1953 Virtual Gold Gloves

 By JT 

Jim Busby (l) and Johnny Logan (r)

Using Sean Smith's Defensive WAR and Rtot, Michael Humphrey's DRA, Bill James's FiWS, Pete Palmer's FR, Clay Davenport's FRAA, Tom Thress' net fielding wins and other indicators, I've awarded "Virtual" Gold Gloves to the most deserving players.

1953 Virtual Gold Gloves

NL

C-Del Crandall, (next Wes Westrum), then Roy Campanella
1B-Gil Hodges, Bilko
2B- Red Schoendienst; Hamner
SS- Johnny Logan and Roy McMillan a close, super-tight race
3B-Eddie Matthews, Hank Thompson, O'Connell though not very high in metrics
OF-Richie Ashburn, Bill Bruton, Monte Irvin

AL

C-Sammy White, Yogi Berra, Loller
1B-Fain, Dropo, Mickey Vernon
2B-Bobby Avila and next is Twilliger and Nellie Fox
SS-Hunter, Strickland; Carrasquel,
3B- Al Rosen, Gil McDougald, Boone
OF- Jim Busby, Jimmy Piersall, Minnie Minoso, and then Tom Umphlett, 

Platinum Gloves   AL - Busby; NL - Logan

Perhaps someone else can re-evaluate the NL shortstop stats... hard to know who was really number one. 

Agree or disagree? Let me know. In fact, I'd love someone better to do this. 

1953 All-MLB Team

 By JT 

Phil Rizzuto (l) and Pee Wee Reese (r)

Here are the 1953 All-MLB teams with the Associated Press and The Sporting News (TSN) choosing All-MLB teams and the United Press (UP) chose All-AL and All-NFL Teams. 

The differences between TSN and AP begin with shortstop with AP going with Pee Wee Reese and the AP going with Phil Rizzuto.

Bob Porterfield is the third TSN pitcher but other than that the rest of the teams were the same.

On the UP league teams, Harvey Kuenn beat out Rizzuto in the voting at short. The NL outfields were the same as the All-MLB outfielders, the AL outfielders were Minne Minoso, Mickey Mantle, and Hank Bauer. Billy Martin was on the Al team as the second sacker, Big Klu was the first baseman on the NL team. Yogi Berra is the AL catcher and Eddie Matthews is the NL third sacker.

And the official MLB All-Star teams—

1953 MLB All-Rookie Team

 By JT 

The Sporting News (TSN) picked All-Rookie teams once again in 1953. Junior Gilliam, Harvey Kuenn, Bill Bruton. Keunn and Gilliam were the Rookies of the Year. Ray Jablonski was also a rookie star, hitting 21 home runs and driving in 112 runs. 

1953 AL and NL Comeback Players of the Year

 By JT 

The Associated Press (AP) selected AL and NL Comeback Players of the Year. In the AL Virgil Trucks was the leading-vote-getter and Carl Furillo took the NL award.

1953 MLB and AL and NL Managers of the Year

 By JT 

Charlie Grimm (l) and Casey Stengel (r) 

In 1953 The Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) voted on "Manager of the Year" awards. The AP picked a MLB Manager of the Year and also AL and NL recipients. The UP picked AL and NL Winners.

The MLB Manager of the Year by the AP and The Sporting News was Casey Stengel. The runner-up in the AP poll was Charlie Grimm. The AL winner was Stengel and the NFL winner was Grimm. In the NL the runner-up was Charlie Dressen and in the AL the runner-up was Lou Boudreau.

The UP voting had Stengel as the winner in the AL with the White Sox Manager Paul Richards second and Eddie Stanky was second in the NL UP poll.