Events of Thursday, August 27, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Thursday, August 27, 1953
Events of Thursday, August 27, 1953
8-26-1953 8-28-1953 8-27-1952 8-27-1954
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 - 5 12 0 BRO N 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 x - 7 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Meyer (14-5) LP: Hacker (8-18) SV: Labine (4) HR: Fondy (15), Snider 2 (33), Hodges (28), Furillo (19)
STL N 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 6 11 0 NY N 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
BOX+PBP WP: Erautt (2-1) LP: Koslo (3-12) SV: White (6) HR: Repulski (13)
BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 7 0 CHI A 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 x - 6 14 0
BOX+PBP WP: Trucks (18-6) LP: Hudson (5-9) HR: Kell (9)
NY A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 1 CLE A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Garcia (16-7) LP: Kuzava (6-4) HR: Woodling (7), Westlake (6)
WAS A 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 12 16 1 DET A 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 - 5 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Shea (11-5) LP: Branca (3-4) HR: Coan (1), Nieman (12), Souchock (7)
PHI A 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 1 (1) STL A 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 - 5 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Littlefield (7-10) LP: Byrd (10-16) HR: Zernial (34), Wertz 2 (17)
PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 (2) STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 3 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Stuart (8-2) LP: Fricano (7-8)
Standings At Close of Play of August 27, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 127 86 40 1 .683 - 779 576 Milwaukee Braves 129 77 50 2 .606 9.5 598 473 Philadelphia Phillies 128 70 56 2 .556 16.0 600 540 St. Louis Cardinals 126 68 56 2 .548 17.0 608 558 New York Giants 126 59 66 1 .472 26.5 632 595 Cincinnati Reds 126 56 69 1 .448 29.5 593 651 Chicago Cubs 126 48 77 1 .384 37.5 515 692 Pittsburgh Pirates 132 41 91 0 .311 48.0 507 747
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 125 85 40 0 .680 - 692 457 Chicago White Sox 127 76 50 1 .603 9.5 602 479 Cleveland Indians 125 72 53 0 .576 13.0 599 507 Boston Red Sox 127 70 57 0 .551 16.0 542 516 Washington Senators 128 62 66 0 .484 24.5 578 512 Philadelphia Athletics 129 51 75 3 .405 34.5 515 633 Detroit Tigers 129 45 80 4 .360 40.0 553 766 St. Louis Browns 128 44 84 0 .344 42.5 463 674
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) DET A Billy Hitchcock (37)
Deaths on This Date
Charlie Shields (73)