1953

1953 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1953.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 - 2 - 1 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: Frankfurt Juniors
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: OVVO Amsterdam
• Serie A1: Nettuno B.C.

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Brooklyn Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Montreal Royals (IL) over the Kansas City Blues (AA), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Dothan Rebels
  • American Association: Kansas City Blues (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Welch Miners
  • Arizona-Texas League: Tucson Cowboys
  • Big State League: Wichita Falls Spudders
  • California League: San Jose Red Sox
  • Carolina League: Danville Leafs
  • Cotton States League: Meridian Millers
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Triplets
  • Evangeline League: Thibodaux Giants
  • Florida International League: Fort Lauderdale Lions
  • Georgia State League: Hazlehurst-Baxley Cardinals
  • Georgia-Florida League: Brunswick Pirates
  • Gulf Coast League: Texas City Texans
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Kitty League: Paducah Chiefs
  • Longhorn League: Carlsbad Potashers
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Decatur Commodores
  • Mountain States League: Knoxville Smokies
  • Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead Twins
  • Pacific Coast League: Hollywood Stars (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Norfolk Tars
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Bees
  • PONY League: Jamestown Falcons
  • Provincial League: Quebec Braves
  • Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
  • South Atlantic League: Columbia Reds
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Tar Heel League: Lexington Indians
  • Texas League: Dallas Eagles
  • Three-I League: Quincy Gems
  • Tri-State League: Charlotte Hornets
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Albuquerque Dukes
  • Western Association: Hutchinson Elks
  • Western International League: Spokane Indians
  • Western League: Des Moines Bruins
  • Wisconsin State League: Green Bay Bluejays

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 5 - 1 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• American Girls' Baseball League: Grand Rapids Chicks defeated the Kalamazoo Lassies in the playoff finals, 2 - 0 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Havana, Cuba; Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Habana
  • Panamanian League: Chesterfield
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the league's finals, 4 - 1
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Michigan defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the best-of-three finals, 7 - 5 (Details)
• Community College League of California: Sacramento City College beat Long Beach City College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Leonard Wood Hilltoppers (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Rikkyo University defeated the Chuo University in the final, 6 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Sumoto High School (Hyogo) defeat Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Matsuyama Commercial High School (Ehime) defeat Tosa High School (Kochi), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Southside (Birmingham, AL) defeat Schenectady (Schenectady, NY), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Venezuela (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Venezuela (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Great Negro Baseball Stars, by A.S. Young
• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
• The Philadelphia Phillies, by Frederick G. Lieb and Stan Baumgartner
• The Southpaw, by Mark Harris

Film

• Big Leaguer

Births

Further information: Births in 1953

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1953