North American Baseball League

[scott1964]

St Louis vs Boston
3 game series

Thursday 5/1
St Louis 4 Boston 2:
WP Joe Presko (3-0)
LP Ted Gray (0-3)
HR Dale Long
Red Schoendienst 2 RBIs.

Friday 5/2
St Louis 5 Boston 3:
WP Johnny Sain (2-1)
LP Bob Kuzava (1-2)
HR Sammy White (2) Frank Thomas (2) Mickey Vernon (3)
Sain fires a four hitter.

Saturday 5/3
Boston 2 St Louis 1:
WP Carl Erskine (4-0)
LP Warren Hacker (3-1)
Erskine wins duel over Hacker

St Louis vs Washington
3 game series

Sunday 5/4
Game 1
Washington 3 St Louis 2 (11):
WP Charlie Bowles (1-2)
LP Luis Aloma (1-2)
HR Carl Furrillo (4)
Furrillo's 11th inning HR lifts Senators

Game 2
Washington 5 St Louis 0:
WP Herm Wehmeier (3-1)
LP Bob Feller (2-1)
Randy Jackson 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Monday 5/5
Washington 5 St Louis 0:
WP Sal Maglie (2-2)
LP Joe Presko (3-1)
HR Johnny Mize (2) Johnny Pramesa
Maglie fires a two hit shut out.

St Louis vs Philadelphia
3 game series

Tuesday 5/6
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 5:
WP Johnny Sain (3-1)
LP Cal McLish (1-1)
HR Sammy White (3) Ferris Fain Cal Abrams (4)
Abrams 2-4, 3 RBIs. Phil Rizzuto 4-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/7
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0:
WP Warren Hacker (4-1)
LP Ray Scarborough ( 2-3)
Hacker 6 hit shut out.

Thursday 5/8
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2:
WP Joe Presko (4-1)
LP Allie Reynolds (3-3)
Richie Ashburn scores winning run in the 9th

St Louis vs Cleveland
4 game series

Friday 5/9
St Louis 11 Cleveland 4:
WP Lou Kretlow (2-1)
LP Johnny Schmitz (3-2)
HR Sammy White (4)
Richie Ashburn 3-5, 3 RBIs. White 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 5/10
Cleveland 3 St Louis 2 (11):
WP Bill Lefebvre (3-1)
LP Bob Mahoney (2-2)
HR Jim Dyck (2) Stan Musial (6) Don Mueller
Musial wins it in the 11th with his 6th HR.

Sunday 5/11
Game 1
Cleveland 2 St Louis 0:
WP Don Johnson (5-0)
LP Johnny Sain (3-2)
Phil Rizzuto 4-4

Game 2
St Louis 8 Cleveland 7:
WP Warren Hacker (5-1)
LP Tom Morgan (3-2)
HR Jim Dyck (3) Sam Lollar (5)
Herb Adams 3-3, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 5/13
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 1:
WP Ray Scarborough (3-3)
LP Joe Presko (4-2)
HR Minnie Minoso (2)
Minoso 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/14
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 0:
WP Virgil Trucks (1-0)
LP Lew Kretlow (2-2)
HR Alvin Dark (2)
Dark 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Thursday 5/15
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 2:
WP Warren Spahn (3-3)
LP Bob Feler (2-2)
HR Willard Marshall (2) Warren Spahn Bob Elliott (2)
Marshall 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Boston vs St Louis
2 game series

Friday 5/16
St Louis 3 Boston 2 (10):
WP Luis Aloma (2-2)
LP Steve Roser (2-1)
Herb Adams singles in Luke Easter in the 10th.

Saturday 5/17
Boston 4 St Louis 2 (12):
WP Steve Roser (3-1)
LP Warren Hacker (5-2)
HR Luke Easter (4)
Grady Hatton 3 RBIs, including a 12th inning two run single.

New York vs St Louis
2 game series

Sunday 5/18
Game 1
St Louis 4 NY 3 (11)
WP Luis Aloma (3-2)
LP Cookie Cuccurullo
HR Frank Thomas (3) Luke Easter (5)
Herb Adams delivers another game winning RBI.

Game 2
St Louis 10 NY 8:
WP Lew Kretlow (3-2)
LP Nels Potter (1-1)
HR Ralph Kiner (3) Hank Thompson (5) Gene Woodling (4)
Woodling 2-4, 3 RBIs. Richie Ashburn 2-5, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	23	10	.697	-
St. Louis Browns	22	13	.629	2.0
Philadelphia Athletics	20	16	.556	4.5
New York Yankees	16	17	.485	7.0
Detroit Tigers	14	18	.438	8.5
Washington Senators	15	20	.429	9.0
Boston Red Sox	14	20	.412	9.5
Chicago White Sox	12	22	.353	11.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	20	12	.625	-
Boston Braves	20	15	.571	1.5
New York Giants	17	16	.515	3.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	18	17	.514	3.5
Cincinnati Reds	15	17	.469	5.0
Philadelphia Phillies	16	19	.457	5.5
Chicago Cubs	14	18	.438	6.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	13	19	.406	7.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Ted Kluszewski - DET .366 2 Stan Musial CLE .364 3 Gil McDougald CHN .355 4 Gene Woodling SLA .353 5 2 tied with .331	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Ted Williams - PIT 9 2 Duke Snider CLE 8 2 Gus Zernial SLN 8 4 Sam Jethroe BOS 7 4 2 more tied with 7	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Irv Noren - PHA 31 2 Duke Snider CLE 29 3 Sherm Lollar CLE 25 3 Gene Woodling SLA 25 5 2 tied with 23
LEAGUE LEADERS W Joe Dobson - CIN 6 2 Carl Erskine BOS 5 2 Warren Hacker SLA 5 2 Don Johnson CLE 5 2 5 more tied with 5	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Vern Law - DET 1.35 2 Mike Fornieles SLN 1.72 3 Herm Wehmeier WS1 1.75 4 Joe Dobson CIN 1.80 5 Jim McDonald NYA 2.01	LEAGUE LEADERS K Bobby Shantz - PHI 49 2 Billy Pierce BSN 48 3 Curt Simmons NYA 47 4 Preacher Roe NYA 39 5 Carl Erskine BOS 38

St Louis Browns Report

[scott1964]

Washington vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 5/20
St Louis 13 Washington 2:
WP Bob Feller (3-2)
LP Herm Wehmeier (5-2)
HR Johnny Mize (3) Bob Elliott (3) Luke Easter (6) Red Schoendienst
Herb Adams 4-5, 2 RBIs. Schoendienst 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/21
St Louis 3 Washington 2:
WP Warren Hacker (6-2)
LP Max Surkont (3-5)
HR Carl Furillo (7)
Browns score three in the seventh.

Thursday 5/22
St Louis 12 Washington 4:
WP Joe Presko (5-2)
LP Sal Maglie (2-6)
HR Joe Collins (4) Carl Furillo (8) Luke Easter 2 (8)
Easter 4-5, 7 RBIs

Cleveland vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 5/23
St Louis 5 Cleveland 4 (13):
WP Luis Aloma (4-2)
LP Jack Banta (2-2)
HR Jim Greengrass (4) Al Rosen (5) Red Schoendienst (2)
Red win on Red Schoendienst's 13th inning HR.

Saturday 5/24
St Louis 7 Cleveland 4:
WP Bob Feller (4-2)
LP Russ Meyer (-4)
HR Sherm Lollar (8)
Sammy White 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 5/25
Game 1
Cleveland 6 St Louis 5:
WP Chubby Dean (2-0)
LP Warren Hacker (6-3)
HR Duke Snider (10) Gene Woodling (5)
Snider 3 RBIs. Woodling 3-3, 3RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 3 Cleveland 2:
WP Luis Aloma (5-2)
LP Walt Masterson (2-1)
HR Phil Masi Luke Easter (9)
Browns win in the ninth off Easter's two run shot.

Chicago vs St Louis
3 game series

Monday 5/26
St Louis 8 Chicago 2:
WP Johnny Sain (4-2)
LP Larry Jansen (3-5)
HR Roy Campanella 2 (9) Sammy White (5) Luke Easter (10) Phil Rizzuto Vern Stephens 2 (2)
Stephens 2-3, 3 RBIs. Rizzuto 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 5/27
Chicago 5 St Louis 2 (10):
WP Bob Porterfield (3-5)
LP Warren Hacker (6-4)
HR Walt Dropo (3) Roy Campanella (10) Luke Easter (11)
Campanella 2 run shot in the 10th.

Wednesday 5/28
St Louis 6 Chicago 5 (13):
WP Luis Aloma (6-2)
LP Lefty West (3-2)
HR Pat Mullin (4) Frank Thomas (4) Luke Easter (12)
Phil Rizzuto scores winning run in the 13th.

Detroit vs St Louis
2 game series

Friday 5/30
Game 1
Detroit 6 St Louis 5:
WP Bob Kelly (1-3)
LP Joe Presko (5-3)
HR Boyd Bartley (2) Art Pafko (3) Ted Kluszewski 2 (10) Frankie Zak Bob Elliott (4)
Kluszewski's second HR, in the 9th, lifts Tigers

Game 2
St Louis 1 Detroit 0:
WP Johnny Sain (5-2)
LP Jerry Staley (3-6)
Sain fires a four hit shut out.

St Louis vs Philadelphia
3 game series

Saturday 5/31
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 6:
WP Virgil Trucks (4-1)
LP Bob Mahoney (2-2)
HR Luke Easter 2 (14) Andy Seminick (5) Alvin Dark (4)
Easter 3-4, 4 RBIs

Sunday 6/1
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 3:
WP Allie Reynolds (5-3)
LP Bob Feller (4-3)
HR Bob Elliott (5) Catfish Metkovich (2)
Irv Noren 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Monday 6/2
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2 (11):
WP Bob Mahoney (3-2)
LP Virgil Trucks (4-2)
HR Andy Seminick (6)
Gene Woodling 2-4, RBI.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	32	15	.681	-
St. Louis Browns	32	18	.640	1.5
Philadelphia Athletics	25	23	.521	7.5
Boston Red Sox	23	24	.489	9.0
Detroit Tigers	22	24	.478	9.5
New York Yankees	20	26	.435	11.5
Washington Senators	18	30	.375	14.5
Chicago White Sox	18	30	.375	14.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants	30	19	.612	-
Boston Braves	27	22	.551	3.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	28	23	.549	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	24	24	.500	5.5
Cincinnati Reds	23	26	.469	7.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	22	25	.468	7.0
Philadelphia Phillies	22	28	.440	8.5
Chicago Cubs	19	28	.404	10.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Gil McDougald - CHN .363 2 Gene Woodling SLA .360 3 Dee Fondy CHN .353 4 Stan Musial CLE .351 5 2 tied with .344	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Luke Easter - SLA 14 2 Ted Williams PIT 13 3 Gus Zernial SLN 12 4 Roy Campanella CHA 11 4 Duke Snider CLE 11	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Luke Easter - SLA 41 2 Duke Snider CLE 39 3 Irv Noren PHA 38 4 Ted Kluszewski DET 35 4 Ted Williams PIT 35
LEAGUE LEADERS W 6 tied with 7 1 Joe Dobson CIN 7 1 Carl Erskine BOS 7 1 Mike Garcia CIN 7 1 3 more tied with 7	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Johnny Antonelli - BRO 1.67 2 Vern Law DET 2.05 3 Virgil Trucks PHA 2.07 3 Saul Rogovin PHI 2.07 5 Mike Fornieles SLN 2.17	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 76 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 68 3 Billy Pierce BSN 65 4 Mike Garcia CIN 55 5 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 54

St Louis Browns Report

[scott1964]

St Louis vs Washington
2 game series

Tuesday 6/2
St Louis 6 Washington 3 (11):
WP Bob Mahoney (4-2)
LP Fred Caligiuri (2-1)
HR Gordon Goldsberry Randy Jackson (5) Joe Collins (5)
Goldberry pinch hit tow run shot in the 11th.

Wednesday 6/3
St Louis 4 Washington 3:
WP Warren Hacker (7-4)
LP Don Black (2-7)
HR Bob Elliott (6) Randy Jackson (6)
Elliott 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs New York
4 game series

Friday 6/5
St Louis 4 NY 2:
WP Joe Presko (6-3)
LP Art Houtteman (2-5)
HR Luke Easter (15) Bill Serena (4) Ralph Kiner (8)
Herb Adams 2-4, RBI. Easter RBI.

Saturday 6/6
NY 3 St Louis 2:
WP Curt Simmons (5-7)
LP Bob Mahoney (4-3)
HR Frank Thomas (5) Ralph Kiner (9)
Yankees slip past Browns in the ninth on Bil Burgo's RBI single

Sunday 6/7
Game 1
St Louis 4 NY 1:
WP Warren Hacker (8-4)
LP Preacher Roe (2-6)
HR Frank Thomas (6)
Phil Rizzuto 2 RBIs. Hacker scatters six hits.

Game 2
St Louis 8 NY 3:
WP Bob Feller (5-3)
LP Ewell Blackwell (3-8)
HR Butch Nieman (2)
Luke Easter 2-5, 3 RBIs. Phil Rizzuto 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Boston
3 game series

Tuesday 6/10
St Louis 6 Boston 3:
WP Joe Presko (7-3)
LP Bill Bevens (3-7)
HR Vic Wertz (5)
Sammy White 4-5, RBI. Phil Rizzuto 2 RBIs. Presko 2 RBIs

Wednesday 6/11
St Louis 2 Boston 1:
WP Johnny Sain (6-2)
LP Ted Gray (2-6)
HR Vic Wertz (6)
Sain fires a six hitter.

Thursday 6/12
Boston 4 St Louis 2:
WP Steve Roser (6-2)
LP Warren Hacker (8-5)
HR Vern Stephens (3) Sam Jethroe (10)
Jethroe's three run shot in the bottom of the ninth lifts Red Sox.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
3 game series

Saturday 6/14
Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2:
WP Ray Scarborough (7-4)
LP Joe Presko (7-4)
Eddie Yost 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 6/15
Game 1
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 0:
WP Warren Spahn (6-5)
LP Johnny Sain (6-3)
Spahn shuts down Browns on seven hits

Game 2
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 3:
WP Ray Scarborough (8-4)
LP Warren Hacker (8-6)
HR Irv Noren (6) Sammy White (6)
Athletics sweep Browns for 7th straight win.

