Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4–2) All-Star Game, July 14 at Crosley Field: National League, 5–1 Other champions All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: Grand Rapids Chicks College World Series: Michigan Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4–2) Little League World Series: Southside, Birmingham, Alabama Winter Leagues 1953 Caribbean Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce Cuban League: Leones del Habana Dominican Republic League: Águilas Cibaeñas Mexican Pacific League: Venados de Mazatlán Panamanian League: Chesterfield Smokers Puerto Rican League: Cangrejeros de Santurce Venezuelan League: Leones del Caracas Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame Ed Barrow Chief Bender Tom Connolly Dizzy Dean Bill Klem Al Simmons Bobby Wallace Harry Wright MLB Most Valuable Player Award Al Rosen (unanimous), Cleveland Indians, 3B Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, C MLB Rookie of the Year Award Harvey Kuenn, Detroit Tigers, SS Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn Dodgers, 2B The Sporting News Player of the Year Award Al Rosen, Cleveland Indians The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award Bob Porterfield, Washington Senators Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Casey Stengel, New York Yankees Statistical leaders Major league baseball final standings American League final standings National League final standings Events January January 21 – The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean and former Philadelphia Athletics slugger Al Simmons. February February – Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch purchases the St. Louis Cardinals franchise, an ownership that would last until the start of , when William DeWitt, Jr. took over. Sportsman's Park is renamed Busch Stadium. March March 13 – Boston Braves owner, Lou Perini, announced he was moving the team to Milwaukee, where the Braves had their top farm club, in time for the 1953 season. March 28 – Jim Thorpe, famed American Indian athlete considered by many as the greatest athlete in recorded history, died in Lomita, California at the age of 64. A native of Prague, Oklahoma, Thorpe played six seasons of Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919, mostly for the New York Giants, in addition to his Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon competition, while playing and coaching for a long time in the National Football League. April April 13 – In Cincinnati over 30,000 see the Milwaukee Braves win their first game, 2–0, behind the pitching of Max Surkont April 17 – New York Yankees Mickey