The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the 1953 New York Yankees in the battle of the last two unbeaten teams to stand atop the league at 4-0 at the conclusion of week #1. The 1959 Chicago White Sox won again to become the only other team with a winning record at this point. The 1954 New York Giants won their second in a row (keeping the 1954 Cleveland Indians winless), while the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers won for the first time.
New York Giants 5, Cleveland 2
The Giants’ Don Liddle took a no-hitter into the sixth and a one-hit shutout into the ninth. New York went up 2-0 in the fourth on Willie Mays’ RBI double and Don Mueller’s RBI single. The Giants (2-2) tacked on three more in the sixth on Hank Thompson’s sacrifice fly, another Mays RBI double and an RBI single from Davey Williams. The Indians (0-4) finally got to Liddle in the top of the ninth when Al Rosen hit a two-out, two-run homer, but that would be it.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Al Smith 4 0 1 0 Whitey Lockman 3 1 0 0
Bobby Avila 4 0 0 0 Al Dark 4 1 3 0
Larry Doby 3 1 0 0 Hank Thompson 3 1 0 1
Al Rosen 4 1 1 2 Willie Mays 4 2 3 2
Vic Wertz 3 0 1 0 Don Mueller 4 0 1 1
Dave Philley 4 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 3 0 0 0
George Strickland 3 0 0 0 Davey Williams 4 0 1 1
Jim Hegan 3 0 0 0 Ray Katt 3 0 0 0
Art Houtteman CZ 1 0 0 0 Don Liddle B 3 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 3 2 TOTALS 31 5 8 5
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 002 -- 2
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 203 00x -- 5
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 5.
ERR--Al Smith, Davey Williams. 2B--Willie Mays (2). HR--Al
Rosen. SACF--Hank Thompson. SACB--Art Houtteman CZ.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Houtteman CZ [L] 6.00 6 5 3 2 2 0
Ray Narleski BX 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Feller BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Don Liddle B [W] 8.67 3 2 2 2 2 1
Marv Grissom AX [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago 5, Milwaukee 3
The Braves (2-2) built a 3-0 lead on Eddie Mathews’ solo home run in the fourth and RIB singles from Johnny Logan and Bill Bruton in the sixth. Lew Burdette was cruising until the seventh, when he couldn’t get an out. Chicago (3-1) scored four times on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Ted Kluszewski, a two-run triple from Luis Aparicio and an RBI single by Nellie Fox. Chicago added one more in the eighth on an RBI pinch-hit single by Billy Goodman.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 1 3 2 Red Schoendienst 3 0 1 0
Nellie Fox 5 0 2 1 Frank Torre 4 0 1 0
Jim Landis 5 0 0 0 Eddie Mathews 3 2 1 1
Sherm Lollar 5 0 1 0 Hank Aaron 4 0 0 0
Al Smith 3 0 0 0 Wes Covington 4 1 2 0
Earl Torgeson 3 1 0 0 Johnny Logan 4 0 1 1
Bubba Phillips 3 1 1 0 Bill Bruton 4 0 2 1
Jim McAnany 4 1 1 0 Del Crandall 4 0 0 0
Dick Donovan C 2 0 0 0 Lew Burdette CRW 2 0 1 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 1 1 1 Joe Adcock 1 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 1 1 Andy Pafko 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 10 5 TOTALS 34 3 9 3
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 410 -- 5
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 102 000 -- 3
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 6.
2B--Bill Bruton. 3B--Luis Aparicio. HR--Eddie Mathews.
SACB--Bubba Phillips. SB--Luis Aparicio.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Donovan C [W] 6.00 8 3 3 2 0 1
Rudy Arias CYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Staley AZ [S] 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Lew Burdette CRW [L] 6.00 8 4 4 3 4 0
Juan Pizarro CXW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Trowbridge CY 2.00 2 1 1 1 0 0
Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 4
The Dodgers scored three runs on six hits in the top of the first, featuring RBI singles by Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo. Dick Sisler hit a solo homer for the Phillies in the fourth, but a Philadelphia error contributed to the Dodgers’ fourth run in the top of the sixth, making it 4-1. Philadelphia scored twice in the seventh, then tied it in the eighth on Sisler’s RBI single. In the top of the ninth, Duke Snider launched a solo homer off Philadelphia relief ace Jim Konstanty. The Phillies (1-3) put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t bring one home, and the Dodgers (1-3) won for the first time this season.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 1 1 0 Eddie Waitkus 5 1 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 5 1 1 0 Richie Ashburn 5 1 2 0
Duke Snider 4 1 1 1 Dick Sisler 5 2 3 2
Jackie Robinson 5 1 4 1 Del Ennis 5 0 2 1
Roy Campanella 4 0 2 0 Willie Jones 4 0 1 0
Gil Hodges 3 1 1 1 Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0
Carl Furillo 4 0 2 1 Andy Seminick 4 0 2 0
Billy Cox 4 0 1 0 Mike Goliat 5 0 1 0
Preacher Roe CYZ 3 0 0 0 Russ Meyer DY 0 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0 Dick Whitman 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0
Bill Nicholson 1 0 0 0
Stan Lopata 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 13 4 TOTALS 39 4 12 3
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 300 001 001 -- 5
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 100 210 -- 4
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 14.
ERR--Pee Wee Reese, Ken Heintzelman C, Mike Goliat.
2B--Billy Cox, Willie Jones, Richie Ashburn. HR--Duke
Snider, Dick Sisler. SACB--Granny Hamner.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Preacher Roe CYZ 6.33 10 3 2 2 5 1
Bill Milliken BX 0.67 0 0 0 1 2 0
Clem Labine BZ [W] 2.00 2 1 1 2 0 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Russ Meyer DY 5.00 10 3 3 0 2 0
Milo Candini C 1.00 1 1 0 1 1 0
Ken Heintzelman C 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Konstanty AZ [L] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
Pittsburgh 7, New York Yankees 2
In the battle of the last two unbeatens, the Pirates’ Dick Stuart hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in the fifth inning, and Roberto Clemente had a single, double and triple while driving in three runs. Vinegar Bend Mizell had a solid complete-game outing for the win.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 5 1 1 0 Gil McDougald 5 0 1 0
Dick Groat 5 2 2 0 Joe Collins 4 0 0 0
Bob Skinner 5 1 1 0 Hank Bauer 4 0 1 0
Dick Stuart 3 2 1 3 Mickey Mantle 3 0 1 0
Roberto Clemente 4 0 3 3 Gene Woodling 4 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess 3 1 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 1 1 0
Don Hoak 3 0 0 0 Billy Martin 3 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 4 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 2 1
Vinegar Bend Mizell 3 0 1 1 Johnny Sain BYZ 2 0 1 1
Irv Noren 1 0 0 0
Don Bollweg 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 7 9 7 TOTALS 33 2 7 2
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 110 030 200 -- 7
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 010 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 9.
2B--Vinegar Bend Mizell B, Roberto Clemente, Yogi Berra,
Johnny Sain BYZ. 3B--Roberto Clemente, Hank Bauer. HR--Dick
Stuart.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell B [W] 9.00 7 2 2 5 1 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Sain BYZ [L] 6.00 6 5 5 4 5 1
Bob Kuzava BX 3.00 3 2 2 1 2 0
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