MLB Scores and Standings Sunday, August 16, 1953

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Washington Nationals	1	Final
Boston Red Sox	4

W	Mel Parnell (17-7)
L	Walt Masterson (8-10)
S	Ellis Kinder (19)

Washington Nationals	7	Final
Boston Red Sox	4

W	Spec Shea (10-4)
L	Hal Brown (11-4)

Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Final
Brooklyn Dodgers	3

W	Preacher Roe (8-2)
L	Bob Hall (3-10)

Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Final
Brooklyn Dodgers	9

W	Carl Erskine (14-5)
L	Murry Dickson (8-17)
S	Clem Labine (2)

Milwaukee Braves	4	Final
Chicago Cubs	2

W	Lew Burdette (11-2)
L	Paul Minner (8-13)

Milwaukee Braves	6	Final
Chicago Cubs	2	(8)

W	Bob Buhl (9-6)
L	Bob Rush (7-11)

St. Louis Cardinals	2	Final
Cincinnati Redlegs	3

W	Jackie Collum (6-8)
L	Al Brazle (4-6)

St. Louis Cardinals	6	Final
Cincinnati Redlegs	2

W	Stu Miller (6-6)
L	Ken Raffensberger (6-11)

Chicago White Sox	2	Final
Detroit Tigers	3

W	Ralph Branca (3-2)
L	Connie Johnson (1-3)

Philadelphia Phillies	1	Final
New York Giants	8

W	Jim Hearn (7-7)
L	Robin Roberts (20-9)

Philadelphia Phillies	3	Final
New York Giants	4

W	Rubén Gómez (10-6)
L	Karl Drews (5-9)

New York Yankees	8	Final
Philadelphia Athletics	0

W	Vic Raschi (10-5)
L	Alex Kellner (10-11)

New York Yankees	7	Final
Philadelphia Athletics	3

W	Johnny Sain (11-6)
L	Charlie Bishop (3-10)

Cleveland Indians	6	Final
St. Louis Browns	7

W	Harry Brecheen (5-10)
L	Dave Hoskins (4-3)

Cleveland Indians	5	Final
St. Louis Browns	7

W	Dick Littlefield (6-9)
L	Bob Lemon (16-12)

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	77	37	.675	--	630	419	.678
CHW	70	46	.603	8.0	560	444	.605
CLE	64	50	.561	13.0	539	471	.561
BOS	65	55	.542	15.0	513	486	.525
WSH	58	60	.492	21.0	524	460	.559
PHA	48	67	.417	29.5	474	575	.413
DET	42	73	.365	35.5	517	708	.360
SLB	41	77	.347	38.0	441	635	.339

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
BRO	77	37	.675	--	710	519	.640
MLN	71	47	.602	8.0	556	441	.604
PHI	62	52	.544	15.0	549	495	.547
STL	62	52	.544	15.0	564	519	.538
NYG	56	56	.500	20.0	580	524	.546
CIN	53	65	.449	26.0	563	614	.460
CHC	44	70	.386	33.0	466	642	.357
PIT	38	84	.311	43.0	460	694	.320

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
CLE	28	12	.700	--	231	156	.672
NYY	22	15	.595	4.5	171	128	.629
BOS	19	14	.576	5.5	143	146	.491
WSH	18	16	.529	7.0	163	154	.526
CHW	19	19	.500	8.0	156	148	.524
DET	18	21	.462	9.5	178	215	.414
SLB	13	23	.361	13.0	114	143	.398
PHA	11	28	.282	16.5	158	224	.346

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
BRO	28	12	.700	--	245	170	.661
MLN	21	15	.583	5.0	182	148	.593
CHC	21	19	.525	7.0	167	193	.434
PHI	21	19	.525	7.0	167	171	.489
STL	21	19	.525	7.0	204	194	.523
CIN	15	21	.417	11.0	151	174	.435
PIT	12	20	.375	12.0	162	193	.421
NYG	14	28	.333	15.0	188	223	.423