Games on August 16, 1953

The games of August 16, 1953

The schedule for August 16, 1953 lists 15 games. The widest margin belonged to the New York Yankees, 8-0 winners over the Philadelphia Athletics. Runs came easiest when the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5. The closest finishes were the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, the New York Giants 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the St. Louis Browns 7-6 over the Cleveland Indians. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox topped the Washington Senators 4-1, the Washington Senators beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1, the Milwaukee Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Milwaukee Braves, 6-2, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Cincinnati Reds 6-2, the New York Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 8-1, the New York Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 7-3, and the St. Louis Browns beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Milwaukee Braves and the Chicago Cubs. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 15, 1953 and the next, Aug 17, 1953. For the wider picture, see the 1953 season.