Events of Saturday, August 29, 1953 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 29, 1953
Events of Saturday, August 29, 1953
8-28-1953 8-30-1953 8-29-1952 8-29-1954
CIN N 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 BRO N 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 x - 10 14 0
BOX+PBP WP: Black (6-3) LP: Kelly (1-2) HR: Bell 2 (29), Furillo (21)
MIL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 NY N 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Gomez (12-7) LP: Burdette (13-3) HR: Westrum (10)
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 5 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Minner (9-14) LP: Roberts (21-11)
STL N 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 5 10 2 PIT N 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Mizell (12-8) LP: Dickson (9-18) SV: Brazle (13) HR: Repulski (14), Bilko (17)
BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 3 CHI A 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 x - 5 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (2-3) LP: Parnell (17-8) SV: Trucks (3)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 CLE A 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 x - 6 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: B. Lemon (18-13) LP: Kraly (0-1) HR: Rosen (35)
WAS A 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 7 14 1 DET A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Porterfield (17-10) LP: Hoeft (8-12) HR: Jensen (9), Boone (21)
Standings At Close of Play of August 29, 1953
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 129 88 40 1 .688 - 798 587 Milwaukee Braves 131 78 51 2 .605 10.5 602 478 St. Louis Cardinals 128 70 56 2 .556 17.0 623 571 Philadelphia Phillies 130 71 57 2 .555 17.0 605 542 New York Giants 128 60 67 1 .472 27.5 637 599 Cincinnati Reds 128 56 71 1 .441 31.5 604 670 Chicago Cubs 128 49 78 1 .386 38.5 517 697 Pittsburgh Pirates 134 41 93 0 .306 50.0 520 762
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 127 85 42 0 .669 - 694 466 Chicago White Sox 129 77 51 1 .602 8.5 610 484 Cleveland Indians 127 74 53 0 .583 11.0 608 509 Boston Red Sox 129 71 58 0 .550 15.0 547 524 Washington Senators 130 64 66 0 .492 22.5 592 518 Philadelphia Athletics 130 51 76 3 .402 34.0 518 641 Detroit Tigers 131 45 82 4 .354 40.0 559 780 St. Louis Browns 129 45 84 0 .349 41.0 471 677
Births on This Date
Transactions
Chicago White Sox released Joe Dobson.
St. Louis Cardinals claimed Tony Jacobs from Chicago Cubs on waivers.