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Saturday, August 08, 1953
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Cleveland Indians
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Boston Red Sox
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Sid Hudson (4-7)
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Early Wynn (12-9)
Philadelphia Phillies
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inal
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Robin Roberts (19-8)
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Fred Baczewski (6-2)
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Bob Hall (3-9)
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inal
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Morrie Martin (4)
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Larry Jansen (10-9)
Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
73
34
.682
--
578
398
.664
CHW
66
43
.606
8.0
525
424
.597
CLE
61
46
.570
12.0
499
430
.568
BOS
61
49
.555
13.5
481
444
.537
WSH
52
56
.481
21.5
489
413
.577
PHA
45
62
.421
28.0
436
524
.417
DET
38
69
.355
35.0
480
671
.351
SLB
36
73
.330
38.0
402
586
.334
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
70
37
.654
--
656
493
.628
MLN
63
45
.583
7.5
499
408
.591
PHI
58
47
.552
11.0
513
463
.547
STL
58
47
.552
11.0
528
482
.542
NYG
53
51
.510
15.5
547
489
.551
CIN
49
60
.450
22.0
530
574
.464
CHC
40
64
.385
28.5
433
593
.360
PIT
37
77
.325
36.5
433
637
.330
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CLE
31
16
.660
--
271
197
.642
NYY
26
18
.591
3.5
223
149
.677
WSH
24
20
.545
5.5
198
201
.493
BOS
23
20
.535
6.0
175
188
.467
CHW
23
22
.511
7.0
191
168
.558
DET
22
25
.468
9.0
215
252
.428
SLB
18
27
.400
12.0
153
192
.398
PHA
14
33
.298
17.0
196
275
.350
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
35
12
.745
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299
196
.684
MLN
29
17
.630
5.5
239
181
.624
PHI
25
24
.510
11.0
203
203
.500
STL
25
24
.510
11.0
240
231
.517
CHC
25
25
.500
11.5
200
242
.414
CIN
19
26
.422
15.0
184
214
.431
PIT
13
27
.325
18.5
189
250
.375
NYG
17
33
.340
19.5
221
258
.430
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