Brooklyn won the pennant, their second straight, and a total of 105 games. This made the Dodgers feel it was their year in the World Series, but they lost in 6 games to the Yankees. The Braves moved to Milwaukee and jumped up to second, 13 games out. Philadelphia and St. Louis tied for third, well off the pace. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago were also-rans, and Pittsburgh was not quite as terrible as the year before but still lost 104 games.
Carl Furillo won the batting title with a .344 mark, edging Red Schoendienst at .342. Eddie Mathews became the first guy not named Ralph Kiner to lead in homers in some years (well, there was a tie in there)with 47, and Roy Campanella led in RBI with 142 and won the MVP for the second time. Duke Snider and Stan Musial tied for the OPS lead. Musial led in on-base, Snider in slugging. Snider led with 132 runs, Musial with 53 doubles. Richie Ashburn had 205 hits and Junior Gilliam 17 triples. Bill Bruton had 26 stolen bases.
Warren Spahn led in ERA by a safe margin with an astounding 2.10 mark, and tied Robin Roberts for the lead in wins at 23. Carl Erskine and Harvey Haddix won 20. Roberts led in strikeouts with 198, edging Erskine's 187. Roberts was way ahead in innings with 347. Al Brazle's 18 saves beat out Hoyt Wilhelm's 15.
Win Shares leaders, players; Eddie Mathews (Milwaukee) 39, Duke Snider (Brooklyn) 37, Roy Campanella (Brooklyn) and Stan Musial (St. Louis) 33, Red Schoendienst (St. Louis) 27, Richie Ashburn (Philadelphia) 26, Jim Gilliam, Gil Hodges and Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn) 25 each, Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski (Cincinnati) and Johnny Logan (Milwaukee) 24, Carl Furillo (Brooklyn) and Solly Hemus (St. Louis) 23.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Robin Roberts (Philadelphia) 35, Warren Spahn (Milwaukee) 31, Harvey Haddix (St. Louis) 27, Carl Erskine (Brooklyn) 20, Curt Simmons (Philadelphia) 19, Wilmer Mizell (St. Louis) 17, Lew Burdette (Milwaukee) and Gerry Staley (St. Louis) 15.
WAR scores (bWAR): Snider 9.5, Mathews 8.9, Musial 7.6, Robinson 7.3, Campanella 7.2, Schoendienst 6.5, Ashburn 6.0, Kluszewski and Pee Wee Reese (Brooklyn) 5.2, Hemus 5.1, Furillo (best year), Bell (best year), and Hank Thompson (New York) 4.7, Hodges and Al Dark (New York) 4.5, Monte Irvin (New York) 4.3, Gilliam 4.1 (rookie).
Pitchers, Roberts 9.6, Spahn 9.4, Haddix 7.0 (rookie, only 20-win season, and career year), Simmons 5.1, Mizell 4.7, Warren Hacker (Chicago) 4.3, Ruben Gomez (New York) 4.3, Erskine 4.1 (only 20-win season), Staley 4.0, Bob Buhl (Milwaukee) 3.8, Burdette and Paul Minner (Chicago) 3.2.
We reach the end of an era, as Musial and Robinson are no longer the dominant players. Musial would stick around for several more seasons, but Robinson was winding down.
