Events of Saturday, April 18, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, April 18, 1953
Events of Saturday, April 18, 1953
4-17-1953 4-19-1953 4-18-1952 4-18-1954
CLE A 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 3 4 CHI A 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x - 7 4 2
BOX+PBP WP: Dorish (1-0) LP: Aber (0-1)
STL A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 - 8 12 2 (1) DET A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 - 7 16 3
BOX+PBP WP: Stuart (1-0) LP: Houtteman (0-1) SV: Trucks (1) HR: Wertz (2), Nieman (1)
STL A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 6 0 (2) DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Pillette (1-0) LP: Marlowe (0-1) SV: Cain (1)
Standings At Close of Play of April 18, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 4 3 1 0 .750 - 27 17 Milwaukee Braves 3 2 1 0 .667 0.5 14 12 New York Giants 4 2 2 0 .500 1.0 15 24 Chicago Cubs 2 1 1 0 .500 1.0 3 5 St. Louis Cardinals 2 1 1 0 .500 1.0 5 3 Cincinnati Reds 3 1 2 0 .333 1.5 12 14 Philadelphia Phillies 3 1 2 0 .333 1.5 21 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 1 2 0 .333 1.5 21 24
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Browns 5 4 1 0 .800 - 27 14 New York Yankees 4 3 1 0 .750 0.5 17 12 Chicago White Sox 4 2 2 0 .500 1.5 12 18 Cleveland Indians 4 2 2 0 .500 1.5 28 21 Philadelphia Athletics 4 2 2 0 .500 1.5 17 15 Boston Red Sox 2 1 1 0 .500 1.5 11 11 Detroit Tigers 5 1 4 0 .200 3.0 23 37 Washington Senators 2 0 2 0 .000 2.5 6 13
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) STL A Bobo Holloman (30) CLE A Dave Hoskins (35) STL A Frank Kellert (28) STL A Don Larsen (23) STL A Dixie Upright (26)
Deaths on This Date
Harry Niles (72) Cotton Tierney (59)