The 1953 New York Yankees defeated the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-2, to clinch the season 4 championship on the penultimate day of the season. The Yanks won their 21st game of the season and in the finale they’ll try to set the record for wins in a season.
The Yankees would have clinched even with a loss, as the 1957 Milwaukee Braves lost again to the 1954 Cleveland Indians. Early Wynn has had a rough season for both the Indians and the 1959 Chicago White Sox, but he was the winning pitcher for both teams today. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies won to assure themselves of avoiding last place.
Philadelphia 5, New York Giants 3
The Giants’ Ray Katt hit his eighth homer of the season in the top of the fifth to tie the game at one. The Phillies (13-18) came right back and scored four times in the bottom of the fifth, including a three-run homer by Willie Jones, his seventh of the season. New York made things interesting, getting an RBI single from Hank Thompson in the eighth to make it 5-2. The first two batters in the top of the ninth reached base, bringing the tying run to the plate. But the Giants (17-14) could only get one run in on a Davey Williams sacrifice fly. The lowest-rated starting pitcher in the league, the Phillies’ Russ Meyer, outdueled the highest-rated starting pitcher, Johnny Antonelli.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 1 1 0 Eddie Waitkus 5 0 0 0
Al Dark 4 0 0 0 Richie Ashburn 3 1 2 0
Hank Thompson 4 0 1 1 Dick Sisler 3 1 0 0
Willie Mays 4 0 0 0 Del Ennis 3 1 1 0
Don Mueller 3 1 2 0 Willie Jones 3 1 1 3
Monte Irvin 4 0 1 0 Granny Hamner 3 1 1 0
Davey Williams 3 0 0 1 Andy Seminick 2 0 0 0
Ray Katt 4 1 2 1 Mike Goliat 4 0 1 0
Johnny Antonelli AX 1 0 1 0 Russ Meyer DY 2 0 1 1
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 28 5 7 4
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 010 011 -- 3
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 140 00x -- 5
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 6, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8.
ERR--Monte Irvin, Willie Jones. 2B--Monte Irvin, Whitey
Lockman. HR--Ray Katt, Willie Jones. SACF--Davey Williams.
SACB--Johnny Antonelli AX, Russ Meyer DY (2). SB--Richie
Ashburn.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Antonelli AX [L] 6.00 5 5 4 6 3 1
Jim Hearn CW 2.00 2 0 0 1 2 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Russ Meyer DY [W] 8.00 7 2 2 0 4 1
Jim Konstanty AZ [S] 1.00 1 1 1 1 2 0
Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 2
The Braves (18-13) tied the game in the third on Del Crandall’s RBI single, and went ahead 2-1 in the fifth when Bill Bruton tripled and Warren Spahn had a sacrifice fly. Cleveland’s Larry Doby smacked a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, his sixth of the season, to put the Indians (12-19) ahead for good. Early Wynn and closer Don Mossi retired the final 10 Brave hitters.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Al Smith 3 1 0 0 Red Schoendienst 4 0 0 0
Bobby Avila 4 1 2 0 Frank Torre 3 0 0 0
Larry Doby 4 1 1 2 Eddie Mathews 4 0 0 0
Al Rosen 3 0 0 0 Hank Aaron 4 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 4 0 1 0 Wes Covington 4 0 1 0
Dave Philley 3 0 0 0 Johnny Logan 4 0 0 0
George Strickland 4 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 3 2 2 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0 Del Crandall 3 0 1 1
Early Wynn BXZ 3 0 1 0 Warren Spahn B 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 32 3 6 2 TOTALS 30 2 5 2
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 100 002 000 -- 3
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 001 010 000 -- 2
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 4.
ERR--Johnny Logan (2), Red Schoendienst. 2B--George
Strickland, Bill Bruton. 3B--Bill Bruton. HR--Larry Doby.
SACF--Warren Spahn B. SACB--Warren Spahn B. SB--Wes
Covington.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Early Wynn BXZ [W] 8.00 5 2 2 1 6 0
Don Mossi AX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Warren Spahn B [L] 9.00 6 3 2 3 3 1
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3
Sherm Lollar hit a pair of two-run home runs to account for all of the White Sox (11-20) runs. His fifth and sixth homers came in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively, to make the score 4-0. The Pirates (15-16) nearly rallied in the top of the ninth, scoring three times. Don Hoak tripled with two out to score one run and make it 4-3. But the potential tying run was stranded on third as reliever Turk Lown came in and got a game-ending strikeout. Early Wynn got his first win in his eighth and final start.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 0 2 0 Luis Aparicio 4 0 0 0
Dick Groat 4 1 1 0 Nellie Fox 3 0 0 0
Bob Skinner 3 1 0 0 Jim Landis 3 2 1 0
Dick Stuart 3 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 3 2 2 4
Roberto Clemente 4 0 0 0 Al Smith 3 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess 4 1 2 1 Earl Torgeson 3 0 0 0
Don Hoak 3 0 1 1 Bubba Phillips 3 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 4 0 1 0 Jim McAnany 2 0 1 0
Vern Law BZ 2 0 0 0 Early Wynn BX 1 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 3 8 2 TOTALS 25 4 4 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 003 -- 3
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 202 00x -- 4
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2.
2B--Jim McAnany. 3B--Dick Groat, Don Hoak, Jim Landis.
HR--Sherm Lollar (2). SACB--Early Wynn BX (2).
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law BZ [L] 7.00 4 4 4 3 1 2
Roy Face BYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Early Wynn BX [W] 8.67 8 3 3 3 7 0
Turk Lown BX [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 3, Brooklyn 2
The Yankees jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning as Mickey Mantle doubled and Gene Woodling and Yogi Berra each had RBI singles. The Dodgers (17-14) cut the deficit in half on Jackie Robinson’s RBI single in the fourth. Mantle blasted a solo homer in the sixth inning, his fifth, to increase the lead back to two runs at 3-1. In the ninth, Duke Snider led off with a double, and he scored on Roy Campanella’s single. Reliever Allie Reynolds came in and got the final two outs to clinch the victory and the championship for the Yankees (21-10). Johnny Sain improved to 6-1 with another good start.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0 Gil McDougald 4 0 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 3 1 0 0 Joe Collins 4 0 0 0
Duke Snider 2 1 1 0 Hank Bauer 4 0 1 0
Jackie Robinson 4 0 1 1 Mickey Mantle 4 2 3 1
Roy Campanella 4 0 1 1 Gene Woodling 4 1 1 1
Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 3 0 2 1
Carl Furillo 4 0 0 0 Billy Martin 3 0 0 0
Billy Cox 3 0 1 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 0 1 0
Carl Erskine BXY 2 0 0 0 Johnny Sain BYZ 3 0 0 0
Don Thompson 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 32 3 9 3
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 100 001 -- 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 020 001 00x -- 3
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 5, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 5.
ERR--Jim Gilliam, Billy Martin, Gil McDougald, Hank Bauer.
2B--Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle. HR--Mickey Mantle.
SB--Jackie Robinson.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Erskine BXY [L] 7.00 8 3 3 0 7 1
Jim Hughes BX 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Sain BYZ [W] 8.00 4 2 1 3 2 0
Tom Gorman CY 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Allie Reynolds BX [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
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