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Events of Wednesday, August 5, 1953

8-4-1953 8-6-1953 8-5-1952 8-5-1954

NY N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 12 1 (1) CHI N 1 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 x - 9 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Klippstein (6-9) LP: Jansen (10-8) SV: Leonard (9)

NY N 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 - 6 10 0 (2) CHI N 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 7 14 1

BOX+PBP WP: Hacker (7-14) LP: Koslo (3-9) HR: Thompson (22), Noble (4), Kiner (26)

PIT N 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1 CIN N 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Waugh (2-3) LP: Podbielan (5-13) SV: Hetki (3) HR: P. Smith (2), Rice (3), Bell (25), Kluszewski 2 (32)

BRO N 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 x - 5 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (2-2) LP: Erskine (11-5) SV: Burdette (9) HR: Furillo (14)

PHI N 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 7 8 1 STL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Miller (4-4) LP: Schmidt (0-1) HR: Musial (14)

STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0 BOS A 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 x - 5 9 3

BOX+PBP WP: Flowers (1-0) LP: Larsen (2-10) HR: Gernert (18)

DET A 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 13 2 NY A 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 x - 5 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Sain (10-6) LP: Hoeft (7-9) HR: Triandos (1), Martin (11)

CHI A 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 12 3 PHI A 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 4

BOX+PBP WP: Pierce (14-7) LP: Martin (7-9) HR: Mele (11), Zernial (26), McGhee (1), Murray (4)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 4 WAS A 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 3 x - 11 17 0

BOX+PBP WP: Porterfield (13-9) LP: Hoskins (4-2)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 5, 1953

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 104 67 36 1 .650 - 634 479 Milwaukee Braves 106 60 44 2 .577 7.5 477 396 Philadelphia Phillies 103 57 44 2 .564 9.0 503 446 St. Louis Cardinals 104 55 47 2 .539 11.5 516 478 New York Giants 102 52 49 1 .515 14.0 531 473 Cincinnati Reds 107 49 57 1 .462 19.5 519 554 Chicago Cubs 102 39 62 1 .386 27.0 419 575 Pittsburgh Pirates 110 35 75 0 .318 35.5 416 614

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 103 69 34 0 .670 - 563 395 Chicago White Sox 106 65 40 1 .619 5.0 518 410 Cleveland Indians 104 61 43 0 .587 8.5 492 417 Boston Red Sox 107 59 48 0 .551 12.0 465 430 Washington Senators 106 50 56 0 .472 20.5 473 412 Philadelphia Athletics 106 43 61 2 .413 26.5 420 512 Detroit Tigers 107 38 66 3 .365 31.5 472 654 St. Louis Browns 107 35 72 0 .327 36.0 394 567

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Rick Bosetti Jesus de la Rosa John Hale Rick Mahler

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CLE A Ted Wilks (37)

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