Events of Wednesday, August 26, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, August 26, 1953
Events of Wednesday, August 26, 1953
8-25-1953 8-27-1953 8-26-1952 8-26-1954
CHI N 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 6 0 - 13 15 1 BRO N 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lown (7-5) LP: Loes (12-7) HR: Serena (9), Jeffcoat 2 (4), Morgan (5), Walker (3)
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 6 3 NY N 2 0 0 1 1 6 1 2 x - 13 16 0
BOX+PBP WP: Hearn (8-8) LP: Haddix (16-6) SV: Corwin (2) HR: Lowrey (5), Schofield (2), Dark (15), Thomson (22), Rhodes 3 (6)
MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 - 5 10 1 PHI N 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 x - 6 16 1
BOX+PBP WP: Drews (7-9) LP: Buhl (10-7) SV: Konstanty (5) HR: Gordon (17), Ennis (26)
PHI A 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 - 10 15 1 CHI A 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 8 15 2
BOX+PBP WP: A. Kellner (11-12) LP: Fornieles (8-5) SV: Bishop (2) HR: Philley (8), Robinson (20), Carrasquel (2)
WAS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 - 5 7 0 CLE A 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 x - 9 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Hoskins (6-3) LP: Stobbs (9-7) SV: Houtteman (4) HR: Doby (19), Simpson (7), Strickland (5), Hegan (7)
NY A 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 5 13 1 DET A 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 14 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sain (12-6) LP: Gray (7-13) SV: Raschi (1) HR: Renna (2)
Standings At Close of Play of August 26, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 126 85 40 1 .680 - 772 571 Milwaukee Braves 129 77 50 2 .606 9.0 598 473 Philadelphia Phillies 128 70 56 2 .556 15.5 600 540 St. Louis Cardinals 125 67 56 2 .545 17.0 602 555 New York Giants 125 59 65 1 .476 25.5 629 589 Cincinnati Reds 126 56 69 1 .448 29.0 593 651 Chicago Cubs 125 48 76 1 .387 36.5 510 685 Pittsburgh Pirates 132 41 91 0 .311 47.5 507 747
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 124 85 39 0 .685 - 690 453 Chicago White Sox 126 75 50 1 .600 10.5 596 475 Cleveland Indians 124 71 53 0 .573 14.0 595 505 Boston Red Sox 126 70 56 0 .556 16.0 538 510 Washington Senators 127 61 66 0 .480 25.5 566 507 Philadelphia Athletics 127 51 73 3 .411 34.0 510 625 Detroit Tigers 128 45 79 4 .363 40.0 548 754 St. Louis Browns 126 42 84 0 .333 44.0 455 669