Boston vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 6/17
Boston 4 St Louis 3:
Bob Friend (3-4)
LP Bob Feller (5-4)
HR Dale Long (3) Vic Wertz (7)
Brown's fifth straight loss.

Wednesday 6/18
St Louis 5 Boston 3:
WP Joe Presko (8-4)
LP Ted Gray (3-7)
Vic Wertz (8)
Richie Ashburn 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 6/19
St Louis 5 Boston 1:
WP Johnny Sain (7-3)
LP Carl Erskine (7-5)
HR Sammy White (7) Vern Stephens (4) Gene Woodling (6)

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	42	22	.656	-
St. Louis Browns	41	24	.631	1.5
Philadelphia Athletics	39	26	.600	3.5
Boston Red Sox	30	33	.476	11.5
Detroit Tigers	28	34	.452	13.0
New York Yankees	26	37	.413	15.5
Washington Senators	25	38	.397	16.5
Chicago White Sox	24	41	.369	18.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants	38	26	.594	-
Boston Braves	36	29	.554	2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	34	31	.523	4.5
Cincinnati Reds	34	31	.523	4.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	34	.485	7.0
Philadelphia Phillies	31	34	.477	7.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	28	36	.438	10.0
Chicago Cubs	25	37	.403	12.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Gil McDougald - CHN .367 2 Stan Musial CLE .353 3 Jackie Robinson NY1 .346 4 Minnie Minoso PHA .339 4 Johnny Pesky BOS .339	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Gus Zernial - SLN 16 2 Roy Campanella CHA 15 2 Luke Easter SLA 15 4 Ted Williams PIT 14 5 2 tied with 13	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Irv Noren - PHA 51 2 Luke Easter SLA 47 2 Duke Snider CLE 47 4 Alvin Dark PHA 43 4 Ted Williams PIT 43
LEAGUE LEADERS W Mike Garcia - CIN 10 2 Joe Dobson CIN 9 2 Robin Roberts NY1 9 4 Warren Hacker SLA 8 4 7 more tied with 8	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Johnny Antonelli - BRO 1.69 2 Saul Rogovin PHI 2.01 3 Stu Miller BRO 2.10 4 Mike Fornieles SLN 2.29 5 Paul Minner NY1 2.38	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 96 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 82 3 Billy Pierce BSN 81 4 Bobby Shantz PHI 79 5 Johnny Antonelli BRO 71

St Louis Browns Report

[scott1964]

Washington vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 6/20
St Louis 5 Washington 2:
WP Warren hacker (9-6)
LP Sal Maglie (4-10)
HR Luke Easter (16)
Easter 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 6/21
Washington 3 St Louis 1:
WP Bob Black (4-7)
LP Bob Feller (5-5)
HR Bruce Edwards (2)
Browns avoid no hitter with Luke Easter's RBI single with one out in the ninth.

Sunday 6/22
Game 1
Washington 6 St Louis 2:
WP Herm Wehmeier (7-6)
LP Joe Presko (8-5)
HR Randy Jackson (10) Carl Furillo (10)
Furillo 4-5, 3 RBIs. Jackson 4-5, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 4 Washington 3:
WP Johnny Sain (8-3)
LP Sal Maglie (4-11)
HR Luke Easter (17)
Easter 2-4, 3 RBIs.

New York vs St Louis
3 game series

Monday 6/23
St Louis 13 NY 6:
WP Warren Hacker (10-6)
LP Ewell Blackwell (4-10)
HR Bill Serena (7) Walker Cooper (4) Bob Elliott 2 (8) Phil Masi (2)
Elliott 3-3, 5 RBIs. Luke Easter 3 RBIs. Serena 7th inning GRAND SLAM

Tuesday 6/24
NY 9 St Louis 2:
WP Curt Simmons (6-10)
LP Bob Feller (5-6)
HR Sid Gordon (4)
Gordon 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/25
St Louis 5 NY 4 (13):
WP Joe Hatten (1-0)
LP Lou Brissie (3-1)
HR Walker Cooper (5)
Vern Stephens singles in Jesse Levan in the 13th

Detroit vs St Louis
4 game series

Thursday 6/26
St Louis 5 Detroit 4:
WP Johnny Sain (9-3)
LP Jerry Staley (5-9)
HR Ted Kluszewski (11) Sammy White 2 (9)
White 3-4, 4 RBIs.

Friday 6/27
St Louis 8 Detroit 4:
WP Warren Hacker (11-6)
LP Cloyd Boyer (0-2)
HR Ted Kluszewski (12) Pat Seerey (5)
Hacker becomes the AL's first 11 game winner.

Saturday 6/28
Detroit 3 St Louis 2:
WP Art Johnson (3-6)
LP Bob Feller (5-7)
Gus Bell 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 6/29
St Louis 8 Detroit 2:
WP Joe Presko (9-5)
LP Vern Law (8-5)
Pat Seerey (6)
Presko fires a five hitter.

St Louis vs Cleveland
2 game series

Tuesday 7/1
Cleveland 6 St Louis 5:
WP Johnny Schmitz (6-5)
LP Johnny Sain (9-4)
HR Frank Thomas (7) Jim Dyck (7) Sherm Lollar (10)
Lollar 2-3, 2 RBIs. Thomas 2-4, 4 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/2
Cleveland 10 St Louis 3:
WP Don Johnson (10-4)
LP Warren Hacker (11-7)
HR Duke Snider 2 (15)
Snider 2-4, 4 RBIs. Herb Adams 2-3, 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Chicago
3 game series

Thursday 7/3
Chicago 1 St Louis 0:
WP Clem Labine (1-6)
LP Lou Aloma (6-3)
White Sox slip past Browns with Sac Fly with none out in the 9th.

Friday 7/4
Game 1
St Louis 2 Chicago 1:
WP Bob Feller (6-7)
LP Bill Wight (3-3)
HR Luke Easter (18)
Feller scatters six hits.

Game 2
St Louis 4 Chicago 2 (10):
WP Bob Mahoney (5-3)
LP Charlie Frye (2-4)
Vern Stephens 2-4, 3 RBIs, including a two run single in the 10th.

St Louis vs Detroit
2 game series

Saturday 7/5
Detroit 2 St Louis 1 (10):
WP Willard Nixon (4-8)
LP Bob Mahoney (5-4)
HR Luke Easter (19) Johnny Groth (4)
Tigers win on Groth's 10th inning HR.

Sunday 7/6
St Louis 18 Detroit 4:
WP Joe Presko (10-5)
LP Art Johnson (3-7)
HR Luke Easter (20) Pete Runnels
Phil Masi 3-4, 4 RBIs. Easter 3 RBIs.

1952 All-Star Game

NORTH AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS AT NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS

GAME ID: 1234 - TUESDAY, JULY 8TH, 1952 - GAME LOG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E American League All-Stars 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 9 0 National League All-Stars 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 14 0

WP Bill Henry (Cardinals)
LP Vern Law (Tigers)
HR Ted Williams (Pirates) Randy Jackson (Senators) Al Rosen (Indians)
MVP Ted Williams (Pirates) scores winning run in the bottom of the 11th on a Joe DiMaggio single.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	50	31	.617	-
St. Louis Browns	51	32	.614	-
Philadelphia Athletics	48	33	.593	2.0
Washington Senators	39	42	.481	11.0
Detroit Tigers	38	43	.469	12.0
Boston Red Sox	38	43	.469	12.0
New York Yankees	33	49	.402	17.5
Chicago White Sox	30	54	.357	21.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants	48	34	.585	-
St. Louis Cardinals	44	40	.524	5.0
Cincinnati Reds	44	40	.524	5.0
Boston Braves	42	39	.519	5.5
Philadelphia Phillies	42	41	.506	6.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	38	43	.469	9.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	47	.447	11.5
Chicago Cubs	35	47	.427	13.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Gil McDougald - CHN .378 2 Stan Musial CLE .342 3 Minnie Minoso PHA .340 4 Ted Kluszewski DET .332 5 Jackie Robinson NY1 .330	LEAGUE LEADERS HR 2 tied with 20 1 Luke Easter SLA 20 1 Ted Williams PIT 20 3 Roy Campanella CHA 17 4 3 tied with 16	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Luke Easter - SLA 69 2 Irv Noren PHA 63 3 Gus Bell DET 61 3 Ted Williams PIT 61 5 Alvin Dark PHA 60
LEAGUE LEADERS W Mike Garcia - CIN 12 2 Warren Hacker SLA 11 2 Mel Parnell CHA 11 4 Don Johnson CLE 10 4 6 more tied with 10	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Johnny Antonelli - BRO 2.11 2 Stu Miller BRO 2.13 3 Saul Rogovin PHI 2.18 4 Paul Minner ANA 2.47 5 Herm Wehmeier WS1 2.49	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 129 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 105 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 102 4 Warren Spahn PHA 98 5 Billy Pierce BSN 93

St Louis Browns Report

[scott1964]

St Louis vs New York
3 game series

Thursday 7/10
St Louis 4 NY 0:
WP Joe Presko (11-5)
LP Preacher Roe (4-10)
HR Vern Stephens (5) Red Schoendienst (3)
Stephens 3 RBIs. Presko three hits Yankees

Friday 7/11
NY 6 St Louis 5 (17)
WP Art Houtteman (6-7)
LP Luis Aloma (6-4)
HR Bill Serena (10)
Yankees win on Serena's 17th inning HR.

Saturday 7/12
St Louis 7 NY 5:
WP Johnny Sain (10-4)
LP Ewell Blackwell (4-12)
HR Bob Elliott (9) Hank Thomson (10)
Phil Rizzuto 2-4, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Boston
3 game series

Sunday 7/13
Game 1
Boston 8 St Louis 7:
WP Bill Bevens (5-7)
LP Bob Feller (6-8)
HR Luke Easter (21) Gene Woodling (7) Red Schoendienst (4) Gene Hatton (6) Vic Wertz (12)
Wertz 4-5, 3 RBIs. Easter 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Boston 2 St Louis 1:
WP Steve Roser (11-4)
LP Joe Presko (11-6)
Red Sox slip past Browns.

Monday 7/14
Boston 9 St Louis 8:
WP Woody Main (4-3)
LP Luis Aloma (6-5)
HR Vic Wertz (13)
Bob Elliott 3-4, 3 RBIs. Mickey Vernon 2-5, 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Philadelphia
3 game series

Tuesday 7/15
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 1:
WP Virgil Trucks (11-4)
LP Johnny Sain (10-5)
HR Willard Marshall (7) Irv Noren (11)
Noren 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/16
St Louis 10 Philadelphia 2:
WP Joe Presko (12-6)
LP Allie Reynolds (8-5)
HR Gene Woodling (8) Richie Ashburn (2) Irv Noren (12)
Presko fires another three hitter.

Thursday 7/17
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2:
WP Chuck Stobbs (9-5)
LP Bob Feller (6-9)
Ferris Fain 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Washington
3 game series

Friday 7/18
St Louis 7 Washington 2:
WP Warren Hacker (12-7)
LP Max Surkont (10-8)
HR Connie Ryan (7) Joe Collins (6)

Saturday 7/19
St Louis 9 Washington 8:
WP Bob Mahoney (6-4)
LP Fred Caligiuri (3-4)
HR Frank Thomas (8) Willie Mays (14) Joe DeMaestri (3)
Thomas 3-4, 3 RBIs. DeMaestri 5-5, RBI.

Sunday 7/20
St Louis 3 Washington 0:
WP Joe Presko (13-6)
LP Don Black (6-8)
HR Luke Easter (22) Red Schoendienst (5)
Easter 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 7/22
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3:
WP Allie Reynolds (9-5)
LP Warren Hacker (12-8)
Red Schoendienst (60
Eddie Yost 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/23
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 2:
WP Johnny Sain (11-5)
LP Earl Jones (0-3)
HR Frank Thomas (9) Luke Easter (23)
Browns win in the ninth on Easter's 2 run shot.

Thursday 7/24
St Louis 2 Philadelphia 0:
WP Joe Presko (14-6)
LP Cal McLish (3-3)
Red Schoendienst 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	59	39	.602	-
Philadelphia Athletics	58	39	.598	.5
Cleveland Indians	57	39	.594	1.0
Boston Red Sox	49	47	.510	9.0
Washington Senators	45	51	.469	13.0
Detroit Tigers	43	54	.443	15.5
New York Yankees	42	55	.433	16.5
Chicago White Sox	35	64	.354	24.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants	58	38	.604	-
Philadelphia Phillies	54	45	.545	5.5
Boston Braves	51	44	.537	6.5
Cincinnati Reds	51	49	.510	9.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	48	47	.505	9.5
St. Louis Cardinals	47	50	.485	11.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	56	.434	16.5
Chicago Cubs	37	60	.381	21.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Gil McDougald - CHN .368 2 Stan Musial CLE .344 3 Irv Noren PHA .342 4 Billy Martin PHI .330 5 Minnie Minoso PHA .325	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Luke Easter - SLA 23 2 Ted Williams PIT 22 3 Gus Zernial SLN 21 4 Roy Campanella CHA 18 4 3 more tied with 18	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Irv Noren - PHA 79 2 Luke Easter SLA 77 3 Gus Bell DET 72 4 Alvin Dark PHA 66 4 Ted Williams PIT 66
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 14 1 Mike Garcia CIN 14 1 Joe Presko SLA 14 3 Warren Hacker SLA 12 3 5 more tied with 12	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Saul Rogovin - PHI 2.06 2 Stu Miller BRO 2.19 3 Virgil Trucks PHA 2.31 4 Johnny Antonelli BRO 2.47 5 Herm Wehmeier WS1 2.56	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 145 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 121 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 117 4 Warren Spahn PHA 115 5 Billy Pierce BSN 108

St Louis Browns Report

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Boston vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 7/25
Boston 4 St Louis 3:
WP Bob Kuzava (6-7)
LP Joe Hatten (11)
HR Frank Thomas (10)
Vic Werz 2-3, RBI.

