1953 International League season

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The 1953 International League season was the 68th in the league's history, and ended with the Montreal Royals winning their second Governors' Cup in three seasons. The Royals would go on to win the Junior World Series.

This was the final season for the Baltimore Orioles and Springfield Cubs.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Rochester Red Wings	97	57	.630	--	Harry Walker	St. Louis Cardinals
Montreal Royals	89	63	.586	7	Walter Alston	Brooklyn Dodgers
Buffalo Bisons	87	65	.572	9	Jack Tighe	Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles	82	72	.532	15	Don Heffner	Philadelphia Phillies
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	76	.506	19	Burleigh Grimes	None
Ottawa A's	71	83	.461	26	Frank Skaff	Philadelphia Athletics
Syracuse Chiefs	58	95	.379	38½	Bruno Betzel	New York Yankees
Springfield Cubs	51	102	.333	45½	Bruce Edwards/Tom Sheehan/Jack Sheehan	Chicago Cubs

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Rochester Red Wings	4
	4	Baltimore Orioles	3
						1	Rochester Red Wings	0
						2	Montreal Royals	4
	2	Montreal Royals	4
	3	Buffalo Bisons	2

First Round

Rochester vs. Baltimore Date Away Home September 15 Baltimore 2 Rochester 4 September 16 Baltimore 5 Rochester 2 September 17 Rochester 3 Baltimore 5 September 18 Rochester 2 Baltimore 1 September 19 Rochester 2 Baltimore 9 September 21 Baltimore 1 Rochester 2 10 innings September 22 Baltimore 1 Rochester 8 Rochester wins series 4-3

Montreal vs. Buffalo Date Away Home September 15 Buffalo 3 Montreal 2 September 16 Buffalo 0 Montreal 1 September 18 Montreal 8 Buffalo 5 September 20 Montreal 2 Buffalo 1 September 21 Montreal 5 Buffalo 6 12 innings September 23 Buffalo 0 Montreal 7 Montreal wins series 4-2

Governors' Cup Finals

Rochester vs. Montreal Date Away Home September 24 Montreal 5 Rochester 2 September 25 Montreal 11 Rochester 7 September 26 Rochester 2 Montreal 8 September 28 Rochester 2 Montreal 3 Montreal wins series 4-0 and advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Sandy Amoros, Montreal, .353
• Runs Scored Amoros, 128
• Hits Amoros, 190
• Doubles Amoros, 40
• Triples Herb Adams, Springfield, 12
• Home Runs Jack Wallaesa, Springfield and Buffalo, 36
• Runs Batted In Rocky Nelson, Montreal, 136
• Stolen Bases Walt Rogers, Ottawa, 30

Pitching

• Wins Bob Trice, Ottawa, 21
• Earned Run Average Don Johnson, 2.67
• Complete Games Don Elston, Springfield; Trice, 20
• Shutouts Trice, 4
• Strikeouts Johnson, 156

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1954 Baseball Guide