1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season
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The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers repeated as National League champions by posting a 105–49 record. However, Brooklyn again failed to capture the World Series, losing in six games to the American League champion New York Yankees.
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1953 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith |
President | Walter O'Malley |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi |
Managers | Chuck Dressen |
Television | WOR-TV WPIX WABC-TV WABD |
Radio | WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully |
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The Dodgers' .682 winning percentage in 1953 stood is still the best single-season winning percentage in franchise history for a full season. In 2020, the Dodgers posted a .717 mark (43–17) during a shortened 60-game season.[1]