1953 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 13 – October 12, 1953 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Al Rosen (CLE) NL: Roy Campanella (BKN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Cleveland Indians |
NL champions | Brooklyn Dodgers |
NL runners-up | Milwaukee Braves |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Finals MVP | Billy Martin (NYY) |
The 1953 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 12, 1953. It marked the first relocation of an MLB franchise in fifty years, as the Boston Braves moved their NL franchise to Milwaukee, where they would play their home games at the new County Stadium. This was also the first regular season of the televised Major League Baseball Game of the Week, originally broadcast on ABC.
The New York Yankees won their fifth consecutive World Series championship, an MLB record.