Chicago vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Thursday 8/25
Brooklyn 4 Chicago 3:
WP Warren Spahn (14-14)
LP Cliff Chambers (11-9)
HR Fern Bell (3) Bob Neighbors (6)
Spahn four hitter.
Friday 8/26
Brooklyn 8 Chicago 3:
WP Ken Raffensberger (16-12)
LP Virgil Trucks (9-16)
HR Barney Olsen
Granny Hamner 2-3, 2 RBIs Mel Almada 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Saturday 8/27
Brooklyn 4 Chicago 1:
WP Ned Garver (1-0)
LP Ed Lopat (10-13)
HR Bill Drescher (6)
Mickey Rocco (9)
Garver scatters seven hits
Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Sunday 8/28
Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 3:
WP Don Newcombe (17-10)
LP Bill Sayles (4-7)
HR Tommy Brown (16)
Dodgers win the bottom of the ninth on
Mel Almada's RBI single
Monday 8/29
Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 3:
WP Warren Spahn (15-14)
LP Johnny Sain (19-4)
Granny Hamner 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Tuesday 8/30
Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 1:
WP Ken Raffensberger (17-12)
LP Gene Bearden (14-11)
Bob Kennedy 2 RBIs.
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
2 game series
Wednesday 8/31
Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 2:
WP Ned Garver (2-0)
LP Les Tietje (10-12)
HR
Bob Kennedy (2)
Kennedy 2-5, 3 RBIs.
Calvin Chapman 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 9/1
Cincinnati 7 Brooklyn 6:
WP Alex Kellner (10-12)
LP Don Newcombe (17-11)
Earl Torgeson 2-5, 3 RBIs. Red break up Dodgers 8 game winning streak.
Brooklyn vs New York
3 game series
Friday 9/2
NY 4 Brooklyn 1:
WP Robin Roberts (12-10)
LP Warren Spahn (15-15)
HR
Jackie Robinson (15) Eddie Joost (11) Carl Furillo (14)
Roberts three hitter.
Saturday 9/3
Brooklyn 6 NY 4:
WP Ken Raffensberger (18-12)
LP Bill Werle (6-10)
HR
Jackie Robinson (16) Eddie Joost (12) Carl Furillo (15)
Robinson 2 RBIs. Joost 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Sunday 9/4
Brooklyn 7 NY 3:
WP Ned Garver (3-0)
LP Earl Johnson (10-3)
Granny Hamner 3-4, 2 RBIs. Bob Kennedy 3-6, 2 RBIs.
Boston vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Monday 9/5
Game 1
Boston 3 Brooklyn 2:
WP Max Lanier (14-11)
LP Don Newcombe (17-12)
HR Bobby Thomson (17)
Lanier scatters 8 hits.
Game 2
Boston 11 Brooklyn 8:
WP Nels Potter (7-3)
LP Lefty West (5-7)
HR Clyde Vollmer (3) Ray Boone (8) Bobby Thomson (18)
Braves score four in the ninth.
Tuesday 9/6
Brooklyn 5 Boston 4:
WP Ken Raffensberger (19-12)
LP Harry Pollet (16-12)
HR Clyde Vollmer 2 (5) Bob Kennedy (3)
Kennedy 3-4, 4 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 53 | .604 | - |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 57 | .578 | 3.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 58 | .570 | 4.5 |
| New York Yankees | 75 | 59 | .560 | 6.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 61 | 75 | .449 | 21.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 60 | 75 | .444 | 21.5 |
| Washington Senators | 57 | 77 | .425 | 24.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 51 | 86 | .372 | 31.5 |
| NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS |
|---|
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 56 | .582 | - |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 77 | 58 | .570 | 1.5 |
| Boston Braves | 69 | 67 | .507 | 10.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 67 | 66 | .504 | 10.5 |
| New York Giants | 67 | 70 | .489 | 12.5 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 70 | .481 | 13.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 60 | 76 | .441 | 19.0 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 78 | .426 | 21.0 |
| 2 | Richie Ashburn | SLA | .331 | | 2 | Sherm Lollar | CLE | .331 | | 4 | Ted Williams | PIT | .321 | | 5 | Stan Musial | CLE | .318 | | | 2 | Ted Williams | PIT | 35 | | 3 | Al Rosen | CLE | 25 | | 3 | Wally Westlake | CHA | 25 | | 5 | Roy Campanella | CHA | 24 | | | 2 | Tommy Henrich | PIT | 105 | | 3 | Carl Furillo | NY1 | 101 | | 3 | Wally Westlake | CHA | 101 | | 5 | Ralph Kiner | NYA | 99 | |
| 2 | Harry Brecheen | SLN | 19 | | 2 | Ken Raffensberger | BRO | 19 | | 4 | Mike Garcia | CIN | 18 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 17 | | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA |
| | Cliff Chambers - CHN | | 2.25 | | | | 2 | Chuck Stobbs | PHA | 2.34 | | 3 | Ray Scarborough | PHA | 2.43 | | 4 | Harry Brecheen | SLN | 2.55 | | 5 | Russ Meyer | CLE | 2.64 | | | LEAGUE LEADERS K |
| | Ewell Blackwell - NYA | | 158 | | | | 2 | Don Newcombe | BRO | 147 | | 3 | Curt Simmons | NYA | 138 | | 4 | Warren Spahn | BRO | 130 | | 5 | Larry Jansen | CHA | 128 | |