Saturday 7/26
St Louis 10 Boston 7:
WP Warren Hacker (13-8)
LP Bill Bevens (5-8)
HR Charlie Uhlir (7) Richie Ashburn (3)
Uhlir 2-5, 4 RBIs. Phil Rizzuto 3-4, 2 RBIs. Gene Woodling 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 7/27
Game 1
St Louis 10 Boston 2:
WP Johnny Sain (12-5)
LP Carl Erskine (9-9)
HR Bob Elliott (10)
Herb Adams 3-4, 3 RBIs. Richie Ashburn 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Game2
Boston 10 St Louis 7 (10):
WP Steve Roser (13-4)
LP Lou Kretlow (3-3)
HR Gene Hatton (10) Vic Wertz 2 (18) Vern Stephens (6)
Wertz 10th inning three run HR, going 4-6, 5 RBIs.

Washington vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 7/29
St Louis 9 Washington 6:
WP Joe Presko (15-6)
LP Bob Cain (3-3)
HR Carl Furillo (15) Sammy White (10) Frank Thomas 2 (12)
Thomas 3-3, 5 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/30
St Louis 12 Washington 5:
WP Joe Hatten (2-1)
LP Don Black (6-10)
HR Richie Ashburn (4)
Sammy White 4-5, 4 RBIs.

Thursday 7/31
St Louis 6 Washington 5 (10):
WP Luis Aloma (7-5)
LP Sal Maglie (7-14)
Luke Easter scores winning run on a Pete Suder RBI single in the 10th.

New York vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 8/1
St Louis 2 NY 1:
WP Warren Hacker (14-8)
LP Art Houtteman (8-9)
HRHank Thomas (15)
Hacker fires a five hitter.

Saturday 8/2
St Louis 5 NY 1:
WP Joe Presko (16-6)
LP Preacher Roe (7-11)
HR Sid Gordon (8) Frank Thomas (13) Red Schoendienst (7)
Schoendienst 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 8/3
Game 1
St Louis 10 NY 8:
WP Lou Kretlow (4-3)
LP Roger Bowman (0-1)
HR Dan Savage (2) Frank Thomas (14)
Savage 4-5, 3 RBIs. Thomas 7th inning pinch hit go ahead GRAND SLAM

Game 2
NY 7 St Louis 1:
WP Ewell Blackwell (6-13)
LP Johnny Sain (12-6)
HR Sid Gordon (9) Ralph Kiner (17)
Kiner 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Detroit vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 8/5
St Louis 5 Detroit 0:
WP Warren Hacker (15-8)
LP Cloyd Boyer (1-4)
Hacker 6 hit shut out.

Wednesday 8/6
St Louis 7 Detroit 3:
WP Joe Presko (17-6)
LP Steve Gromeck (10-9)
HR Ted Kluszewski (19) Luke Easter (24)
Easter ends a thirteen game HR drought

Cleveland vs St Louis
3 game series

Friday 8/8
Cleveland 7 St Louis 6:
WP Bill Lefebvre (8-7)
LP Bob Feller (6-10)
HR Duck Snider (21) Luke Easter (25)
Eddie Waitkus 5-5 Snider HR in the 8th.

Saturday 8/9
Cleveland 5 St Louis 4:
WP Walter Masterson (7-3)
LP Warren Hacker (15-9)
HR Stan Musial (23) Sam Mele (4)
Richie Ashburn 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Sunday 8/10
St Louis 2 Cleveland 0:
WP Joe Presko (18-6)
LP Russ Meyer (11-10)
Presko four hit shut out.

Chicago vs St Louis
2 game series

Monday 8/11
Chicago 10 St Louis 6:
WP Bill Wight (4-4)
LP Joe Hatten (2-2)
HR Joe Gordon (4) Monte Irvin (13) Roy Campanella (23) Wally Westlake (7) Luke Easter (26) Gene Woodling (9)
Easter 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 8/12
St Louis 5 Chicago 1:
WP Johnny Sain (13-6)
LP Mel Parnell (12-11)
HR Frank Thomas (15)
Gene Woodling 2-4, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	73	43	.629	-
St. Louis Browns	71	45	.612	2.0
Cleveland Indians	68	46	.596	4.0
Boston Red Sox	56	57	.496	15.5
Washington Senators	54	61	.470	18.5
Detroit Tigers	50	65	.435	22.5
New York Yankees	47	67	.412	25.0
Chicago White Sox	41	76	.350	32.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	68	48	.586	-
New York Giants	66	47	.584	.5
Boston Braves	64	50	.561	3.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	60	53	.531	6.5
Cincinnati Reds	56	60	.483	12.0
St. Louis Cardinals	52	61	.460	14.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	48	67	.417	19.5
Chicago Cubs	43	71	.377	24.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Gil McDougald - CHN .354 2 Stan Musial CLE .338 3 Minnie Minoso PHA .336 4 Irv Noren PHA .332 5 Billy Martin PHI .328	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Luke Easter - SLA 26 2 Stan Musial CLE 24 2 Gus Zernial SLN 24 4 Roy Campanella CHA 23 4 Ted Williams PIT 23	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI 2 tied with 88 1 Luke Easter SLA 88 1 Irv Noren PHA 88 3 Alvin Dark PHA 81 4 Gus Bell DET 78
LEAGUE LEADERS W Joe Presko - SLA 18 2 Mike Garcia CIN 17 3 Warren Hacker SLA 15 3 Saul Rogovin PHI 15 5 4 tied with 14	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Stu Miller - BRO 2.22 2 Saul Rogovin PHI 2.27 3 Virgil Trucks PHA 2.36 4 Johnny Antonelli BRO 2.48 5 Herm Wehmeier WS1 2.61	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 168 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 142 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 131 4 Warren Spahn PHA 126 5 Billy Pierce BSN 125

St Louis Browns Report

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St Louis vs Cleveland
2 game series

Wednesday 8/13
Cleveland 2 St Louis 1
WP Chubby Dean (3-0)
LP Warren Hacker (15-10)
Duke Snider scores in the bottom of the ninth.

Friday 8/15
Cleveland 3 St Louis 0:
WP Russ Meyer (12-10)
LP Joe Presko (18-7)
HR Sherm Lollar (14)
Meyer fires a four hit shut out.

St Louis vs Detroit
3 game series

Saturday 8/16
Detroit 4 St Louis 1
WP Art Johnson (5-9)
LP Johnny Sain (13-7)
Smokey Burgess 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Sunday 8/17
Game 1
Detroit 7 St Louis 5
WP Jerry Staley (11-13)
LP Warren Hacker (15-11)
HR Bob Elliott (11) Gus Bell (17) Pat Seerey 2 (10) Ted Kluszewski (21)
Seerey 3 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 6 Detroit 1:
WP Joe Hatten (3-2)
LP Steve Gromeck (11-11)
Luke Easter 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Washington
3 game series

Tuesday 8/19
Washington 3 St Louis 2 (10):
WP Herm Wehmeier (14-11)
LP Bob Feller (6-11)
HR Willie Mays (16)
Mays scores winning run in the 10th.

Wednesday 8/20
Washington 1 St Louis 0:
WP Bob Cain (4-5)
LP Johnny Sain (13-8)
HR Bruce Edwards
Browns 3-7 in the last 10 games.

Thursday 8/21
Washington 7 St Louis 2:
WP Sal Maglie (9-15)
LP Warren Hacker (15-12)
HR Luke Easter (27) Joe Collins (9) Carl Furillo (17)
Maglie scatters four hits.

St Louis vs Philadelphia
2 game series

Friday 8/22
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 1:
WP Joe Hatten (4-2)
LP Warren Spahn (14-9)
HR Frank Thomas 2 (17)
Thomas 3-4, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 8/23
Philadelphia 6 St Louis 5 (12)
WP Earl Jones (4-6)
LP Bob Feller (6-12)
HR Frank Thomas (18) Irv Noren (15) Minnie Minoso (17)
Cass Michaels singles in Noren in the 12th.

St Louis vs Boston
2 game series

Sunday 8/24
Game 1
Boston 5 St Louis 4:
WP Bob Friend (7-8)
LP Johnny Sain (13-9)
HR Dale Long (5)
Long 3 RBIs.

Game 2
Boston 4 St Louis 3:
WP Ted Gray (7-13)
LP Warren Hacker (15-13)
HR Dale Long (6) Ted Gray (2)
Browns have lost their 8th straight one run game.

St Louis vs New York
2 game series

Tuesday 8/26
St Louis 5 NY 1:
WP Joe Hatten (5-2)
LP Jim McDonald (7-8)
Phil Rizzuto 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 8/27
St Louis 4 NY 3:
WP Joe Presko (19-7)
LP Preacher Roe (7-16)
HR Sammy White (11) Vern Stephens (7) Bill Serena (16)
Browns snapped 1 run game skid.

Detroit vs St Louis
2 game series

Saturday 8/30
Detroit 5 St Louis 3:
WP Art Johnson (6-10)
LP Johnny Sain (13-10)
HR Gus Bell (21) Ted Kluszewski (23) Bob Elliot (12) Frank Thomas (19)
Bell 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 8/31
St Louis 4 Detroit 3:
WP Joe Presko (20-7)
LP Cloyd Boyd (2-6)
HR Hoot Evers
Phil Rizzuto 3-4, 2 RBIs. Presko is the first 20 game winner.

Cleveland vs St Louis
2 game series

Monday 9/1
Game 1
Cleveland 3 St Louis 1:
WP Walt Masterson (9-4)
LP Warren Hacker (15-14)
HR Stan Musial (28) Johnny Tobin (2)
Hacker 6th straight loss.

Game 2
Cleveland 3 St Louis 1:
WP Johnny Schmitz (9-11)
LP Ken Heintzelman (0-1)
HR Sherm Lollar (15) Frank Thomas (20)
Luke Easter in a slump 3-23 in the past 6 games.

St Louis vs Chicago
2 game series

Wednesday 9/3
St Louis 13 Chicago 5:
WP Joe Hatten (6-2)
LP Bill Wight (6-5)
HR Bob Elliott (13) Monte Irvin (15) Roy Campanella (30) Wally Westlake (13)
Frank Thomas 4-6, 5 RBIs. Elliott 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Thursday 9/4
Chicago 3 St Louis 0:
WP Mel Parnell (14-13)
LP Joe Presko (20-8)
Parnell scatters five hits over 8.2 innings.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	87	50	.635	-
Cleveland Indians	80	57	.584	7.0
St. Louis Browns	77	59	.566	9.5
Boston Red Sox	65	69	.485	20.5
Washington Senators	66	72	.478	21.5
Detroit Tigers	63	73	.463	23.5
New York Yankees	55	81	.404	31.5
Chicago White Sox	53	85	.384	34.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	80	56	.588	-
Boston Braves	78	59	.569	2.5
New York Giants	73	62	.541	6.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	71	65	.522	9.0
Cincinnati Reds	68	68	.500	12.0
St. Louis Cardinals	61	74	.452	18.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	78	.435	21.0
Chicago Cubs	54	83	.394	26.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Ted Kluszewski - DET .344 2 Minnie Minoso PHA .342 3 Gil McDougald CHN .340 4 Irv Noren PHA .335 5 Stan Musial CLE .326	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Roy Campanella - CHA 30 2 Gus Zernial SLN 29 3 Stan Musial CLE 28 4 Luke Easter SLA 27 5 Ralph Kiner NYA 26	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Irv Noren - PHA 104 2 Alvin Dark PHA 100 3 Gus Bell DET 99 4 Luke Easter SLA 93 5 Ted Kluszewski DET 88
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 20 1 Mike Garcia CIN 20 1 Joe Presko SLA 20 3 Tom Morgan CLE 17 4 9 tied with 16	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Stu Miller - BRO 2.43 2 Billy Pierce BSN 2.57 3 Saul Rogovin PHI 2.62 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 2.63 5 Johnny Antonelli BRO 2.71	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 193 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 173 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 167 4 Billy Pierce BSN 157 5 Don Newcombe BRO 141

Lopat No-Hits Reds
Thursday, August 28th, 1952
Excitement reigned at the ballyard today as Boston hurler Ed Lopat tossed a baseball rarity -- a no-hitter.

After defeating the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field 4-0 he was swamped by reporters in the clubhouse for postgame comments. "I'm just glad to be here. I want to help the club any way I can. Today I just went right at the Cincinnati as hard as I could, as long as I could."

Lopat chalked up 3 strikeouts and allowed 1 walk in his superb performance.

The Boston manager had his own analysis of the ballgame: "I don't think we could have hit him with a howitzer today."

This year Lopat has compiled a 8-10 record with a 3.34 ERA in 22 starts.

St Louis Browns Report

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St Louis vs Cleveland
3 game series

Saturday 9/6
Cleveland 2 St Louis 1:
WP Walt Masterson (10-4)
LP Warren Hacker (15-15)
HR Duke Snider (26)
Snider 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 9/7
Game 1
Cleveland 15 St Louis 13 (11)
WP Kent Peterson (1-0)
LP Luis Aloma (7-6)
HR Frank Thomas 2 (22) Luke Easter 2 (29) Vern Stephens (8) Stan Musial 3 (31) Bill Somers (2)
Indians sink slumping Browns on Stan Musial's 3rd HR.

Game 2
Cleveland 6 St Louis 1:
WP Tom Morgan (18-8)
LP Joe Hatten (6-3)
HR Luke Easter (30) Jim Dyck (13)
Dyck, first inning GRAND SLAM. Browns are all but eliminated.

New York vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 9/9
St Louis 7 NY 5 (10):
WP Lou Kretlow (5-3)
LP Cookie Cuccurullo (4-4)
HR Joe Stephenson (3) Luke Easter (31)
Browns end four game skid on Easter's 10th inning HR.

Wednesday 9/10
NY Jim McDonald (8-10)
LP Warren Hacker (15-16)
HR Hank Thompson (21)
Yankees hand Hacker 8th straight loss. Browns are eliminated.

Washington vs St Louis
Single game series

Friday 9/12
Washington 6 St Louis 2:
WP Max Surkont (17-10)
LP Bob Feller (6-13)
HR Randy Jackson (20)
Bernie Creger 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
2 game series

Sunday 9/14
Game 1
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 2:
WP Joe Presko (21-8)
LP Chuck Stobbs (17-6)
HR Bob Elliott (14) Frank Thomas (23) Luke Easter (32)
Thomas 3-4, 2 RBIs. Easter 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 7:
WP Lou Kretlow (6-3)
LP Dale Matthewson (0-1)
HR Warren Hacker (1)
Bob Elliott's two run double in the 7th ties the game then scores winning run.

