| 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.
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| AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
| NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | ||
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| Team | Manager | Comments |
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| Boston Red Sox | Lou Boudreau | |
| Chicago White Sox | Paul Richards | Finished 3rd |
| Cleveland Indians | Al López | Finished 2nd |
| Detroit Tigers | Fred Hutchinson | |
| New York Yankees | Casey Stengel | Won 5th straight World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Jimmy Dykes | |
| St. Louis Browns | Marty Marion | |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
| Team | Manager | Comments |
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| Boston Braves | Tommy Holmes and Charlie Grimm | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Chuck Dressen | Won Pennant |
| Chicago Cubs | Phil Cavarretta | |
| Cincinnati Reds | Rogers Hornsby and Buster Mills | |
| Milwaukee Braves | Charlie Grimm | Finished 2nd in inaugural season |
| New York Giants | Leo Durocher | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Steve O'Neill | Finished tied for 3rd |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Haney | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Stanky | Finished tied for 3rd |
| Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Braves [1] | 92 | 43.8% | 1,826,397 | 549.3% | 23,119 |
| New York Yankees [2] | 99 | 4.2% | 1,537,811 | -5.6% | 19,972 |
| Chicago White Sox [3] | 89 | 9.9% | 1,191,353 | -3.3% | 15,274 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers [4] | 105 | 9.4% | 1,163,419 | 6.9% | 14,916 |
| Cleveland Indians [5] | 92 | -1.1% | 1,069,176 | -26.0% | 13,707 |
| Boston Red Sox [6] | 84 | 10.5% | 1,026,133 | -8.0% | 13,502 |
| Detroit Tigers [7] | 60 | 20.0% | 884,658 | -13.8% | 11,198 |
| St. Louis Cardinals [8] | 83 | -5.7% | 880,242 | -3.6% | 11,285 |
| Philadelphia Phillies [9] | 83 | -4.6% | 853,644 | 13.0% | 10,944 |
| New York Giants [10] | 70 | -23.9% | 811,518 | -17.6% | 10,539 |
| Chicago Cubs [11] | 65 | -15.6% | 763,658 | -25.5% | 9,918 |
| Washington Senators [12] | 76 | -2.6% | 595,594 | -14.8% | 7,941 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates [13] | 50 | 19.0% | 572,757 | -16.6% | 7,438 |
| Cincinnati Reds [14] | 68 | -1.4% | 548,086 | -9.3% | 7,027 |
| Philadelphia Athletics [15] | 59 | -25.3% | 362,113 | -42.3% | 4,642 |
| St. Louis Browns [16] | 54 | -15.6% | 297,238 | -42.7% | 3,860 |
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