Brooklyn slugger Duke Snider hits his second grand slam in three days‚ accounting for all the runs in the Dodgers’ 4 – 0 win over the Giants. Carl Erskine allows New York just two hits.
Ted Williams returns to the Boston Red Sox after his military stint in the Korean War
Don Larsen, in his 5-0 complete-game loss to Boston at Fenway Park, goes 3-for-3 to establish the mark for consecutive hits by a pitcher with seven. The Browns’ rookie right-hander will hit .284 in 81 at bats this season.
8/3/1953: Duke Snider lost a homer to the rain in Milwaukee. The blow came as he led off the eighth inning with Lew Burdette pitching for the Braves. The game was called with the Dodgers leading 2-0 during the bottom of the eighth. The records reverted back to the end of the seventh and a 1-0 Dodgers win.
Warren Spahn of the Braves allows just an infield hit to Richie Ashburn in the 4th in beating Philadelphia, 5 – 0. It is Spahn’s 31st career shutout.
On July 27, 1953, eight new members are inducted into the Hall of Fame: Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the Veterans Committee enshrines Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@
The Giants’ Whitey Lockman leads off the game with a home run for the second day in a row, as the Giants whip the Braves, 7 – 5.
The National – League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5 – 1 in Cincinnati’s Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Robertsand Warren Spahn. St. Louis Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets two hits, scores twice, and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base blow.
July 2, 1953 Gabe Paul general manager of the Cincinnati Redlegs, has announced that more than 100,000 applications for tickets to the 1953 All-Star baseball game have been returned because of lack of space Crosley Field where the game win be played July 14, it has a seating capacity of 29439 Interest in…
On June 25, 1953, future Hall of Famer Al Kaline makes his major league debut for the Detroit Tigers. The 18-year-old outfielder comes in for defense, replacing Jim Delsing in center field. Kaline will fly to center field in his first at-bat in the 9th inning off Harry Bryd. Kaline will remain in…
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