Events of Sunday, August 9, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Sunday, August 9, 1953
Events of Sunday, August 9, 1953
PHI N 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 16 0 (1) CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2
BOX+PBP WP: Miller (5-4) LP: Rush (6-10) HR: Burgess (2)
PHI N 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 2 (2) CHI N 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Klippstein (7-9) LP: Konstanty (11-9) HR: Kiner (28), Jackson (16)
BRO N 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 3 - 9 12 0 CIN N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 3
BOX+PBP WP: Meyer (12-5) LP: Nuxhall (5-8) HR: Snider (23), Kluszewski (34)
PIT N 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 (1) MIL N 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 x - 7 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (3-2) LP: LaPalme (5-13) SV: Liddle (1) HR: P. Smith (3), Mathews (36)
PIT N 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 (2) MIL N 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 x - 10 14 1
BOX+PBP WP: Wilson (4-8) LP: Face (5-4) HR: Pafko 2 (12)
NY N 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2 STL N 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 x - 6 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Presko (6-10) LP: Worthington (2-4) HR: Musial (17)
CLE A 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 9 14 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Garcia (14-6) LP: McDermott (11-8) HR: Kennedy (3), Avila (8), Tipton (6), Williams (1)
CHI A 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 - 5 10 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
BOX+PBP WP: Pierce (15-7) LP: Raschi (9-5) HR: Boyd (1)
DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 (1) PHI A 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Martin (8-9) LP: Miller (1-1) HR: Zernial (28)
DET A 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 0 (2) PHI A 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 - 8 11 1
BOX+PBP HR: Boone (17), Lund (7), Zernial (29)
STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 1 (1) WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 4
BOX+PBP WP: Paige (2-8) LP: Schmitz (2-7)
STL A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 3 (2) WAS A 5 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 x - 12 13 0
BOX+PBP WP: Stobbs (7-6) LP: Cain (4-7)
Standings At Close of Play of August 9, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 109 71 37 1 .657 - 665 494 Milwaukee Braves 112 65 45 2 .591 7.0 516 415 Philadelphia Phillies 108 59 47 2 .557 11.0 521 462 St. Louis Cardinals 108 59 47 2 .557 11.0 534 484 New York Giants 106 53 52 1 .505 16.5 549 495 Cincinnati Reds 111 49 61 1 .445 23.0 531 583 Chicago Cubs 107 41 65 1 .387 29.0 439 605 Pittsburgh Pirates 115 36 79 0 .313 38.5 433 650
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 108 73 35 0 .676 - 578 403 Chicago White Sox 111 67 43 1 .609 7.0 530 424 Cleveland Indians 108 62 46 0 .574 11.0 508 433 Boston Red Sox 111 61 50 0 .550 13.5 484 453 Washington Senators 110 53 57 0 .482 21.0 501 419 Philadelphia Athletics 111 46 62 3 .426 27.0 448 535 Detroit Tigers 112 38 70 4 .352 35.0 491 683 St. Louis Browns 111 37 74 0 .333 37.5 408 598
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) NY A Steve Kraly (24) PHI A Rinty Monahan (25)
Deaths on This Date
Joe Evans (58)