Boston vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 9/16
Boston 3 St Louis 1:
WP Carl Erskine (16-12)
LP Johnny Sain (13-11)
Charlie Uhlir 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/17
Boston 4 St Louis 3:
WP Steve Roser (15-10)
LP Lou Kretlow (6-4)
HR Gene Woodling (10)
Red Sox slip past Browns in the ninth.

Chicago vs St Louis
2 game series

Saturday 9/20
St Louis 4 Chicago 1:
WP Joe Presko (22-8)
LP Mel Parnell (14-15)
HR Red Schoendienst (8)
Presko notches his 22 victory to lead the AL.

Sunday 9/21
Chicago 3 St Louis 2 (11):
WP Lefty West (10-5)
LP Lou Kretlow (6-5)
HR Roy Campanella (34)
Campanella 2-4, 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Detroit
3 game series

Tuesday 9/23
Detroit 9 St Louis 7:
WP Charlie Frye (5-4)
LP Johnny Sain (13-12)
HR Smokey Burgess 2 (10) Steve Bilko (2)
Tigers win in the ninth on Bilko's GRAND SLAM.

Wednesday 9/24
Detroit 4 St Louis 3:
WP Art Johnson (7-14)
LP Joe Presko (22-9)
HR Luke Easter (33) Boyd Bartley (10) Steve Bilko (3)
Browns are 5-13 in September.

Thursday 9/25
St Louis 12 Detroit 3:
WP Warren Hacker (16-16)
LP Steve Gromeck (16-13)
HR Frankie Zak (4)
Phil Rizzuto 3-4, 5 RBIs. Richie Ashburn 6-6.

St Louis vs Chicago
3 game series

Friday 9/26
St Louis 6 Chicago 3:
WP Lou Kretlow (7-5)
LP Mel Parnell (14-16)
HR Peanuts Lowery (4) Roy Campanella 2 (36)
Sammy White 3-4, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 9/27
Chicago 4 St Louis 3:
WP Bob Porterfield (15-16)
LP Johnny Sain (13-13)
HR Roy Campanella (37)
Porterfield scatters 7 hits.

Sunday 9/28
St Louis 3 Chicago 2:
WP Joe Presko (23-9)
LP Hal Brown (8-8)
HR Roy Campanella (38)

Final
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	97	57	.630	-
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	8.0
St. Louis Browns	84	70	.545	13.0
Boston Red Sox	73	81	.474	24.0
Washington Senators	72	82	.468	25.0
Detroit Tigers	71	83	.461	26.0
New York Yankees	65	89	.422	32.0
Chicago White Sox	65	89	.422	32.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	90	64	.584	-
Boston Braves	88	66	.571	2.0
New York Giants	81	73	.526	9.0
Cincinnati Reds	80	74	.519	10.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	80	74	.519	10.0
St. Louis Cardinals	68	86	.442	22.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	88	.429	24.0
Chicago Cubs	63	91	.409	27.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Ted Kluszewski - DET .344 2 Minnie Minoso PHA .339 3 Stan Musial CLE .336 4 Irv Noren PHA .329 5 Gil McDougald CHN .328	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Roy Campanella - CHA 38 2 Stan Musial CLE 34 3 Luke Easter SLA 33 3 Ralph Kiner NYA 33 5 Gus Zernial SLN 32	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Alvin Dark - PHA 117 2 Irv Noren PHA 116 3 Luke Easter SLA 110 4 Gus Bell DET 107 5 Stan Musial CLE 99
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 23 1 Mike Garcia CIN 23 1 Joe Presko SLA 23 3 Tom Morgan CLE 21 4 2 tied with 19	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA 2 tied with 2.61 1 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 2.61 1 Johnny Antonelli BRO 2.61 3 Stu Miller BRO 2.66 4 2 tied with 2.73	LEAGUE LEADERS K Curt Simmons - NYA 217 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 193 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 191 4 Mickey McDermott NY1 178 5 Billy Pierce BSN 176

Cubs Star Earns NL Bat Title
Monday, September 29th, 1952
The league batting title is awarded each year to the one player that is able to separate himself, even if only by a single hit, from the rest of the hitters in the league. This year, the player to do that was Chicago's third baseman Gil McDougald. He hit National League pitching at a .328 pace over 148 games to take home the 1952 edition of the award.

AL Batting Title Goes to Detroit's Kluszewski
Monday, September 29th, 1952
1952 was a very good year for Ted Kluszewski of the Detroit Tigers. He ended the regular season with the number one batting average in the American League. The Tigers first baseman took the title with a .344 average. In his award-winning season he banged out 191 hits, 26 home runs and 93 RBIs while playing in 141 games.

NABL News: Playoffs begin
Monday, September 29th, 1952
With a championship to be decided, the North American BaseBall League is filled with excitement. There's nothing like the thrill of the playoffs. There will be some career-defining moments played out in the coming days. There will be some heroes, some great plays, some blunders and some failures, but it will be a great time for fans. Playoff baseball is here and it gets underway today. The North American Series starts today with this slate of games:
Philadelphia Phillies versus Philadelphia Athletics.

Browns Final Report

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1952 North American Series



Phillies KO Athletics
Sunday, October 5th, 1952
"This is why we play the game," commented Philadelphia's manager after his club captured their 4th North American Series crown by whipping the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3 today at Shibe Park.

"Baseball don't get any better than this."

The Phillies were victorious 4-1 in the series after completing the regular season 90-64 and finishing in first place in the National League.

The losing manager had his say, too, telling reporters, "Despite the loss, this year has been a pretty good story, a doggone good story. I'm proud of my guys. We had great veteran leadership and we had players that never gave up -- no quit in us at all. And it got us here. And I'm proud of that. I think you might see the Athletics back here soon."

1952 Offseason

Retirements


Accomplishments

Stan Musial (Indians) and Ted Williams (Pirates) hit three home runs in one game.
Richie Ashburn (Browns) goes 6 for 6 on 9/25.
Jackie Robinson (Giants) and Ted Kluszewski (Tigers) each hit for the cycle.
Ed Lopat (Braves) pitches a no hitter on 8/28.
Joe Presko (Browns), Tom Morgan (Indians), and Mike Garcia (Reds) win over 20 games.
Johnny Mize 500th HR.
Luke Appling 3500th hit
Alvin Dark 21 game hitting streak.

1952 Draft
NABL News: First-Year Player Draft
Sunday, October 12th, 1952
The 1952 North American BaseBall League amateur draft will be conducted today. The cream of the crop in amateur baseball circles will be plucked by the baseball hierarchy. Diamond journalists and experts say these ten names are at the top of the first-year player shopping list:

1. Ray Jablonski, 25 year-old third baseman out of college.
2. Al Kaline, 17 year-old right fielder out of high-school.
3. Bill Bruton, 26 year-old center fielder out of college.
4. Johnny Podres, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
5. Ernie Banks, 21 year-old shortstop out of college.
6. Ed Bailey, 21 year-old catcher out of college.
7. Harvey Haddix, 27 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
8. Jack Shepard, 20 year-old catcher out of college.
9. Mickey Mantle, 20 year-old center fielder out of college.
10. Frank Sullivan, 22 year-old starting pitcher out of college.

Draft Results
First Round


St Louis Draftees


Awards
1952 Glove Wizard Award Trophies Given out by NL
Friday, October 17th, 1952
In baseball circles, a player who has good range, a good arm and good hands is a great catch. Clubs strive to be strong in the field, especially "up the middle." Solid defenders can make a difference in the outcome of tight games and tight pennant races. The Glove Wizard Awards for 1952 in the National League go to these standout defenders:

Pitcher: Willie Ramsdell (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Catcher: Joe Garagiola (Brooklyn Dodgers)
First Baseman: Dick Gernert (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Second Baseman: Davey Williams (St. Louis Cardinals)
Third Baseman: Granny Hamner (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Shortstop: Ray Boone (Milwaukee Braves)
Left Fielder: Dale Mitchell (Cincinnati Reds)
Center Fielder: Jim Delsing (Chicago Cubs)
Right Fielder: Hank Bauer (Boston Braves)

AL Announces Best Glovemen for 1952
Friday, October 17th, 1952
Who are the Glove Wizard Award winners? They are the guys that steal outs. They make spectacular plays, but they also consistently make the routine plays. This year in the American League these defensive stalwarts made a name for themselves with their gloves:

Pitcher: Carl Erskine (Boston Red Sox)
Catcher: Smoky Burgess (Detroit Tigers)
First Baseman: Luke Easter (St. Louis Browns)
Second Baseman: Red Schoendienst (St. Louis Browns)
Third Baseman: Boyd Bartley (Detroit Tigers)
Shortstop: Phil Rizzuto (St. Louis Browns)
Left Fielder: Carl Furillo (Washington Senators)
Center Fielder: Richie Ashburn (St. Louis Browns)
Right Fielder: Vic Wertz (Boston Red Sox)

NL Newcomer of the Year Award Presented
Saturday, October 18th, 1952
1952 was an impressive year for Philadelphia third baseman Billy Martin and it was capped off today with the announcement that he has been named the winner of the National League Newcomer of the Year Award.

Martin compiled a .313 batting average and a .352 on-base percentage this season. In 140 games he piled up 164 hits, 9 home runs, 67 RBIs and 60 runs scored.

AL Newcomer of the Year Award Presented
Saturday, October 18th, 1952
It was a productive season for Cleveland reliever Tom Morgan. He put up some impressive figures with no saves in no save opportunities -- figures so impressive that the American League honored him with the Newcomer of the Year Award for 1952.

The bullpen ace notched 21 wins and 9 losses while compiling a 2.73 ERA. In 280.1 innings, Tom Morgan yielded 236 base hits, struck out 0 and walked 91. Opposition batters hit .233 against him.

NL Gives Outstanding Pitcher Award
Monday, October 20th, 1952
What does it take to win the Walter Johnson Award?

Just ask Mike Garcia of the Cincinnati Reds -- the latest National League Walter Johnson Award winner.

"My dad always told me to dream big and dream always," he said. "It's not like I shoot for the Walter Johnson Award," he said. "I have big aspirations for what I want to do in this game and what I want to achieve in a long career."

The Reds pitching ace made some of his dreams come true this year, winning 23 games and losing only 13. In 38 starts, Garcia registered a 2.97 ERA and limited other clubs to a .230 batting average. He fanned 154 in 312 innings and issued 104 walks.

St. Louis's Presko, Walter Johnson Award Winner
Monday, October 20th, 1952
The Walter Johnson Award for 1952 has been presented and the American League winner is Joe Presko of St. Louis.

"It's always nice to receive an award like this," said Presko. "I just hope I can improve on my performance next year and be in the running again," the Browns star told reporters.

Presko excelled with an impressive 23-9 record in 41 starts. In 320 innings he yielded 267 hits and 101 walks, while striking out 141 and compiling a fine 2.81 ERA.

McDougald Selected NL's Best Batter
Tuesday, October 21st, 1952
Gil McDougald, the Chicago third baseman, certainly made an impression on National League pitchers this past season. He punished them for 197 hits in 600 at-bats, 29 doubles, 10 triples, 16 home runs, and 90 RBIs and scored 81 times.

That standout hitting earned him the National League Ty Cobb Award for 1952.

AL's Top Hitter for 1952 Named
Tuesday, October 21st, 1952
What a way to finish off the year -- being honored with the 1952 Ty Cobb Award in the American League. It had already been a very special season for Cleveland's Stan Musial, but today's announcement really put the icing on his cake.

All season long Stan Musial gave opposing pitchers fits by hitting .336 as he collected 202 hits, 34 doubles, 2 triples, 34 home runs and 99 RBIs.

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1953 Season

St Louis Browns Offseason Moves
SP Houtteman to Browns
Tuesday, December 30th, 1952
In what local scribes are hailing as huge, the Browns inked a $137,070 deal with starting pitcher Art Houtteman.

Team Officials expect Houtteman to fill an immediate void on the roster and felt the deal would make them an instant playoff contender.

Since joining the league, Houtteman has compiled an ERA of 3.58 with a career record of 50-46. He has 357 strikeouts in 788.1 innings and has held opponents to a .257 batting average.

1953 Season Start
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 13th, 1953
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 22-year-old starting pitcher Gene Conley of the St. Louis Browns is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) SP Gene Conley, 22, St. Louis Browns
2) 3B Al Smith, 25, Pittsburgh Pirates
3) SP Al Worthington, 24, St. Louis Cardinals
4) 2B Jim Gilliam, 24, New York Giants
5) C Ed Bailey, 21, New York Yankees
6) 1B Gus Triandos, 22, Brooklyn Dodgers
7) SP Ruben Gomez, 25, Milwaukee Braves
8) MR Bob Miller, 17, Chicago Cubs
9) C Bill Sarni, 25, Cleveland Indians
10) MR Dick Donovan, 25, Cincinnati Reds

Boston Braves change their name to Milwaukee Braves

Preseason Predictions





St Louis Browns Opening Day Roster

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Detroit vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 4/14
Detroit 7 St Louis 5:
WP Frank Sullivan
LP Warren Hacker
HR Boyd Bartley Sammy White Frank Thomas
Tigers score 2 in the 9th.

Wednesday 4/15
St Louis 4 Detroit 3:
WP Warren Hacker (1-1)
LP Vern Law
HR Andy Pafko Sammy White (2)
White 2-4, 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Chicago
2 game series

Thursday 4/16
Chicago 4 St Louis 0:
WP Mel Parnell
LP Art Houtteman
Parnell fires a seven hit shut out.

Friday 4/17
Chicago 8 St Louis 3:
WP Harry Brecheen
LP Lou Kretlow
HR Luke Easter Gene Woodling Ray Campanella
White Sox score six runs late

St Louis vs Detroit
3 game series

Saturday 4/18
Game 1
Detroit 7 St Louis 4:
WP Jerry Staley
LP Johnny Sain
HR Frank Thomas (2) Vern Stephens Boyd Bartley 2 (4)
Bartley 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 6 Detroit 2:
WP Joe Presko
LP Frank Sullivan (1-1)
HR Frank Thomas (3) Luke Easter (2) Johnny Groth
Thomas 2-4, 5 RBIs.

