1953 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1953 MLB Season is the 53rd Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Selections
Reno Bertoia (2B) - Detroit Tigers

Don Demeter (RF) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Leland Ferguson (RP) - San Francisco Seals

Bob Gibson (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Masatoshi Gondo (SP) - Los Angeles Knights

Hal Kolstad (SP) - Boston Red Sox

Sandy Koufax (SP) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Lindy McDaniel (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals

George Piktuzis (SP) - Chicago Cubs

Frank Robinson (CF) - Cincinnati Reds

Bob Veale (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Christopher (LF) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Donn Clendenon (1B) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Joey Jay (RP) - Cincinnati Reds

Bob Miller (RP) - Detroit Tigers

Sadao Nishimura (SP) - New York Knights

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (105-51), Detroit Tigers (86-70), New York Yankees (80-76), Chicago White Sox (71-85), Buffalo Bisons (69-87), Baltimore Orioles (65-91)

AL West: Los Angeles Angels (92-64), San Francisco Athletics (86-70), New Orleans Browns (80-76), Seattle Rainiers (77-79), Dallas Rangers (72-84), Minnesota Twins (53-103)

NL East: Philadelphia Phillies (95-61), Pittsburgh Pirates (91-65), Chicago Cubs (89-67), New York Giants (88-68), Washington Nationals (73-83), Brooklyn Dodgers (66-90)

NL West: St. Louis Cardinals (88-68), Kansas City Blues (85-71), Atlanta Braves (71-85), Milwaukee Brewers (71-85), Cincinnati Reds (67-89), Cleveland Buckeyes (52-104)

ALCS: Boston Red Sox def. Los Angeles Angels 4-2

NLCS: St. Louis Cardinals def. Philadelphia Phillies 4-2

World Series: Boston Red Sox def. St. Louis Cardinals 4-0

League Leaders
Batting Average - Barney McCosky (Philadelphia) .349

Home Runs - Gil Hodges (Philadelphia) 48

RBI - Gil Hodges (Philadelphia) 162

Stolen Bases - Richie Ashburn (Milwaukee) 21

ERA - Carlos Colin (Boston) & Herb Moford (Seattle) 2.45

Wins - Robin Roberts (St. Louis) 27

Strikeouts - Bill Miller (Kansas City) 282