Events of Tuesday, May 5, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, May 5, 1953
Events of Tuesday, May 5, 1953
5-4-1953 5-6-1953 5-5-1952 5-5-1954
BOS A 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 8 0 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 2
BOX+PBP WP: Parnell (4-0) LP: Rogovin (0-4) HR: Lepcio (1)
NY A 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 - 11 12 0 CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Ford (2-0) LP: B. Lemon (3-2) SV: Gorman (3) HR: Westlake (1)
WAS A 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 6 0 - 14 16 0 DET A 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 16 2
BOX+PBP WP: Porterfield (2-3) LP: Wight (0-1) HR: Porterfield (1)
PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 STL A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Trucks (3-1) LP: Byrd (1-3) HR: Wertz (5)
Standings At Close of Play of May 5, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 18 12 5 1 .706 - 91 59 Brooklyn Dodgers 17 11 6 0 .647 1.0 102 81 St. Louis Cardinals 14 8 5 1 .615 2.0 59 51 Milwaukee Braves 14 8 6 0 .571 2.5 70 55 Pittsburgh Pirates 18 8 10 0 .444 4.5 92 100 Chicago Cubs 13 5 8 0 .385 5.0 52 65 New York Giants 17 6 11 0 .353 6.0 67 87 Cincinnati Reds 13 3 10 0 .231 7.0 54 89
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 19 13 6 0 .684 - 97 67 Cleveland Indians 16 10 6 0 .625 1.5 72 62 Boston Red Sox 17 10 7 0 .588 2.0 86 62 Philadelphia Athletics 18 10 8 0 .556 2.5 72 61 Chicago White Sox 19 10 9 0 .526 3.0 75 93 St. Louis Browns 18 9 9 0 .500 3.5 78 74 Washington Senators 19 7 12 0 .368 6.0 73 86 Detroit Tigers 20 4 16 0 .200 9.5 84 132
Births on This Date
Transactions
Chicago White Sox sold Sam Dente to Cleveland Indians.