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Events of Wednesday, May 20, 1953

5-19-1953 5-21-1953 5-20-1952 5-20-1954

NY N 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 8 0 - 16 21 1 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 - 6 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Jansen (3-3) LP: Rush (3-4) SV: Wilhelm (7) HR: Williams (2), Dark (3), Irvin (8), Fondy (2), Smalley (2)

PHI N 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 3 CIN N 1 0 0 6 0 1 3 3 x - 14 14 1

BOX+PBP WP: Nuxhall (1-0) LP: Simmons (6-2) HR: Wyrostek (2), Jones (7), Adams (3), Borkowski (2), Kluszewski (9), Seminick (5)

BRO N 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 0 MIL N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Loes (5-2) LP: Bickford (0-3) HR: Robinson (3)

PIT N 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 14 0 STL N 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 x - 11 17 2

BOX+PBP WP: Presko (2-3) LP: Friend (1-3) SV: Brazle (4) HR: Schoendienst (4)

STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 2 BOS A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Kinder (2-1) LP: Larsen (1-2) HR: Wilber (3)

DET A 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 - 8 12 4 NY A 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 - 9 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Reynolds (4-1) LP: Wight (0-3) HR: Collins (2)

CHI A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 PHI A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Martin (2-3) LP: Pierce (5-2)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 7 1 WAS A 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 x - 8 16 1

BOX+PBP WP: Shea (3-0) LP: Feller (1-3) SV: Schmitz (1)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 20, 1953

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Phillies 27 17 9 1 .654 - 126 101 Milwaukee Braves 26 16 10 0 .615 1.0 115 81 Brooklyn Dodgers 29 17 12 0 .586 1.5 162 139 St. Louis Cardinals 27 15 11 1 .577 2.0 127 110 New York Giants 30 15 15 0 .500 4.0 138 149 Chicago Cubs 25 9 16 0 .360 7.5 93 120 Cincinnati Reds 23 8 15 0 .348 7.5 103 136 Pittsburgh Pirates 29 10 19 0 .345 8.5 120 148

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 29 20 9 0 .690 - 154 108 Boston Red Sox 29 17 12 0 .586 3.0 131 110 Chicago White Sox 33 19 14 0 .576 3.0 148 142 Cleveland Indians 27 15 12 0 .556 4.0 122 107 Washington Senators 31 16 15 0 .516 5.0 139 119 Philadelphia Athletics 32 14 18 0 .438 7.5 108 139 St. Louis Browns 30 12 18 0 .400 8.5 116 122 Detroit Tigers 33 9 24 0 .273 13.0 147 218

ML League Leaders

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CLE A Dick Aylward (27)

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Transactions

Chicago Cubs signed Frank Ernaga as an amateur free agent.

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