Actual award winners, MVP: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+-
1 Roy Campanella BRO 17 297 336 0.88 | 519 162 41 .312 1.006 4|
2 Eddie Mathews MLN 3 216 336 0.64 | 579 175 47 .302 1.033 1|
3 Duke Snider BRO 1 157 336 0.47 | 590 198 42 .336 1.046 16|
4 Red Schoendienst STL 2 155 336 0.46 | 564 193 15 .342 .907 3|
5 Warren Spahn MLN 0 120 336 0.36 | 105 23 2 .219 .550 0| 23-7 266 2.10 1.058 148 3
6 Robin Roberts PHI 1 106 336 0.32 | 123 22 1 .179 .489 0| 23-16 347 2.75 1.110 198 2
7 Ted Kluszewski CIN 0 69 336 0.21 | 570 180 40 .316 .950 2|
8 Stan Musial STL 0 62 336 0.18 | 593 200 30 .337 1.046 3|
9 Carl Erskine BRO 0 54 336 0.16 | 93 20 0 .215 .460 0| 20-6 247 3.54 1.248 187 3
9 Carl Furillo BRO 0 54 336 0.16 | 479 165 21 .344 .973 1|
11 Pee Wee Reese BRO 0 27 336 0.08 | 524 142 13 .271 .794 22|
12 Jackie Robinson BRO 0 19 336 0.06 | 484 159 12 .329 .927 17|
13 Del Ennis PHI 0 14 336 0.04 | 578 165 29 .285 .839 1|
14 Gil Hodges BRO 0 13 336 0.04 | 520 157 31 .302 .943 1|
15 Monte Irvin NYG 0 11 336 0.03 | 444 146 21 .329 .947 2|
16 Danny O'Connell PIT 0 10 336 0.03 | 588 173 7 .294 .762 3|
17 Harvey Haddix STL 0 9 336 0.03 | 97 28 1 .289 .749 0| 20-9 253 3.06 1.142 163 1
18 Frank Thomas PIT 0 6 336 0.02 | 455 116 30 .255 .837 1|
19 Richie Ashburn PHI 0 5 336 0.01 | 622 205 2 .330 .802 14|
20 Gus Bell CIN 0 3 336 0.01 | 610 183 30 .300 .879 0|
20 Johnny Logan MLN 0 3 336 0.01 | 611 167 11 .273 .724 2|
22 Ruben Gomez NYG 0 2 336 0.01 | 72 15 0 .208 .441 0| 13-11 204 3.40 1.309 113
22 Granny Hamner PHI 0 2 336 0.01 | 609 168 21 .276 .768 2|
24 Del Crandall MLN 0 1 336 0.00 | 382 104 15 .272 .759 2|
24 Hank Thompson NYG 0 1 336 0.00 | 388 117 24 .302 .967 6|
Rookie of the Year: | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
1 Jim Gilliam BRO 11 11 24 0.46 | 605 168 6 .278 .798 21|
2 Harvey Haddix STL 4 4 24 0.17 | 97 28 1 .289 .749 0| 20-9 253 3.06 1.142 163 1
3 Ray Jablonski STL 3 3 24 0.12 | 604 162 21 .268 .735 2|
4 Bill Bruton MLN 2 2 24 0.08 | 613 153 1 .250 .636 26|
4 Rip Repulski STL 2 2 24 0.08 | 567 156 15 .275 .738 3|
6 Fred Baczewski TOT 1 1 24 0.04 | + 47 9 1 .191 .464 0|+11-4 148 3.64 1.369 61 1
6 Jim Greengrass CIN 1 1 24 0.04 | 606 173 20 .285 .784 6|
Top player: Roy Campanella. Eddie Mathews and Duke Snider provide strong competition, along with perennial favorite Stan Musial, but Campy was the best of 1953. 4th in OPS, 1st in RBI, and strong defense behind the plate clinch this for the Dodger catcher.
#1 Roy Campanella, #2 Eddie Mathews, #3 Duke Snider, #4 Stan Musial, #5 Red Schoendienst, #6 Jackie Robinson.
Top pitcher: Robin Roberts in a close call over Warren Spahn. Spahnie had the ERA lead, but also a better team, and Roberts leads in WARP and Win Shares.
#1 Robin Roberts, #2 Warren Spahn, #3 Harvey Haddix, #4 Curt Simmons, #5 Carl Erskine.
Top rookie: Harvey Haddix. Jim Gilliam's win was a bit strange, since he received no MVP votes while 20-game winner Haddix did. Perhaps Haddix' 1952 debut of 42 innings threw things Gilliam's way.
Top manager: Charlie Grimm piloted the transplanted Braves into 2nd place, from 7th the year before.
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