Brooklyn vs Chicago
3 game series
Thursday 5/6
Brooklyn 3 Chicago 1:
WP Warren Spahn (4-0)
LP Hank Wyse (1-2)
HR Wally Judnich
Spahn fires a six hitter.
Friday 5/7
Chicago 4 Brooklyn 3:
WP Ed Lopat (2-2)
LP Mickey Harris (2-3)
Lou Boudreau and Clint Conaster 2-4, RBI.
Saturday 5/8
Brooklyn 4 Chicago 3 (15):
WP Lefty West (1-0)
LP Tom Ferrick (0-1)
Dodgers win 15th on a sac fly.
Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh
3 game series
Sunday 5/9
Game 1
Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh1:
WP Marv Breuer (2-3)
Johnny Sain (2-3)
Paul Busby 4-5, 2 RBIs.
Game 2
Pittsburgh 6 Brooklyn 0:
WP Gene Bearden (3-1)
LP Warren Spahn (4-1)
Bearden shuts out Dodgers on 8 hits.
Monday 5/10
Pittsburgh 6 Brooklyn 2:
WP Vic Raschi (3-2)
LP Mickey Harris (2-4)
HR Dick West
West 2-4, 4 RBIs.
Brooklyn vs Cincinnati
2 game series
Wednesday 5/12
Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 1:
WP Hank Borowy (3-1)
LP Ken Raffensberger (1-3)
Whitey Lockman 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 5/13
Brooklyn 8 Cincinnati 6:
WP Marv Breuer (3-3)
LP Joe Sullivan (1-4)
Jackie Robinson 3 RBIs.
Bob Kennedy 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Boston vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Friday 5/14
Brooklyn 16 Boston 5:
WP Warren Spahn (5-1)
LP Spec Shea (1-2)
HR Bobby Thomson (4) Willie Jones (2)
Granny Hammer
Hammer 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Paul Busby and
Barney McCosky 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Saturday 5/15
Brooklyn 6 Boston 2:
WP Mickey Harris (3-4)
LP Art Johnson (1-3)
HR Bobby Thomson (5)
Harris scatters five hits.
Sunday 5/16
Brooklyn 5 Boston 4:
WP Lefty West (2-0)
LP Howie Pollet (2-3)
HR
Jackie Robinson (4)
Milt Brynes 1-2, 2 RBIs.
Robinson 2 RBIs.
St Louis vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 5/18
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 1:
WP Marv Breuer (4-3)
LP Les Tietje (1-1)
HR Les Moss (3)
Joe Garagiola (3)
Jackie Robinson (5)
Garagiola 3 RBIs.
Wednesday 5/19
St Louis 2 Brooklyn 1:
WP Bill Sayles (1-2)
LP Warren Spahn (5-2)
Cardinals nip Dodgers with a lone run in the 9th.
Thursday 5/20
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 1:
WP Mickey Harris (4-4)
LP Van Mungo (3-4)
HR Mickey
Rocco (3)
Rocco 3 RBIs.
Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
2 game series
Friday 5/21
Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 4:
WP Ken Raffensberger (2-3)
LP Vic Raschi (4-3)
HR Tommy Henrich 2 (2)
Henrich 2-4, 4 RBIs.
Jackie Robinson 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Saturday 5/22
Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 5 (11):
WP Satchel Paige (2-0)
LP Bobby Hogue (0-2)
HR Ted Williams (6)
Jackie Robinson (6)
Granny Hammer scores in the 11th.
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
2 game series
Sunday 5/23
Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 5 (18):
WP Joe Sullivan (2-5)
LP Johnny Antonelli (0-1)
HR Sam Chapman (2)
Mickey Rocco (4)
Joe Garagiola (4)
Rocco 5-6, 2 RBIs.
Garagiola 3-7, 2 RBIs.
Monday 5/24
Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 0:
WP Mickey Harris (5-4)
LP Mike Garcia (0-7)
HR Joe Garagiola (5)
Harris pitches a three hit shut out.
Chicago vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 5/25
Brooklyn 5 Chicago 0:
WP Ken Raffensberger (3-3)
LP Bob Rush (2-6)
Raffensberger shuts down Cubs on six hits.
Wednesday 5/26
Chicago 5 Brooklyn 0:
WP Virgil Trucks (6-0)
LP Marv Breuer (4-4)
HR Wally Judnich (4)
Trucks shuts out Dodgers on seven hits.
Thursday 5/27
Brooklyn 6 Chicago 3:
WP Warren Spahn (6-2)
LP Hank Wyse (1-5)
HR
Jackie Robinson (7)
Granny Hammer 3 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| New York Yankees | 21 | 14 | .600 | - |
| Cleveland Indians | 20 | 14 | .588 | .5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 19 | 16 | .543 | 2.0 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 19 | 18 | .514 | 3.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 16 | 17 | .485 | 4.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 16 | 20 | .444 | 5.5 |
| Washington Senators | 17 | 22 | .436 | 6.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 15 | 22 | .405 | 7.0 |
| NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS |
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| W | L | PCT | GB |
| New York Giants | 24 | 13 | .649 | - |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 23 | 14 | .622 | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 16 | .556 | 3.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 20 | 16 | .556 | 3.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 19 | 17 | .528 | 4.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | 20 | .487 | 6.0 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 25 | .324 | 12.0 |
| Boston Braves | 10 | 26 | .278 | 13.5 |
| 2 | Bobby Brown | PIT | .365 | | 3 | Bob Elliott | PHI | .364 | | 4 | Andy Pafko | NYA | .360 | | 5 | Calvin Chapman | BRO | .359 | | | 1 | Stan Musial | CLE | 8 | | 1 | Hank Sauer | BOS | 8 | | 3 | Bruce Edwards | BOS | 7 | | 3 | 3 more tied with | | 7 | | | 2 | Bob Elliott | PHI | 28 | | 3 | Larry Doby | NY1 | 27 | | 4 | Whitey Lockman | CIN | 25 | | 4 | 2 more tied with | | 25 | |
| 1 | Hal Newhouser | WS1 | 7 | | 1 | Preacher Roe | DET | 7 | | 3 | Russ Meyer | CLE | 6 | | 3 | 3 more tied with | | 6 | | | 2 | Randy Gumpert | PHI | 1.70 | | 3 | Cliff Chambers | CHN | 1.81 | | 4 | Johnny Vander Meer | BOS | 1.94 | | 5 | Hank Borowy | CIN | 2.09 | | | 2 | Hal Newhouser | WS1 | 60 | | 3 | Ewell Blackwell | NYA | 58 | | 4 | Preacher Roe | DET | 48 | | 5 | Bob Feller | CLE | 46 | |