Sunday 4/19
St Louis 7 Detroit 6:
WP Art Houtteman (1-1)
LP Vern Law (0-2)
HR Frank Thomas (4)
Thomas 3 RBIs. Pete Runnels 3-4, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Cleveland
Single game series

Tuesday 4/21
St Louis 10 Cleveland 5:
WP Lou Kretlow (1-1)
LP Russ Meyer
HR Luke Easter (3) Vern Stephens (2)
Easter and Stephens 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Chicago vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 4/24
Chicago 6 St Louis 5:
WP Bill Sayles
LP Bob Feller
HR Monte Irwin Roy Campanella (4)
Irwin homers with one on in the ninth.

Saturday 4/25
Chicago 14 St Louis 7:
WP Harry Brecheen (2-1)
LP Warren Hacker (1-2)
HR Tommy Brown (2) Wally Westlake Wayne Belardi
White Sox pound Browns pitching with 9 runs in the last three innings.

Sunday 4/26
Game 1
St Louis 4 Chicago 1:
WP Art Houtteman (2-1)
LP Mel Parnell (2-1)
HR Roy Campanella (5) Frank Thomas (5) Luke Easter (4)
Houtteman scatters two hits.

Game 2
Chicago 4 St Louis 3:
WP Bob Porterfield (1-2)
LP Lou Kretlow (1-2)
HR Tom Kirk
Porterfield seven hits Browns

New York vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 4/28
St Louis 6 NY 0:
WP Johny Sain (1-1)
LP Curt Simmons (2-2)
HR Ray Jablonski Luke Easter (5) Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 4/29
St Louis 5 NY 1:
WP Joe Presko (2-0)
LP Preacher Roe (1-2)
HR Ray Jablonski (2) Frank Thomas (6) Red Schoendienst (2)
Schoendienst 2-4, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Detroit Tigers	10	6	.625	-
Cleveland Indians	8	5	.615	.5
Washington Senators	10	7	.588	.5
Philadelphia Athletics	9	7	.563	1.0
New York Yankees	9	7	.563	1.0
St. Louis Browns	7	7	.500	2.0
Chicago White Sox	6	9	.400	3.5
Boston Red Sox	3	14	.176	7.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	13	3	.813	-
Chicago Cubs	8	5	.615	3.5
Brooklyn Dodgers	8	7	.533	4.5
New York Giants	7	8	.467	5.5
Milwaukee Braves	7	9	.438	6.0
Cincinnati Reds	7	9	.438	6.0
St. Louis Cardinals	5	8	.385	6.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	11	.313	8.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Nellie Fox - BRO .452 2 Pee Wee Reese NY1 .423 3 Joe Adcock BRO .414 4 Vic Wertz CHN .412 5 Stan Musial CLE .388	LEAGUE LEADERS HR 2 tied with 6 1 Yogi Berra PHI 6 1 Frank Thomas SLA 6 3 Matt Batts BOS 5 3 4 more tied with 5	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Frank Thomas - SLA 20 2 Yogi Berra PHI 19 3 Don Lenhardt BRO 16 4 Ray Boone ML1 15 4 2 more tied with 15
LEAGUE LEADERS W 7 tied with 3 1 Harvey Haddix CLE 3 1 Paul Minner NY1 3 1 Bobby Shantz PHI 3 1 4 more tied with 3	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Al Aber - NYA 1.06 2 Paul Minner NY1 1.44 3 Stu Miller BRO 1.53 4 Warren Spahn PHA 1.67 5 Steve Roser SLN 1.72	LEAGUE LEADERS K Johnny Antonelli - BRO 33 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 23 3 Billy Pierce ML1 21 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 21 3 Curt Simmons NYA 21

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Washington vs St Louis
3 game series

Thursday 4/30
Washington 6 St Louis 3:
WP Steve Gromek (3-1)
LP Art Houtteman (2-2)
HR Walker Cooper Willie Mays (5) Gene Hatton (3) Frank Thomas (7)
Cooper 3 RBIs. Mays 2 RBIs.

Friday 5/1
Washington 7 St Louis 4:
WP Bill Hall (2-0)
LP Lou Kretlow (1-3)
HR Joe Collins (2) Gene Hatton (4) Luke Easter (6)
Easter 3 RBIs.

Saturday 5/2
Washington 13 St Louis 4:
WP Bob Cain (1-0)
LP Johnny Sain (1-2)
HR Walker Cooper (2) Willie Mays 2 (7) Randy Jackson 2 (3) Joe DeMaestri Ray Jablonski (3)
Mays 4-5, 4 RBIs. Jackson 3-5, 4 RBIs.

Boston vs St Louis
3 game series

Sunday 5/3
Game 1
Boston 5 St Louis 4:
WP Carl Erskine (2-3)
LP Joe Presko (2-1)
Browns can only muster 4 hits.

Game 2
St Louis 3 Boston 0:
WP Art Houtteman (3-2)
LP Bob Friend (2-3)
Houtteman fires a five hit shut out.

Monday 5/4
St Louis 3 Boston 1:
WP Ken Heintzelman (1-0)
LP Ted Gray (0-2)
HR Ray Jablonski (4)
Jablonski slams a two run shot in the bottom of the ninth.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
2 game series

Tuesday 5/5
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 2:
WP Johnny Sain (2-2)
LP Virgil Trucks (1-3)
HR Andy Seminick (3)
Frank Thomas 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/6
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 1:
WP Chuck Stobbs (4-1)
LP Joe Presko (2-2)
HR Ferris Fain
Fain 2 RBIs.

Cleveland vs St Louis
3 game series

Friday 5/8
Cleveland 5 St Louis 1:
WP Vic Raschi (3-2)
LP Art Houtteman (3-3)
HR Ralph Kiner (3) Frank Thomas (8)
Kiner 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 5/9
Cleveland 9 St Louis 6 (10):
WP Tom Morgan (1-0)
LP Bob Feller (0-2)
HR Chuck Workman Ralph Kiner (4)
Vern Stephens 2-4, 3 RBIs. Indians score 5 runs late.

Sunday 5/10
St Louis 5 Cleveland 4:
WP Windy McCall (1-0)
LP Jack Banta (0-2)
HR Stan Musial (6) Granny Hamner (2) Sherm Lollar (2) Duke Snider (2) Joe Presko
Vern Stephens scores winning run in the 8th.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Detroit Tigers	17	10	.630	-
Cleveland Indians	14	8	.636	.5
Washington Senators	17	11	.607	.5
Philadelphia Athletics	14	13	.519	3.0
Chicago White Sox	13	14	.481	4.0
New York Yankees	12	13	.480	4.0
St. Louis Browns	11	14	.440	5.0
Boston Red Sox	6	21	.222	11.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	23	5	.821	-
Chicago Cubs	14	12	.538	8.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	14	12	.538	8.0
Cincinnati Reds	15	14	.517	8.5
New York Giants	13	15	.464	10.0
Milwaukee Braves	11	17	.393	12.0
St. Louis Cardinals	9	16	.360	12.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	18	.357	13.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Nellie Fox - BRO .433 2 Willie Mays WS1 .421 3 Bobby Avila CIN .392 4 Frankie Zak CHA .360 5 Joe Adcock BRO .357	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 12 2 Roy Campanella CHA 11 3 Yogi Berra PHI 8 3 Frank Thomas SLA 8 5 2 tied with 7	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 32 2 Roy Campanella CHA 29 3 Frank Thomas SLA 27 4 Gus Bell DET 26 5 2 tied with 24
LEAGUE LEADERS W 3 tied with 5 1 Saul Rogovin PHI 5 1 Bobby Shantz PHI 5 1 Chuck Stobbs PHA 5 4 8 tied with 4	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Paul Minner - NY1 1.64 2 Mel Parnell CHA 1.80 3 Harvey Haddix CLE 1.90 4 Bobby Shantz PHI 2.00 5 Walt Masterson CLE 2.13	LEAGUE LEADERS K Johnny Antonelli - BRO 42 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 38 3 Mike Garcia CIN 31 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 31 3 2 more tied with 31

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St Louis vs Philadelphia
2 game series

Tuesday 5/12
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 1
WP Dick Littlefield (1-3)
LP Art Houtteman (3-4)
HR Sammy White (3) Willard Marshall
Littlefield scatters six hits over 8 innings.

Wednesday 5/13
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 4 (14):
WP Bob Feller (1-2)
LP Jim Suchecki (2-2)
HR Red Schoendienst (3) Sid Gordon 2 (3) Alan Dark (2)
Schoendienst's 14th inning slam lifts Browns.

St Louis vs Washington
3 game series

Thursday 5/14
Washington 9 St Louis 2:
WP Steve Gromek (4-3)
LP Joe Presko (2-3)
HR Ray Jablonski (5) Jim Rivera () Willie Mays (13) Del Ennis (3) Joe Collins (4) Randy Jackson (6)
Rivera 3 RBIs.

Friday 5/15
St Louis 6 Washington 1:
WP Lou Krelow (2-3)
LP Herm Wehmeier (4-2)
HR Luke Easter (7)
Easter 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 5/16
St Louis 9 Washington 4:
WP Art Houtteman (4-4)
LP Bob Hall (3-2)
HR Ray Jablonski (6)
Jablonski 2-5, 7th inning GRAND SLAM.

St Louis vs New York
2 game series

Sunday 5/17
Game 1
St Louis 6 NY 1:
WP Johnny Sain (3-2)
LP Preacher Roe (1-5)
HR Ray Jablonski (7) Luke Easter (8)
Easter 2 RBIs.

Game 2
NY 5 St Louis 1:
WP Lou Brissie (2-1)
LP Joe Presko (2-4)
Yankees score 5 in the 4th.

St Louis vs Boston
2 game series

Tuesday 5/19
Boston 8 St Louis 7:
WP Ted Gray (2-2)
LP Ken Heintleman (1-1)
HR Sammy White (4) Matt Batts (6)
Red Sox edge Browns on 9th inning RBI single.

Wednesday 5/20
St Louis 7 Boston 2:
WP Art Houtteman (5-4)
LP Ted Gray (2-3)
HR Frank Thomas (9) Luke Easter 2 (10) Gene Woodling (2) Matt Batts (7)
Easter 4-5, 3 RBIs. Thomas 3-4, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Cleveland
4 game series

Friday 5/22
Cleveland 3 St Louis 0:
WP Harvey Haddix (7-1)
LP Ken Heintzelman (1-2)
Haddix six hit shut out., Duke Snider 3 RBIs.

Saturday 5/23
St Louis 2 Cleveland 1:
WP Joe Presko (3-4)
LP Johnny Schmitz (2-2)
HR Ray Jablonski (8)
Jablonski 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 5/24
Game 1
Cleveland 6 St Louis 4:
WP Vic Raschi (5-3)
LP Art Houtteman (5-5)
HR Gene Woodling (3) Duke Snider (8)
Snider 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Game 2
Cleveland 5 St Louis 4 (11)
WP Sandy Ullrich (1-0)
LP Warren Hacker (1-3)
HR Gene Woodling (4) Ralph Kiner (8)
Indians win on Jim Dykes run scoring triple

Chicago vs St Louis
2 game series

Monday 5/25
St Louis 5 Chicago 4:
WP Ken Hentzelman (2-2)
LP Bill Sayles (2-3)
HR Monte Irvin (12)
Browns nip White Sox on Richie Ashburn's RBI double in the bottom of the 9th.

Tuesday 5/26
Chicago 6 St Louis 4 (10):
WP Bill Sayles (3-3)
LP Bob Feller (1-3)
HR Tom Kirk (2) Ray Jablonski (9) Sammy White (5) Luke Easter (11)
Kirk's 10th inning two run shot lifts White Sox.

Cleveland vs St Louis
2 game series

Wednesday 5/27
St Louis 15 Cleveland 5:
WP Art Houtteman (6-5)
LP Harvey Haddix (7-2)
HR Chuck Workman (2) Duke Snider (10) Ray Jablonski (10) Luke Easter 2 (13) Vern Stephens (3) Red Schoendienst (4)
Richie Ashburn 5-5, 3 RBIs. Easter 3-5, 4 RBIs. Workman 4-5, 3 RBIs.

Thursday 5/28
St Louis 10 Cleveland 8:
WP Warren Hacker (2-3)
LP Johnny Schmitz (2-3)
HR Stan Musial (7) Ralph Kiner 2 (10) Sam Lollar (4) Ray Jablonski 2 (12) Luke Easter (14)
Kiner 2-4, 4 RBIs.

St Louis vs Detroit
3 game series

Friday 5/29
Detroit 6 St Louis 5 (10):
WP Everett Fagen (2-0)
LP Lou Aloma (0-1)
WP Luke Easter (15) Ted Kluszewski (8) Bill Burgo (3)
Tigers win in the 10th on sac fly.

Saturday 5/30
Game 1
St Louis 3 Detroit 2:
WP Bob Feller (2-3)
LP Cloyd Boyd (2-5)
HR Gene Woodling (5) Sammy White (6) Gus Bell (8)
Feller scatters six hits.

