Events of Thursday, August 20, 1953 (original) (raw)

Read Me

Events of Thursday, August 20, 1953

• Home
• Search
• Games/People/Parks ↓
  • People →
    * Players
    * Managers
    * Coaches
    * Umpires
    * Transactions
  • Games →
    * Regular season
    * Tiebreaker playoffs
    * Post-season
    * All-Star games
  • Places →
    * Franchises
    * Ballparks
    * Birth and death
  • Achievements →
    * Awards
    * Top performances
    * No-hitters & cycles
    * Milestones
• Negro Leagues ↓
  • Overview
  • Seasons
  • People
  • Places
  • Notable Games
  • Downloads
• Data downloads ↓
  • Play-by-play files
  • Daily Logs
  • Game logs
  • Schedules
  • Ejections
  • Biographical Data
  • Official Daily Totals
• Features ↓
  • Noteworthy events
  • Special features
  • Research papers
  • Most wanted
• Using Retro Data ↓
  • Overview
  • Data Resources
  • Data Users
  • Research papers

Events of Thursday, August 20, 1953

8-19-1953 8-21-1953 8-20-1952 8-20-1954

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 BRO N 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 x - 10 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Erskine (15-5) LP: Gomez (10-7) HR: Gilliam (6), Morgan (4), Robinson (9)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 - 5 9 1 PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 4

BOX+PBP WP: Waugh (3-3) LP: Roberts (20-10) HR: Hamner (16), Torgeson (8)

CHI N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2 STL N 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 x - 5 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Mizell (11-7) LP: Rush (7-12) SV: Staley (3) HR: Schoendienst (12)

CLE A 4 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 - 13 18 4 DET A 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 11 2

BOX+PBP WP: B. Lemon (17-12) LP: Scarborough (2-3) SV: Hooper (6) HR: Simpson (6), Hegan (5)

WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 NY A 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 x - 7 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lopat (13-2) LP: Porterfield (15-10) HR: Collins (12)

PREV NEXT

Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1953

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 119 81 37 1 .686 - 736 529 Milwaukee Braves 122 73 47 2 .608 9.0 567 445 St. Louis Cardinals 119 64 53 2 .547 16.5 577 528 Philadelphia Phillies 121 64 55 2 .538 17.5 560 513 New York Giants 118 57 60 1 .487 23.5 596 550 Cincinnati Reds 121 53 67 1 .442 29.0 567 625 Chicago Cubs 118 45 72 1 .385 35.5 475 655 Pittsburgh Pirates 126 40 86 0 .317 45.0 472 705

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 119 81 38 0 .681 - 666 432 Chicago White Sox 120 72 47 1 .605 9.0 568 451 Cleveland Indians 117 65 52 0 .556 15.0 556 485 Boston Red Sox 122 67 55 0 .549 15.5 521 491 Washington Senators 121 59 62 0 .488 23.0 534 477 Philadelphia Athletics 122 48 71 3 .403 33.0 482 602 Detroit Tigers 122 44 74 4 .373 36.5 531 725 St. Louis Browns 121 42 79 0 .347 40.0 448 643

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Dan Dumoulin

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) DET A Dave Madison (32)

PREV NEXT

Read Me