, 71, third baseman for the <a href="/wiki/1904_Brooklyn_Superbas_season" title="1904 Brooklyn Superbas season">1904 Brooklyn Superbas</a>.</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Lacy" title="Guy Lacy">Guy Lacy</a>, 56, second baseman who played for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> in <a href="/wiki/1926_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1926 Cleveland Indians season">its 1926 season</a>.</li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Schesler" title="Dutch Schesler">Dutch Schesler</a>, 53, German pitcher who appeared in 17 games for the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in 1931.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Maharg" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Maharg">Billy Maharg</a>, 72, professional <a href="/wiki/Boxer_(boxing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxer (boxing)">boxer</a> that achieved three distinct historical connections with Major League Baseball, 1) as a replacement player in the <a href="/wiki/1912_Detroit_Tigers_season#Regular_season" title="1912 Detroit Tigers season">1912 Detroit Tigers' players strike</a>, 2) for a one-game stint with the <a href="/wiki/1916_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1916 Philadelphia Phillies season">1916 Philadelphia Phillies</a>, and 3) because of his role in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December   7 – <a href="/wiki/Slats_Jordan" title="Slats Jordan">Slats Jordan</a>, 75, <a href="/wiki/Utility_player" title="Utility player">utility man</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(1901%E2%80%931902)" title="Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)">1901–02 Baltimore Orioles</a>.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Armbruster" title="Harry Armbruster">Harry Armbruster</a>, 71, backup outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in <a href="/wiki/1906_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1906 Philadelphia Athletics season">its 1906 season</a>.</li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Klondike_Douglass" title="Klondike Douglass">Klondike Douglass</a>, 81, 19th century first baseman and catcher who played in the National League for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Browns (NL)">St. Louis Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> in a span of nine seasons from 1896 to 1904.</li> <li>December 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Ed Barrow</a>, 85, Hall of Fame executive and notable judge of talent, who discovered <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a> 1896 and later converted <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> from pitcher to outfielder, also signing contracts with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Gomez" title="Lefty Gomez">Lefty Gomez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Tony Lazzeri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Ruffing" title="Red Ruffing">Red Ruffing</a>; as business/general manager and club president, oversaw the New York Yankees' dynasty that captured 14 American League pennants and 10 World Series championships from 1921 to 1945, including five Series sweeps; earlier, served as field manager of 1903–1904 Detroit Tigers and 1918–1920 Boston Red Sox, leading 1918 Bosox to world championship<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Devoy" title="Walt Devoy">Walt Devoy</a>, 68, multi-sport athlete who played right field for the <a href="/wiki/1903_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1903 St. Louis Browns season">1903 St. Louis Browns</a>, playing also in the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Soccer_League" title="St. Louis Soccer League">St. Louis Soccer League</a>, where he later was an executive for the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Millers" title="Ben Millers">Ben Millers</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Walt_Devoy" title="Walt Devoy">Walt Devoy</a>, 68, multi-sport athlete who played right field for the <a href="/wiki/1903_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1903 St. Louis Browns season">1903 St. Louis Browns</a>, playing also in the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Soccer_League" title="St. Louis Soccer League">St. Louis Soccer League</a>, where he later was an executive for the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Millers" title="Ben Millers">Ben Millers FC</a>.</li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_McEvoy" title="Lou McEvoy">Lou McEvoy</a>, 51, who made 34 pitching appearances for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> from 1931-32.</li> <li>December 24 – <a href="/wiki/Pinch_Thomas" title="Pinch Thomas">Pinch Thomas</a>, 65, backup catcher whose nickname reflects his <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch-hitting</a> abilities, as he posted a <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> of .419 (13-for-31) for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians from 1912 to 1921, while earning four <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> titles with Boston (1912; 1915–16) and Cleveland (1920).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Patsy_Donovan" title="Patsy Donovan">Patsy Donovan</a>, 88, Irish-American right fielder and manager who played for several teams over 17 years spanning 1890–1907, while managing five teams in 11 seasons from 1897 to 1911, collecting a .301 batting career average of .301 with 2,253 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> and 518 <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a>, and a managerial record of 684–879 (.438).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_baseball&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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