Game 2
St Louis 8 Detroit 2:
WP Art Houtteman (7-5)
LP Joe Staley (4-3)
HR Gene Woodling (6) Ray Jablonski (13) Boyd Bartley (8)
Ray Jablonski 2-5, 3 RBIs. Gene Woodling 4-5, 3 RBIs, and hit for the cycle

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	27	14	.659	-
Washington Senators	30	17	.638	-
Detroit Tigers	28	16	.636	.5
St. Louis Browns	22	23	.489	7.0
Philadelphia Athletics	22	25	.468	8.0
Chicago White Sox	20	25	.444	9.0
New York Yankees	19	25	.432	9.5
Boston Red Sox	12	35	.255	18.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	32	13	.711	-
Chicago Cubs	24	21	.533	8.0
Brooklyn Dodgers	24	21	.533	8.0
Cincinnati Reds	25	24	.510	9.0
Milwaukee Braves	22	25	.468	11.0
St. Louis Cardinals	21	24	.467	11.0
New York Giants	19	28	.404	14.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	17	28	.378	15.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Nellie Fox - BRO .379 2 Willie Mays WS1 .369 2 Bobby Avila CIN .369 4 Yogi Berra PHI .360 5 Ted Williams PIT .354	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 16 2 Luke Easter SLA 15 2 Mickey Mantle CHN 15 2 Ted Williams PIT 15 5 2 tied with 14	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 50 2 Randy Jackson WS1 40 2 Mickey Mantle CHN 40 4 Roy Campanella CHA 39 4 2 more tied with 39
LEAGUE LEADERS W Bobby Shantz - PHI 8 2 Harvey Haddix CLE 7 2 Art Houtteman SLA 7 2 Joe Nuxhall PHI 7 5 9 tied with 6	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Harvey Haddix - CLE 2.02 2 Duane Pillette CHN 2.05 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 2.12 4 Mel Parnell CHA 2.33 5 Chuck Stobbs PHA 2.42	LEAGUE LEADERS K Billy Pierce - ML1 71 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 64 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 59 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 51 5 2 tied with 50

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St Louis vs Chicago
2 game series

Sunday 5/31
Game 1
Chicago 3 St Louis 1:
WP Bill Wight (2-1)
LP Warren Hacker (2-4)
HR Vern Stephens (4)
Floyd Baker 3-4

Game 2
Chicago 5 St Louis 4:
WP Mel Parnell (6-3)
LP Gene Conley (0-1)
HR Tom Kirk (4)
Kirk 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Washington vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 6/2
St Louis 4 Washington 3:
WP Bob Feller (3-3)
LP Ray Herbert (2-1)
HR Randy Jackson (11) Frank Thomas (10)
Vern Stephens scores winning run in the ninth

Wednesday 6/3
Washington 14 St Louis 5:
WP Ray Scarborough (2-1)
LP Art Houtteman (7-6)
HR Willie Mays (18) Joe Collins (5)
Collins 2nd inning GRAND SLAM and Mays 3 run shot in the first inning

Thursday 6/4
Washington 6 St Louis 3:
WP Herm Wehmeier (7-3)
LP Gene Conley (0-2)
HR Willie Mays 2 (20) Frank Thomas (11)
Mays 2-5, 3 RBIs.

New York vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 6/5
St Louis 9 NY 3:
WP Joe Presko (4-4)
LP Al Aber (4-4)
HR Hank Thompson (6) Luke Easter (16)
Ray Jablonski 2-4, 3 RBIs. Easter 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 6/6
St Louis 4 NY 3 (11):
WP Warren Hacker (3-4)
LP Dick Mauney (2-4)
HR Bill Serena (9)
Phil Masi scores in the 11th on an error

Sunday 6/7
Game 1
NY 3 St Louis 1:
WP Preacher Roe (3-6)
LP Art Houtteman (7-7)
Ed Fitz Gerald 3-5, RBI

Game 2
NY 9 St Louis 5:
WP Marv Breuer (1-3)
LP Joe Presko (4-5)
HR Bill Serena (10) Hank Thompson (7) Frank Baumholtz (2) Frank Thomas (12)
Thompson 4 RBIs. Serena 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Boston vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 6/9
St Louis 6 Boston 0:
WP Lou Kretlow (3-3)
LP Bob Kuzava (2-8)
HR Frank Thomas (13) Red Schoendienst (5)
Thomas 4-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/10
St Louis 7 Boston 3:
WP Johnny Sain (4-2)
LP Carl Erskine (3-10)
HR Frank Thomas (14) Ray Jablonski (14) Luke Easter 2 (18) Vern Stephens (5)
Easter 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Thursday 6/11
St Louis 6 Boston 3:
WP Bob Feller (4-3)
LP Bill Bevens (3-7)
HR Dale Long (6)
Feller scatters 8 hits

Philadelphia vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 6/12
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4:
WP Virgil Trucks (4-6)
LP Joe Presko (4-6)
HR Willard Marshall (2) Red Schoendienst (6)
Marshall 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 6/13
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1:
WP Lou Kretlow (4-3)
LP Dick Littlefield (4-6)
HR Ray Jablonski (15) Frank Thomas (15)
Kretlow fires a five hitter.

Sunday 6/14
Game 1
Philadelphia 8 St Louis 6:
WP Warren Spahn (7-5)
LP Warren Hacker (3-5)
HR Hank Sauer 2 (10) Willard Marshall (3) Frank Thomas (16) Luke Easter (19)
Sauer's 2nd HR, a two run shot in the ninth, lefts Athletics

Game 2
Philadelphia 13 St Louis 0:
WP Chuck Stobbs (8-3)
LP Bob Feller (4-4)
HR Minnie Minosa (2) Hank Sauer 2 (12) Willard Marshall (4)
Sauer 4 HR, 5-8, 8 RBIs for the double header.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Detroit Tigers	38	20	.655	-
Cleveland Indians	34	22	.607	3.0
Washington Senators	34	27	.557	5.5
Chicago White Sox	33	28	.541	6.5
Philadelphia Athletics	30	32	.484	10.0
St. Louis Browns	29	32	.475	10.5
New York Yankees	26	33	.441	12.5
Boston Red Sox	16	46	.258	24.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	40	20	.667	-
Brooklyn Dodgers	36	24	.600	4.0
Chicago Cubs	30	29	.508	9.5
Cincinnati Reds	32	33	.492	10.5
St. Louis Cardinals	28	31	.475	11.5
Milwaukee Braves	30	34	.469	12.0
New York Giants	26	35	.426	14.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	23	39	.371	18.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Ted Williams - PIT .359 2 Bobby Avila CIN .357 3 Willie Mays WS1 .354 4 Gus Bell DET .351 4 Joe Adcock BRO .351	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 24 2 Eddie Mathews SLN 22 3 Ted Williams PIT 21 4 Luke Easter SLA 19 5 2 tied with 18	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 68 2 Frank Thomas SLA 55 3 Eddie Mathews SLN 53 4 Mickey Mantle CHN 52 5 Roy Campanella CHA 51
LEAGUE LEADERS W Bobby Shantz - PHI 10 2 Johnny Antonelli BRO 8 2 Billy Loes BRO 8 2 Mel Parnell CHA 8 2 4 more tied with 8	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Bill Wight - CHA 1.84 2 Curt Simmons NYA 2.19 3 Mel Parnell CHA 2.23 4 Billy Pierce ML1 2.52 5 Chuck Stobbs PHA 2.69	LEAGUE LEADERS K Bobby Shantz - PHI 87 2 Billy Pierce ML1 85 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 83 4 Billy Loes BRO 66 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 66

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St Louis vs New York
3 game series

Tuesday 6/16
St Louis 7 NY 2:
WP Joe Presko (5-6)
LP Al Aber (4-5)
HR Gene Woodling (7)
Ray Jablonski 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/17
NY 2 St Louis 1
WP Preacher Roe (5-6)
LP Lou Kretlow (4-4)
HR Bill Serena (11)
Yankees win in the 8th on Serena's two run shot

Thursday 6/18
NY 5 St Louis 2:
WP Marv Breuer (3-3)
LP Bob Feller (4-5)
HR Al Libke
Libke 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Boston
4 game series

Friday 6/19
St Louis 3 Boston 1:
WP Johnny Sain (5-2)
LP Bob Kuzava (3-9)
HR Luke Easter (20)
Easter and Ray Jablonski 3-4, RBI.

Saturday 6/20
St Louis 8 Boston 4:
WP Joe Presko (6-6)
LP Johnny Podres (0-10)
HR Frank Thomas (17) Luke Easter (21)
Easter 2-4, 3RBIs. Thomas 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 6/21
Game 1
St Louis 5 Boston 2:
WP Lou Kretlow (5-4)
LP Carl Erskine (4-11)
HR Frank Thomas (18) Lou Kretlow Charlie Uhlir (4)
Thomas and Kretlow 2 run shots

Game 2
St Louis 7 Boston 6:
WP Bob Feller (5-5)
LP Red Barrett (1-3)
HR Frank Thomas (19) Gene Woodling (8) Al Gionfriddo (2) Matt Batts (9)
Thomas 2-5, 3 RBIs. Woodling 3-4, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Washington
3 game series

Tuesday 6/23
Washington 3 St Louis 2:
WP Ray Scarborough (3-4)
LP Windy McCall (1-1)
George Strickland scores in the bottom of the ninth.

Wednesday 6/24
St Louis 3 Washington 2:
WP Joe Presko (7-6)
LP Herm Wehmeier (8-5)
HR Del Rice
Luke Easter 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 6/25
Washington 6 St Louis 5 (14)
WP Bob Lefebvre (5-4)
LP Warren Hacker (3-6)
HR Dusty Rhodes Frank Thomas (20) Luke Easter (22) Walker Cooper (4) Willie Mays (29)
Senators win in the 14th on coopers solo shot

St Louis vs Philadelphia
4 game series

Friday 6/26
St Louis 18 Philadelphia 5:
WP Lou Kretlow (6-4)
LP Cal McLish (3-6)
HR Frank Thomas (21) Luke Easter (23) Gene Woodling (9) Minnie Minoso (5) Aaron Robinson (4)
Easter 4-5, 4 RBIs. Woodling 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 6/27
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3:
WP Earl Jones (3-4)
LP Windy McCall (1-2)
Athletics score 2 in the 8th and win on two in the ninth.

Sunday 6/28
Game 1
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 3:
WP Joe Presko (8-6)
LP Virgil Trucks (4-9)
HR Luke Easter (24) Eddie Yost (6) Alvin Dark (7)
Yost 3-5, 2 RBIs. Easter 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Philadelphia 14 St Louis 4:
WP Cal McLish (4-6)
LP Bob Feller (5-6)
HR Red Schoendienst (7) Minnie Minoso 2 (7) Hank Sauer (13) Eddie Yost (7) Cal McLish Aaron Robinson (5)
McLish GRAND SLAM Minoso 4-5, 4 RBIs.

St Louis vs Chicago
2 game series

Tuesday 6/30
St Louis 4 Chicago 3:
WP Lou Kretlow (7-4)
LP Harry Brecheen (5-7)
HR Frank Thomas (22) Wally Westlake (5)
Thomas 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/1
St Louis 7 Chicago 4:
WP Johnny Sain (6-2)
LP Mel Parnell (9-6)
HR Bob Elliott
Ray Jablonski 2-5, 3 RBIs. June Rookie of the Month.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	45	27	.625	-
Detroit Tigers	44	30	.595	2.0
Washington Senators	41	36	.532	6.5
Chicago White Sox	39	37	.513	8.0
St. Louis Browns	39	38	.506	8.5
Philadelphia Athletics	39	40	.494	9.5
New York Yankees	36	39	.480	10.5
Boston Red Sox	21	57	.269	27.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	48	28	.632	-
Brooklyn Dodgers	44	32	.579	4.0
Chicago Cubs	41	35	.539	7.0
New York Giants	39	37	.513	9.0
Cincinnati Reds	40	41	.494	10.5
Milwaukee Braves	37	42	.468	12.5
St. Louis Cardinals	32	43	.427	15.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	28	51	.354	21.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Willie Mays - WS1 .362 2 Gus Bell DET .354 3 Bobby Avila CIN .352 4 Stan Musial CLE .347 5 Luke Easter SLA .346	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 30 2 Luke Easter SLA 24 3 Eddie Mathews SLN 23 3 Ted Williams PIT 23 5 Frank Thomas SLA 22	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 78 2 Frank Thomas SLA 72 3 Gus Bell DET 63 3 Luke Easter SLA 63 3 Duke Snider CLE 63
LEAGUE LEADERS W Bobby Shantz - PHI 12 2 Johnny Antonelli BRO 11 2 Harvey Haddix CLE 11 4 Billy Loes BRO 10 4 4 more tied with 10	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Bill Wight - CHA 1.86 2 Curt Simmons NYA 1.89 3 Duane Pillette CHN 2.24 4 Mel Parnell CHA 2.50 5 Billy Pierce ML1 2.57	LEAGUE LEADERS K Billy Pierce - ML1 108 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 105 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 99 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 90 5 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 87

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Chicago vs St Louis
2 game series

Saturday 7/4
Game 1
St Louis 3 Chicago 2:
WP Bob Feller (6-6)
LP Bob Porterfield (7-9)
HR Jim Busby (3)
Feller 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Chicago 8 St Louis 4:
WP Larry Jansen (6-7)
LP Joe Presko (8-7)
HR Monte Irvin (18) Wally Westlake (6)
Irvin 4-5, 3 RBIs.

Detroit vs St Louis
3 game series

Sunday 7/5
Game 1
St Louis 10 Detroit 7:
WP Windy McCall (2-2)
LP Willard Nixon (5-5)
HR Luke Easter (28) Willie Jones (5)
Easter 3-5, 5 RBIs. Jones 2-4, 4 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 5 Detroit 2:
WP Lou Kretlow (8-4)
LP Cloyd Boyer (3-8)
HR Gus Bell (19) Frank Thomas (23) Vern Stephens (6)
Thomas 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Monday 7/6
Detroit 8 St Louis 6:
WP Vern Law (8-7)
LP Bob Feller (6-7)
HR Gus Bell 2 (21) Ted Kluszewski (15) Luke Easter (26)
Bell 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Cleveland vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 7/7
Cleveland 6 St Louis 2:
WP Russ Meyer (6-2)
LP Joe Presko (8-8)
HR Chuck Workman (7) Ralph Kiner (17) Sammy White (7) Luke Easter (27)
Workman 3 RBIs. Kimer 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/8
Cleveland 4 St Louis 2:
WP Harvey Haddix (13-5)
LP Johnny Sain (6-3)
HR Stan Musial (20) Don Mueller (6) Duck Snider (21) Phil Masi Frank Thomas (24)
Haddix scatters seven hits.

Thursday 7/9
Cleveland 9 St Louis 4:
WP Jack Banta (1-4)
LP Lou Kretlow (8-5)
Indians score 9 in the ninth for sweep.

