Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Browns
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
May 16, 1953
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns, played on May 16, 1953 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Home Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1953 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harry Brecheen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Porterfield |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 3,906 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: Jim Duffy 2B: Bill Grieve 3B: Art Passarella |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Dick Kokos | Left Fielder |
| Vic Wertz | Right Fielder |
| Dick Kryhoski | First Baseman |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Clint Courtney | Catcher |
| Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
| Billy Hunter | Shortstop |
| Harry Brecheen | Pitcher |
| Marty Marion | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Vernon | First Baseman |
| Clyde Vollmer | Left Fielder |
| Pete Runnels | Shortstop |
| Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
| Mickey Grasso | Catcher |
| Bob Porterfield | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Browns
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
May 16, 1953
Top 1
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Porterfield
Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kokos vs. Porterfield
Kokos hits a popup towards short. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Porterfield
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kryhoski vs. Porterfield
Kryhoski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vollmer. Kryhoski reaches second base with a double. Groth moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Elliott vs. Porterfield
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Brecheen
Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Brecheen
Terwilliger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Brecheen
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young misplays the ball. That's an error on Young. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vernon vs. Brecheen
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kryhoski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vernon for the out. Terwilliger moves to third. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Vollmer vs. Brecheen
Vollmer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Runnels vs. Brecheen
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter can't make a play. That's a base hit. Terwilliger scores. Jensen moves to third. Vollmer moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Busby vs. Brecheen
Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen scores. Vollmer scores. Runnels moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grasso vs. Brecheen
Grasso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Runnels scores. Busby moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porterfield vs. Brecheen
Porterfield hits a ball on the ground for a single. Busby moves to third. Grasso moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Yost vs. Blyzka
Mike Blyzka now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Busby scores. Grasso moves to third. Porterfield moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yost vs. Blyzka
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Top 2
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Porterfield
Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Porterfield
Young hits a ball on the ground towards second. Terwilliger fields the ball and throws to second. Runnels drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Runnels. Young moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Porterfield
Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Young moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Edwards vs. Porterfield
Hank Edwards pinch hits for Mike Blyzka.
Edwards hits a fly ball towards cemter. Busby catches it and throws to home to double up Young. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Cain
Bob Cain now pitching. Jim Dyck now playing third base.
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground for a single. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Cain
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Cain
Vernon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jensen moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Vollmer vs. Cain
Vollmer takes first base on ball four. Vernon moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Runnels vs. Cain
Runnels hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jensen scores. Vernon moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Busby vs. Cain
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Porterfield
Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kokos vs. Porterfield
Kokos hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Porterfield
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grasso vs. Cain
Grasso hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porterfield vs. Cain
Porterfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Cain
Yost hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kryhoski vs. Porterfield
Kryhoski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dyck vs. Porterfield
Dyck hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Porterfield
Courtney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Porterfield
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Cain
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dyck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Cain
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Cain
Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Porterfield
Hunter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grasso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Porterfield
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Porterfield
Groth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kokos vs. Porterfield
Kokos hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Cain
Vollmer hits a fly ball into left field. Kokos settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Cain
Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Cain
Busby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grasso vs. Cain
Grasso hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Porterfield
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kryhoski vs. Porterfield
Kryhoski hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Porterfield
Dyck hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porterfield vs. Cain
Porterfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Cain
Yost bunts towards third. Dyck fields it and throws to first for the out. Porterfield moves to second. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terwilliger vs. Cain
Terwilliger hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jensen vs. Cain
Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kryhoski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Porterfield
Courtney hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Porterfield
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Porterfield
Hunter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cain vs. Porterfield
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost throws to second. Safe. Over to first, and Cain is out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Cain
Vernon hits a line drive towards short. Hunter reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vollmer vs. Cain
Vollmer hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Cain
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Porterfield
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kokos vs. Porterfield
Kokos takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Porterfield
Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kryhoski vs. Porterfield
Kryhoski bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Cain
Busby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grasso vs. Cain
Grasso hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porterfield vs. Cain
Porterfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dyck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dyck vs. Porterfield
Dyck hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Porterfield
Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Porterfield
Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Young reaches second base with a double. Courtney moves to third. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hunter vs. Porterfield
Hunter hits a popup into left field. Vollmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Browns, 0 - Senators, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lenhardt vs. Porterfield
Don Lenhardt pinch hits for Bob Cain.
Lenhardt hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 5/16/1953 -- St.Louis at Washington (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Groth J, cf 3 0 1 0 Yost E, 3b 3 0 0 0
Kokos D, lf 3 0 0 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 3 1 1 0
Wertz V, rf 4 0 0 0 Jensen J, rf 4 2 0 0
Kryhoski D, 1b 4 0 2 0 Vernon M, 1b 4 0 1 0
Elliott B, 3b 1 0 0 0 Vollmer C, lf 2 1 0 0
Dyck J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Runnels P, ss 4 1 1 2
Courtney C, c 3 0 3 0 Busby J, cf 4 1 2 2
Young B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Grasso M, c 4 0 1 1
Hunter B, ss 4 0 1 0 Porterfield B, p 4 0 2 0
Brecheen H, p 0 0 0 0
Blyzka M, p 0 0 0 0
Edwards H, ph 1 0 0 0
Cain B, p 2 0 0 0
Lenhardt D, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 0 8 0 32 6 8 5
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
Washington 510 000 00x -- 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen H (L) 0.2 4 5 0 2 0
Blyzka M 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Cain B 7.0 4 1 1 1 0
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Porterfield B (W) 9.0 8 0 0 3 2
E -- Young B, Runnels P
DP -- Washington 2
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Washington 6
2B -- Kryhoski D, Young B
SH -- Yost E
WP -- Blyzka M
T -- 1:52
A -- 3906
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
