League standings - 1953 National
Regular season

Wildcard
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB		L10	Strk	Recent	Mgc
1953	North Michigan Comets	100	54	.649	na		6-4	L3	lllwwlwwww
1953	Brooklyn Bridge	93	61	.604	-		6-4	L3	lllwlwwwww	0
1953	Los Angeles Surfers	92	62	.597	1		5-5	L1	lwwwwlwlll
1953	Chicago Whales	74	80	.481	19		5-5	W3	wwwllwlllw
1953	Salzburg Bishops	66	88	.429	27		4-6	L1	lwlllwwllw
1953	Evanston Elephants	66	88	.429	27		4-6	W3	wwwlwlllll
1953	Portland Beavers	64	90	.416	29		3-7	W1	wllllwlllw

Expanded1
Year	Team	Home	Road	Grass	Turf	vsLHP	vsRHP	Div	InterLg
1953	North Michigan Comets	59-18	41-36	100-54		35-17	65-37	55-29	45-25
1953	Brooklyn Bridge	58-19	35-42	93-61		31-21	62-40	54-30	39-31
1953	Los Angeles Surfers	48-29	44-33	92-62		24-23	68-39	49-35	43-27
1953	Chicago Whales	39-38	35-42	74-80		26-26	48-54	40-44	34-36
1953	Salzburg Bishops	38-39	28-49	66-88		19-30	47-58	35-49	31-39
1953	Evanston Elephants	38-39	28-49	66-88		17-36	49-52	34-50	32-38
1953	Portland Beavers	35-42	29-48	64-90		25-32	39-58	27-57	37-33

Expanded2
Year	Team	Lead7	Tied7	Trail7	1-run	Extra
1953	North Michigan Comets	80-9	9-6	11-39	29-19	8-5
1953	Brooklyn Bridge	73-5	8-7	12-49	22-13	10-10
1953	Los Angeles Surfers	71-11	15-6	6-45	23-18	12-12
1953	Chicago Whales	55-6	10-10	9-64	24-23	9-8
1953	Salzburg Bishops	46-14	9-10	11-64	17-27	9-10
1953	Evanston Elephants	52-9	4-7	10-72	18-24	3-8
1953	Portland Beavers	50-4	10-9	4-77	24-28	6-6