St Louis vs Detroit
4 game series

Friday 7/10
Detroit 8 St Louis 4:
WP Frank Sullivan (12-3)
LP Bob Feller (6-8)
HR Ted Kluszewski (17)
Pete Runnels 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 7/11
Detroit 6 St Louis 5:
WP Everett Fagen (4-0)
LP Art Houtteman (7-8)
HR Frank Thomas (25) Luke Easter (28) Gene Woodling (10) Bill Bruton (2) Willie Jones (6)
Tigers win in the ninth on Bruton's two run shot

Sunday 7/12
Game 1
Detroit 6 St Louis 3:
WP Julio Moreno (2-4)
LP Johnny Sain (6-4)
HR Gus Bell (22)
Bell 2 RBIs. Kluszewski 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 4 Detroit 2:
WP Lou Kretlow (9-5)
LP Willard Nizxon (6-6)
Browns snap 7 game skid.

Tuesday 7/14

NORTH AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS AT AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS

GAME ID: 1234 - TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 1953 - GAME LOG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E National League All-Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 American League All-Stars 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 9 0

WP Fred Caligiuri (Detroit)
LP Mike Garcia (Cincinnati)
MVP Bill Serena (Yankees) 2-4, 2 RBIs.

New York vs St Louis
3 game series

Thursday 7/16
NY 9 St Louis 2:
WP Preacher Roe (8-7)
LP Gene Conley (0-3)
HR Hank Steinbacher (8) Hank Thompson (15)
Clem Koshorek 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Friday 7/17
NY 3 St Louis 1:
WP Marv Breuer (6-5)
LP Lou Kretlow (9-6)
Breuer five hits Browns.

Saturday 7/18
St Louis 5 NY 0:
WP Johnny Sain (7-4)
LP Al Abner (6-7)
HR Frank Thomas (26)
Thomas 2 RBIs. Woodling 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Washington vs St Louis
2 game series

Sunday 7/19
Game 1
St Louis 10 Washington 3:
WP Joe Presko (9-8)
LP Bob Hall (5-5)
HR Walker Cooper (7) Gene Hatton (9) Anse Moore (2) Ray Jablonski (16)
Red Schoendienst 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 5 Washington 4 (14):
WP Bob Mahoney (1-0)
LP Bill Lefebver (6-5)
HR Walker Cooper (7) Willie Mays (36)
Frank Thomas 3-7, 3 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	58	32	.644	-
Detroit Tigers	55	36	.604	3.5
Philadelphia Athletics	50	44	.532	10.0
Washington Senators	48	45	.516	11.5
St. Louis Browns	46	48	.489	14.0
Chicago White Sox	44	48	.478	15.0
New York Yankees	42	48	.467	16.0
Boston Red Sox	26	68	.277	34.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	58	36	.617	-
Brooklyn Dodgers	55	36	.604	1.5
Chicago Cubs	51	40	.560	5.5
New York Giants	45	46	.495	11.5
Cincinnati Reds	47	50	.485	12.5
Milwaukee Braves	43	51	.457	15.0
St. Louis Cardinals	39	51	.433	17.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	34	62	.354	25.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Willie Mays - WS1 .374 2 Luke Easter SLA .352 3 Gus Bell DET .341 4 Bobby Avila CIN .337 5 Nellie Fox BRO .332	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 36 2 Luke Easter SLA 28 2 Ted Williams PIT 28 4 Mickey Mantle CHN 27 4 Eddie Mathews SLN 27	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 93 2 Frank Thomas SLA 86 3 Gus Bell DET 80 4 Luke Easter SLA 78 5 Duke Snider CLE 77
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 14 1 Harvey Haddix CLE 14 1 Bobby Shantz PHI 14 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 13 3 2 more tied with 13	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Duane Pillette - CLE 2.15 2 Mel Parnell CHA 2.35 3 Curt Simmons NYA 2.44 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 2.69 5 Billy Pierce ML1 2.72	LEAGUE LEADERS K Bobby Shantz - PHI 128 2 Billy Pierce ML1 125 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 115 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 112 5 Johnny Antonelli BRO 110

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Philadelphia vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 7/21
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 2:
WP Gene Conley (1-3)
LP Dick Littlefield (6-9)
HR Luke Easter (29) Roy Jablonski (17
Conley picks up first career win

Wednesday 7/22
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 0:
WP Lou Kretlow (10-6)
LP Virgil Trucks (7-11)
HR Luke Easter (30)
Kretlow fires a three hit shut out.

Thursday 7/23
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 7 (11):
WP Windy McCall (3-2)
LP Lloyd Hittle (0-3)
HR Minnie Minoso (9) Dusty Rhodes (2) Luke Easter (30)
Sammy White scores winning run with a bases loaded walk in the 11th.

Boston vs St Louis
4 game series

Friday 7/24
St Louis 3 Boston 2:
WP Warren Hacker (4-6)
LP Bill Bevens (7-9)
HR Dusty Rhodes (3)
Rhodes' 8th inning two run shot lifts Browns to 7th straight win.

Saturday 7/25
St Louis 10 Boston 7:
WP Gene Conley (2-3)
LP Johnny Podres (1-14)
HR Loren Babe (3) Dale Long (11) Sam Jethroe (7) Ray Jablonski (18) Frank Thomas (27)
Gene Woodling 2-5, 5 RBIs.

Sunday 7/26
Game 1
St Louis 8 Boston 2:
WP Lou Kretlow (11-6)
LP Bob Friend (4-12)
HR Ray Jablonski (19) Luke Easter 2 (33)
Easter 4-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 10 Boston 3:
WP Joe Presko (10-8)
LP Bob Kuzava (3-14)
HR Ray Jablonski (20) Gene Woodling (11) Red Schoendienst (8)
Woodling 2-5, 3 RBIs. Browns win 10th straight.

The St. Louis Browns Win Again, Making it 10 Straight!
Sunday, July 26th, 1953
The Browns have simply been on fire lately racking up 10 wins in a row. Few fans across North American BaseBall League will have their team come close to winning so many games in a row this year and St. Louis Manager, Jimmie Wilson, urged fans not to take it for granted. "These guys are playing their butts off," said Wilson. "I don't know how long it will last but I hope our fans are enjoying it. We sure are!"

St Louis vs Philadelphia
3 game series

Tuesday 7/28
Philadelphia 23 St Louis 5:
WP Jim Suchecki (5-4)
LP Johnny Sain (7-5)
HR Vern Stephens (7) Sid Gordon 2 (19) Carl Abrams (9) Alvin Dark (11) Andy Carey (4)
Gordon 3-5, 6 RBIs. Dark 3-4, 5 RBIs. Dark and Gordon hit GRAND SLAMS in the 4th inning.

Wednesday 7/29
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 6 (11):
WP Cal McLish (7-6)
LP Warren Hacker (4-7)
HR Luke Easter (34) Vern Stephens (8) Irv Noren (9)
Minnie Minoso scores on a wild pitch in the 11th.

Thursday 7/30
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 3:
WP Lou Kretlow (12-6)
LP Warren Spahn (14-7)
Ray Jablonski 2-4, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs New York
4 game series

Friday 7/31
NY 5 St Louis 3:
WP Curt Simmons (11-10)
LP Joe Presko (10-9)
HR Bill Serena (17)
Serena 3 RBIs.

Saturday 8/1
NY 2 St Louis 1:
WP Cookie Cuccurullo (5-5)
LP Warren Hacker (4-8)
Yankees score twice in the bottom of the ninth.

Sunday 8/2
Game 1
St Louis 4 NY 3:
WP Gene Conley (3-3)
LP Curt Simmons (11-11)
HR Sammy White (8) Bill Serena (18) Hank Thompson (17)
White 3-4, RBI.

Game 2
St Louis 6 NY 5:
WP Lou Kretlow (13-6)
LP Preacher Roe (9-10)
HR Frank Thomas (28) Ed Fitz Gerald (7)
Thomas 2-3, 2 RBIs. Vern Stephens 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	66	38	.635	-
Detroit Tigers	63	42	.600	3.5
Philadelphia Athletics	58	50	.537	10.0
St. Louis Browns	56	52	.519	12.0
Washington Senators	55	52	.514	12.5
Chicago White Sox	50	56	.472	17.0
New York Yankees	48	56	.462	18.0
Boston Red Sox	29	79	.269	39.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	61	43	.587	-
Philadelphia Phillies	63	45	.583	-
Chicago Cubs	60	45	.571	1.5
Milwaukee Braves	53	55	.491	10.0
New York Giants	51	53	.490	10.0
Cincinnati Reds	53	57	.482	11.0
St. Louis Cardinals	46	57	.447	14.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	39	71	.355	25.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Luke Easter - SLA .357 2 Willie Mays WS1 .355 3 Gus Bell DET .334 4 Bobby Avila CIN .330 5 Alvin Dark PHA .327	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 40 2 Luke Easter SLA 34 3 Eddie Mathews SLN 30 4 Mickey Mantle CHN 29 4 Ted Williams PIT 29	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 106 2 Luke Easter SLA 94 3 Frank Thomas SLA 93 4 Gus Bell DET 87 4 Alvin Dark PHA 87
LEAGUE LEADERS W Frank Sullivan - DET 16 2 Harvey Haddix CLE 15 2 Bobby Shantz PHI 15 4 Johnny Antonelli BRO 14 4 Warren Spahn PHA 14	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Duane Pillette - CLE 2.13 2 Mel Parnell CHA 2.29 3 Billy Pierce ML1 2.45 4 Curt Simmons NYA 2.52 5 Harvey Haddix CLE 2.64	LEAGUE LEADERS K Bobby Shantz - PHI 150 2 Billy Pierce ML1 137 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 136 4 Johnny Antonelli BRO 124 5 Harvey Haddix CLE 122

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St Louis vs Boston
3 game series

Tuesday 8/4
St Louis 4 Boston 0:
WP Joe Presko (11-9)
LP Bill Bevens (7-10)
HR Vern Stephens (9)
Stephens 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 8/5
St Louis 12 Boston 4:
WP Johnny Sain (8-5)
LP Bob Friend (4-14)
HR Ray Jablonski (21) Sammy White 2 (10) Luke Easter (35)
White 3-5, 4 RBIs. Red Schoendienst 5-5, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 8/6
St Louis 6 Boston 2:
WP Gene Conley (4-3)
LP Johnny Podres (1-16)
HR Luke Easter (36)
Easter 2-5, 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Washington
4 game series

Friday 8/7
St Louis 13 Washington 5:
WP Lou Kretlow (14-6)
LP Herm Wehmeier (10-8)
HR Ray Jablonski (22) Dusty Rhodes (4) Willie Mays (41) George Shuba (3)
Jablonski 3-4, 3 RBIs. Rhodes 3-5, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 8/8
St Louis 8 Washington 2:
WP Joe Presko (12-9)
LP Max Surkont (11-)
HR Ray Jablonski (23) George Shuba (4)
Jablonski 2-5, 2 RBIs. Red Schoendienst 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 8/9
Game 1
St Louis 1 Washington 0:
WP Johnny Sain (9-5)
LP Ray Scarborough (6-10)
Sain fires a NO HITTER.

Game 2
St Louis 7 Washington 0:
WP Gene Conley (5-3)
LP Herm Wehmeier (10-9)
Conley one hits Senators.

Sain Super -- No-Hits Washington
Sunday, August 9th, 1953
Johnny Sain was unhittable today as he beat the Senators 1-0. The St. Louis pitcher breezed through the Washington lineup and got himself a no-hitter. Sain had them talking to themselves as he struck out 4 and issued 2 walks in an outstanding performance at Griffith Stadium I.

His catcher said to reporters after the game, "He started off slow. He didn't have command of anything in the first three innings, but lucked his way through them. The Senators really helped him out by not being patient... they hit a lot of first pitches. Then it all came together in the fourth. From there on, the Senators never had a chance. He dominated them."

Season-to-date Sain has rung up 9 wins and 5 losses in 27 appearances. He has an ERA of 3.74 and has fanned 59 batters in 151.2 innings.

Detroit vs St Louis
3 game series

Tuesday 8/11
St Louis 11 Detroit 6:
WP Lou Kretlow (15-6)
LP Vern Law (11-8)
HR Ray Jablonski (24) Vern Stephens (10) Frank Thomas (29) Gene Woodling (12)
Jablonski 3 RBIs. Stephens 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 8/12
St Louis 7 Detroit 5:
WP Joe Presko (13-9)
LP Julio Moreno (3-6)
Gene Woodling 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 8/13
Detroit 5 St Louis 1:
WP Willard Nixon (10-8)
LP Johnny Sain (9-6)
HR Pete Runnels (2)
Tigers halt Browns 11 game winning streak.

Cleveland vs St Louis
3 game series

Friday 8/14
St Louis 3 Cleveland 2:
WP Gene Conley (6-3)
LP Harvey Haddix (16-9)
HR Vern Stephens (11)
Red Schoendienst 2 RBIs.

Sunday 8/16
Game 1
Cleveland 13 St Louis 6:
WP Duane Pillette (10-4)
LP Lou Kretlow (15-7)
HR Stan Musial (29) Ray Jablonski (25) Gene Woodling (13)
Musial 3-6, 4 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 4 Cleveland 3:
WP Warren Hacker (5-8)
LP Walt Masterson (11-4)
HR Stan Musial (30) Duke Snider (28)
Vern Stephens 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Chicago
3 game series

Tuesday 8/18
Game 1
St Louis 7 Chicago 3:
WP Johnny Sain (10-6)
LP Larry Jansen (9-12)
HR Frank Thomas (30)
Richie Ashburn 2-4, 2 RBIs. Thomas 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Chicago 3 St Louis 1:
WP Bill Wight (8-6)
LP Gene Conley (6-4)
White Sox score twice in the 8th.

