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Events of Wednesday, August 5, 1953

8-4-1953 8-6-1953   8-5-1952 8-5-1954 

NY  N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  5  0  -   6 12  1  (1)
CHI N    1  0  5    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   9 12  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Klippstein (6-9)
LP: Jansen (10-8)
SV: Leonard (9)

NY  N    1  0  0    0  0  1    2  1  1    0  -   6 10  0  (2)
CHI N    1  0  2    0  0  0    0  3  0    1  -   7 14  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Hacker (7-14)
LP: Koslo (3-9)
HR: Thompson (22), Noble (4), Kiner (26)

PIT N    1  0  0    3  2  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
CIN N    2  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  6  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Waugh (2-3)
LP: Podbielan (5-13)
SV: Hetki (3)
HR: P. Smith (2), Rice (3), Bell (25), Kluszewski 2 (32)

BRO N    1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
MIL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  x  -   5 11  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Johnson (2-2)
LP: Erskine (11-5)
SV: Burdette (9)
HR: Furillo (14)

PHI N    0  3  0    0  0  0    1  0  3  -   7  8  1
STL N    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Miller (4-4)
LP: Schmidt (0-1)
HR: Musial (14)

STL A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0
BOS A    2  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  x  -   5  9  3

BOX+PBP
WP: Flowers (1-0)
LP: Larsen (2-10)
HR: Gernert (18)

DET A    0  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4 13  2
NY  A    1  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Sain (10-6)
LP: Hoeft (7-9)
HR: Triandos (1), Martin (11)

CHI A    1  1  0    3  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  -   9 12  3
PHI A    0  3  1    1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   7 11  4

BOX+PBP
WP: Pierce (14-7)
LP: Martin (7-9)
HR: Mele (11), Zernial (26), McGhee (1), Murray (4)

CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  4
WAS A    0  2  0    0  4  0    2  3  x  -  11 17  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Porterfield (13-9)
LP: Hoskins (4-2)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 5, 1953

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Brooklyn Dodgers               104   67   36    1  .650     -   634  479
Milwaukee Braves               106   60   44    2  .577   7.5   477  396
Philadelphia Phillies          103   57   44    2  .564   9.0   503  446
St. Louis Cardinals            104   55   47    2  .539  11.5   516  478
New York Giants                102   52   49    1  .515  14.0   531  473
Cincinnati Reds                107   49   57    1  .462  19.5   519  554
Chicago Cubs                   102   39   62    1  .386  27.0   419  575
Pittsburgh Pirates             110   35   75    0  .318  35.5   416  614

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               103   69   34    0  .670     -   563  395
Chicago White Sox              106   65   40    1  .619   5.0   518  410
Cleveland Indians              104   61   43    0  .587   8.5   492  417
Boston Red Sox                 107   59   48    0  .551  12.0   465  430
Washington Senators            106   50   56    0  .472  20.5   473  412
Philadelphia Athletics         106   43   61    2  .413  26.5   420  512
Detroit Tigers                 107   38   66    3  .365  31.5   472  654
St. Louis Browns               107   35   72    0  .327  36.0   394  567

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Rick Bosetti
Jesus de la Rosa
John Hale
Rick Mahler

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CLE A  Ted Wilks (37)

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