Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees
September 30, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1953 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Brooklyn Dodgers 5, New York Yankees 9

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 2 1
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Snider cf 5 0 2 0
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 1 3 1
Furillo rf 4 0 1 1
Cox 3b 5 1 2 0
Erskine p 0 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 1 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 1 1 2
  Labine p 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 3b 5 0 0 0
Collins 1b 4 2 2 2
Bauer rf 5 1 2 1
Berra c 4 1 2 1
Mantle cf 3 1 1 0
Woodling lf 3 1 1 0
Martin 2b 4 1 3 3
Rizzuto ss 3 1 0 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Sain p 2 1 1 2
Totals 34 9 12 9
Brooklyn 000 013 1005122
New York 400 010 13x9120
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  1 2.0 4 4 3 1 0
  Hughes  4 3.0 1 1 1 3 1
  Labine  L (0-1) 1.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Wade  1.1 3.0 3 3 1 2 0
Totals
9.2
12
9
9
5
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  5.1 7.0 4 4 3 6 3
  Sain  W (1-0) 3.2 5 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.2
12
5
5
4
6

  E–Furillo (1), Hughes (1).  2B–Brooklyn Cox (1,off Reynolds); Snider (1,off Reynolds), New York Sain (1,off Wade).  3B–New York Bauer (1,off Erskine); Martin (1,off Erskine).  HR–Brooklyn Gilliam (1,5th inning off Reynolds 0 on 1 out); Hodges (1,6th inning off Reynolds 0 on 0 out); Shuba (1,6th inning off Reynolds 1 on 1 out), New York Berra (1,5th inning off Hughes 0 on 2 out); Collins (1,7th inning off Labine 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Campanella (1,by Reynolds).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  SB–Martin (1,2nd base off Wade/Campanella).  CS–Mantle (1,2nd base by Hughes/Campanella); Martin (1,2nd base by Labine/Campanella).  HBP–Reynolds (1,Campanella).  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Artie Gore.  T–3:10.  A–69,734.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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