Wednesday 8/19
Chicago 8 St Louis 7 (13)
WP Charlie Frye (1-1)
LP Bob Mahoney (1-1)
HR Frank Thomas (310 Gene Woodling (14) Tom Kirk (11)
White Sox win in the 13th on an error.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	72	47	.605	-
Detroit Tigers	73	48	.603	-
Philadelphia Athletics	71	53	.573	3.5
St. Louis Browns	68	56	.548	6.5
Washington Senators	61	63	.492	13.5
New York Yankees	57	63	.475	15.5
Chicago White Sox	56	65	.463	17.0
Boston Red Sox	30	93	.244	44.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	70	48	.593	-
Chicago Cubs	71	51	.582	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	70	54	.565	3.0
Cincinnati Reds	65	60	.520	8.5
Milwaukee Braves	62	61	.504	10.5
New York Giants	53	67	.442	18.0
St. Louis Cardinals	52	66	.441	18.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	45	81	.357	29.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Luke Easter - SLA .345 2 Willie Mays WS1 .341 2 Joe Adcock BRO .341 4 Minnie Minoso PHA .339 5 Bobby Avila CIN .337	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 46 2 Luke Easter SLA 36 3 Mickey Mantle CHN 33 4 Eddie Mathews SLN 32 4 Ted Williams PIT 32	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 123 2 Alvin Dark PHA 100 2 Luke Easter SLA 100 2 Stan Musial CLE 100 2 Frank Thomas SLA 100
LEAGUE LEADERS W Frank Sullivan - DET 18 2 Warren Spahn PHA 17 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 16 3 Harvey Haddix CLE 16 5 2 tied with 15	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Billy Pierce - ML1 2.33 2 Mel Parnell CHA 2.45 3 Allie Reynolds ML1 2.64 4 Frank Sullivan DET 2.71 5 Curt Simmons NYA 2.76	LEAGUE LEADERS K Vinegar Bend Mizell - CHN 168 2 Billy Pierce ML1 162 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 161 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 143 5 Johnny Antonelli BRO 136

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St Louis vs Cleveland
4 game series

Friday 8/21
St Louis 4 Cleveland 3:
WP Windy McCall (4-2)
LP Duane Pillette (10-5)
Stan Musial 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 8/22
Cleveland 3 St Louis 2:
WP Russ Meyer (11-4)
LP Warren Hacker (5-9)
HR Ralph Kiner (27)
Indians score two in the ninth.

Sunday 8/23
Game 1
Cleveland 8 St louis 1:
WP Johnny Schmitz (9-10)
LP Gene Conley (6-5)
HR Chuck Workman (9) Stan Musial (31)
Musial 2-3, 3 RBIs. Workman 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Cleveland 9 St Louis 4:
WP Russ Meyer (12-4)
LP Lou Kretlow (15-8)
HR Luke Easter (37) Chuck Workman (10) Stan Musial (32) Sherm Lollar (9)
Lollar 2-3, 4 RBIs.

Boston vs St Louis
Single game series

Tuesday 8/25
Boston 7 St Louis 5:
WP Bob Kuzava (4-18)
LP Joe Presko (13-10)
HR Dale Long (16) Matt Batts (12)
Long 4-5, 2 RBIs. Batts 3 RBIs. Gene Woodling 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia vs St Louis
2 game series

Thursday 8/27
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 1:
WP Warren Spahn (18-8)
LP Johnny Sain (10-7)
Spahn fires a five hitter

Friday 8/28
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3:
WP Gene Conley (7-5)
LP Virgil Trucks (10-14)
HR Irv Noreen (11) Ferris Fain (7)
Ray Jablonski's RBI single in the ninth lifts Browns

Washington vs St Louis
3 game series

Sunday 8/30
Game 1
Washington 15 St Louis 3:
WP Max Surkont (13-12)
LP Lou Kretlow (15-9)
HR Jim Rivera (6) Joe Collins (8) Frank Thomas (32)
Rivera 3-6, 4 RBIs. Willie Mays 2-5, 4 RBIs. Collins 2-6, 3 RBIs.

Game 2
St Louis 7 Washington 6:
WP Warren Hacker (6-9)
LP Otey Clark (1-3)
HR Dick Williams Joe Collins (9) Frank Thomas (33) Gene Woodling (15)
Browns win in the ninth on Woodling's three run shot

Monday 8/31
St Louis 4 Washington 1:
WP Johnny Sain (11-7)
LP Ray Scarborough (7-13)
HR Jim Rivera (7) Dusty Rhodes (5)
Rhodes 3 RBIs.

New York vs St Louis
2 game series

Wednesday 9/2
St Louis 6 NY 2:
WP Gene Conley (8-5)
LP Curt Simmons (12-15)
HR Bill Serena (23) Luke Easter (38) Vern Stephens (12) Red Schoendienst (9)
Easter 3-4, 2 RBIs. Schoendienst 2 RBIs.

Thursday 9/3
St Louis 3 NY 1:
WP Lou Kretlow (16-9)
LP Marv Breuer (8-10)
HR Vern Stephens (13)
Stephens 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Detroit vs St Louis
3 game series

Friday 9/4
Detroit 9 St Louis 2:
WP Frank Sullivan (21-3)
LP Johnny Sain (11-8)
HR Gus Bell 2 (31) Luke Easter (39)
Bell 3-4, 3 RBIs. Art Schult 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 9/5
St Louis 6 Detroit 2:
WP Bob Feller (7-8)
LP Vern Law (13-11)
HR Ray Jablonski (26) Frank Thomas (34)
Jablonski 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Sunday 9/6
St Louis 4 Detroit 3:
WP Warren Hacker (7-9)
LP Chubby Dean (3-3)
HR Ted Kluszewski (27)
Browns slip past Tigers in the ninth on Herb Adams' RBI single.

St Louis vs Cleveland
2 game series

Monday 9/7
Game 1
Cleveland 5 St Louis 4:
WP Harvey Haddix (19-11)
LP Warren Hacker (7-10)
HR Stan Musial (35) Duke Snider (32) Al Rosen (27)
Musial's 2 run shot in the ninth lifts Indians

Game 2
Cleveland 4 St Louis 1:
WP Duane Pillette (12-7)
LP Bob Feller (7-9)
HR Don Mueller (10)
Al Rosen 2 RBIs.

St Louis vs Washington
Single game series

Wednesday 9/9
Washington 2 St Louis 1:
WP Bob Cain (4-3)
LP Johnny Sain (11-9)
HR Sammy White (11) Gene Hatton (13)
Browns are eliminated.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	89	52	.631	-
Detroit Tigers	86	55	.610	3.0
Philadelphia Athletics	79	62	.560	10.0
St. Louis Browns	76	66	.535	13.5
Washington Senators	69	73	.486	20.5
Chicago White Sox	67	74	.475	22.0
New York Yankees	64	75	.460	24.0
Boston Red Sox	34	107	.241	55.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	55	.604	-
Philadelphia Phillies	80	59	.576	4.0
Chicago Cubs	79	61	.564	5.5
Milwaukee Braves	75	67	.528	10.5
Cincinnati Reds	73	70	.510	13.0
New York Giants	61	79	.436	23.5
St. Louis Cardinals	56	83	.403	28.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	87	.379	31.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Joe Adcock - BRO .354 2 Luke Easter SLA .343 3 Willie Mays WS1 .338 4 Bobby Avila CIN .335 5 2 tied with .334	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 51 2 Luke Easter SLA 39 3 Mickey Mantle CHN 38 3 Eddie Mathews SLN 38 5 Stan Musial CLE 35	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 138 2 Stan Musial CLE 120 3 Alvin Dark PHA 116 4 Duke Snider CLE 110 5 Del Crandall NY1 109
LEAGUE LEADERS W Frank Sullivan - DET 21 2 Warren Spahn PHA 20 3 Johnny Antonelli BRO 19 3 Harvey Haddix CLE 19 5 Bobby Shantz PHI 18	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Mel Parnell - CHA 2.23 2 Billy Pierce ML1 2.45 3 Allie Reynolds ML1 2.70 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 2.76 5 2 tied with 2.78	LEAGUE LEADERS K Billy Pierce - ML1 188 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 184 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 180 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 169 5 Johnny Antonelli BRO 166

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St Louis vs Boston
2 game series

Friday 9/11
Boston 5 St Louis 2:
WP Carl Erskine (10-22)
LP Gene Conley (8-6)
HR Sammy White (12) Ray Jablonski (27)
Red Sox score five in the 5th.

Saturday 9/12
St Louis 10 Boston 3:
WP Lou Kretlow (17-9)
LP Bob Kuzava (5-21)
HR Ray Jablonski (28) Frank Thomas (35) Vern Stephens (14) Dale Long (20)
Jablonski 2-3, GRAND SLAM, 4 RBIs. Thomas 2-3, 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Philadelphia
2 game series

Sunday 9/13
Game 1
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 4:
WP Warren Hacker (8-10)
LP Virgil Trucks (10-17)
HR Vern Stephens (15)
Browns win in the 9th on a Frank Thomas two run single.

Game 2
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 6 (11):
WP Warren Hacker (9-10)
LP Lloyd Hittle (0-3)
HR Phil Masi (2) Luke Easter (40) Ferris Fain (10)
Browns win in extra innings on Masi's two run shot.

St Louis vs New York
2 game series

Wednesday 9/16
St Louis 4 NY 3:
WP Windy McCall (5-2)
LP Dick Mauney (7-7)
HR Dusty Rhodes (6)
Another come from behind win, win on Rhodes 8th inning PH HR.

Thursday 9/17
St Louis 6 NY 3:
WP Windy McCall (6-2)
LP Curt Simmons (14-16)
HR Bob Elliott (2)
Elliott 3 RBIs.

St Louis vs Chicago
2 game series

Sunday 9/20
Game 1
St Louis 5 Chicago 3:
WP Gene Conley (9-6)
LP Bob Porterfield (13-16)
HR Dusty Rhodes (7) Monte Irvin (32) Catfish Metkovich (2)
Browns score twice in the 8th.

Game 2
St Louis 1 Chicago 0:
WP Lou Kretlow (18-9)
LP Bill Wight (9-7)
Sammy White RBI single.

St Louis vs Detroit
Single game series

Tuesday 9/22
Detroit 8 St Louis 3:
WP Vern Law (16-11)
LP Johnny Sain (11-10)
HR Luke Easter (41) Ted Kluszewski (28)
Kluszewski 5th inning GRAND SLAM.

Chicago vs St Louis
3 game series

Friday 9/25
Chicago 6 St Louis 4:
WP Bob Porterfield (14-16)
LP Gene Conley (9-7)
HR Monte Irvin (33) Ray Jablonski (29)
Irvin 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 9/26
Chicago 2 St Louis 1:
WP Bill Wight (10-7)
LP Johnny Sain (11-11)
HR Frank Thomas (36)
White Sox scores two in the 6th.

Sunday 9/27
St Louis 2 Chicago 0:
WP Lou Kretlow (19-9)
LP Mel Parnell (14-16)
HR Bob Elliott (3)
Browns finish with identical record from 1952. Easter wins batting crown.

Final
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland Indians	98	56	.636	-
Detroit Tigers	95	59	.617	3.0
St. Louis Browns	84	70	.545	14.0
Philadelphia Athletics	81	73	.526	17.0
Washington Senators	76	78	.494	22.0
Chicago White Sox	71	83	.461	27.0
New York Yankees	70	84	.455	28.0
Boston Red Sox	41	113	.266	57.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Dodgers	92	62	.597	-
Chicago Cubs	88	66	.571	4.0
Philadelphia Phillies	86	68	.558	6.0
Milwaukee Braves	79	75	.513	13.0
Cincinnati Reds	79	75	.513	13.0
New York Giants	70	84	.455	22.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	.403	30.0
St. Louis Cardinals	60	94	.390	32.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Joe Adcock - BRO .346 2 Luke Easter SLA .335 2 Bobby Avila CIN .335 4 Stan Musial CLE .334 4 2 more tied with .334	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Willie Mays - WS1 53 2 Mickey Mantle CHN 44 3 Luke Easter SLA 41 4 Stan Musial CLE 40 5 Eddie Mathews SLN 38	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Willie Mays - WS1 146 2 Stan Musial CLE 134 3 Joe Adcock BRO 122 4 Gus Bell DET 119 5 2 tied with 117
LEAGUE LEADERS W Frank Sullivan - DET 22 2 Harvey Haddix CLE 21 2 Warren Spahn PHA 21 4 Billy Loes BRO 20 5 3 tied with 19	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Mel Parnell - CHA 2.46 2 Billy Pierce ML1 2.54 3 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 2.62 4 Duane Pillette CLE 2.72 5 Bill Wight CHA 2.81	LEAGUE LEADERS K Billy Pierce - ML1 220 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell CHN 207 3 Bobby Shantz PHI 199 4 Harvey Haddix CLE 191 5 Billy Loes BRO 176

Adcock Crowned NL Bat King
Monday, September 28th, 1953
This season Joe Adcock won the National League 1953 batting title. The 25-year-old first baseman hit .346 for the Brooklyn Dodgers over a span of 150 games with 36 doubles, 5 triples and 34 home runs among his 218 hits. Adcock drove in 122 runs and scored 126 times.

Luke Easter Claims AL Batting Title
Monday, September 28th, 1953
When it came to batting average, no one hit better than Luke Easter of the St. Louis Browns this season. The 38-year-old hitting star topped the American League with a .335 batting average, registering 208 hits in 620 at-bats. The talented first baseman hit 41 home runs and drove in 112 runs. Easter played in 154 games and also collected 18 doubles, 5 triples and scored 102 times.

NABL News: Draft Pool Revealed
Saturday, September 12th, 1953
With the 1953 rookie draft only 30 days away, teams across North American BaseBall League are preparing their scouting missions, trying to assess their long-term needs and hoping that they land the prospect that will positively define their club for the next few years. Most of the young men in the draft pool will have gone as far as they can go, but then, a few will surprise and pan out as quality -- or even great -- professional ballplayers.

For a complete listing of those entered in the draft, consult the newly created draft section on the Transactions page, which will be available for 30 days prior to draft day.

The top players available (in no particular order) seem to be:
1. Vic Power, 25 year-old first baseman out of college.
2. Hank Aaron, 19 year-old left fielder out of high-school.
3. Walt Moryn, 27 year-old right fielder out of college.
4. Karl Spooner, 22 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
5. Harmon Killebrew, 17 year-old third baseman out of high-school.
6. Lou Berberet, 23 year-old catcher out of college.
7. Bill Skowron, 22 year-old first baseman out of college.
8. Frank Lary, 23 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
9. Jim Finigan, 25 year-old third baseman out of college.
10. Don Hoak, 25 year-old third baseman out of college.

NABL News: Playoffs begin
Monday, September 28th, 1953
The regular season has closed and now the "real" season begins. The playoffs in North American BaseBall League start today and all the clubs that made it into the North American Series are hungry to claim the ultimate prize: the champion's mantle -- the North American Series title. The playoffs begin today with these match-ups:
Brooklyn Dodgers versus Cleveland Indians.