Washington vs St Louis
3 game series
Thursday 4/30
Washington 6 St Louis 3:
WP Steve Gromek (3-1)
LP Art Houtteman (2-2)
HR Walker Cooper Willie Mays (5) Gene Hatton (3)
Frank Thomas (7)
Cooper 3 RBIs. Mays 2 RBIs.
Friday 5/1
Washington 7 St Louis 4:
WP Bill Hall (2-0)
LP Lou Kretlow (1-3)
HR Joe Collins (2) Gene Hatton (4)
Luke Easter (6)
Easter 3 RBIs.
Saturday 5/2
Washington 13 St Louis 4:
WP Bob Cain (1-0)
LP Johnny Sain (1-2)
HR Walker Cooper (2) Willie Mays 2 (7) Randy Jackson 2 (3) Joe DeMaestri
Ray Jablonski (3)
Mays 4-5, 4 RBIs. Jackson 3-5, 4 RBIs.
Boston vs St Louis
3 game series
Sunday 5/3
Game 1
Boston 5 St Louis 4:
WP Carl Erskine (2-3)
LP Joe Presko (2-1)
Browns can only muster 4 hits.
Game 2
St Louis 3 Boston 0:
WP Art Houtteman (3-2)
LP Bob Friend (2-3)
Houtteman fires a five hit shut out.
Monday 5/4
St Louis 3 Boston 1:
WP Ken Heintzelman (1-0)
LP Ted Gray (0-2)
HR
Ray Jablonski (4)
Jablonski slams a two run shot in the bottom of the ninth.
Philadelphia vs St Louis
2 game series
Tuesday 5/5
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 2:
WP Johnny Sain (2-2)
LP Virgil Trucks (1-3)
HR Andy Seminick (3)
Frank Thomas 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Wednesday 5/6
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 1:
WP Chuck Stobbs (4-1)
LP Joe Presko (2-2)
HR Ferris Fain
Fain 2 RBIs.
Cleveland vs St Louis
3 game series
Friday 5/8
Cleveland 5 St Louis 1:
WP Vic Raschi (3-2)
LP Art Houtteman (3-3)
HR Ralph Kiner (3)
Frank Thomas (8)
Kiner 2-3, 3 RBIs.
Saturday 5/9
Cleveland 9 St Louis 6 (10):
WP Tom Morgan (1-0)
LP Bob Feller (0-2)
HR Chuck Workman Ralph Kiner (4)
Vern Stephens 2-4, 3 RBIs. Indians score 5 runs late.
Sunday 5/10
St Louis 5 Cleveland 4:
WP Windy McCall (1-0)
LP Jack Banta (0-2)
HR Stan Musial (6) Granny Hamner (2) Sherm Lollar (2) Duke Snider (2)
Joe Presko
Vern Stephens scores winning run in the 8th.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Detroit Tigers | 17 | 10 | .630 | - |
| Cleveland Indians | 14 | 8 | .636 | .5 |
| Washington Senators | 17 | 11 | .607 | .5 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4.0 |
| New York Yankees | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 11 | 14 | .440 | 5.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 6 | 21 | .222 | 11.0 |
| NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS |
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| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 5 | .821 | - |
| Chicago Cubs | 14 | 12 | .538 | 8.0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 12 | .538 | 8.0 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 14 | .517 | 8.5 |
| New York Giants | 13 | 15 | .464 | 10.0 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 11 | 17 | .393 | 12.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 16 | .360 | 12.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 18 | .357 | 13.0 |
| 2 | Willie Mays | WS1 | .421 | | 3 | Bobby Avila | CIN | .392 | | 4 | Frankie Zak | CHA | .360 | | 5 | Joe Adcock | BRO | .357 | | | 2 | Roy Campanella | CHA | 11 | | 3 | Yogi Berra | PHI | 8 | | 3 | Frank Thomas | SLA | 8 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 7 | | | 2 | Roy Campanella | CHA | 29 | | 3 | Frank Thomas | SLA | 27 | | 4 | Gus Bell | DET | 26 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 24 | |
| 1 | Saul Rogovin | PHI | 5 | | 1 | Bobby Shantz | PHI | 5 | | 1 | Chuck Stobbs | PHA | 5 | | 4 | 8 tied with | | 4 | | | 2 | Mel Parnell | CHA | 1.80 | | 3 | Harvey Haddix | CLE | 1.90 | | 4 | Bobby Shantz | PHI | 2.00 | | 5 | Walt Masterson | CLE | 2.13 | | | LEAGUE LEADERS K |
| | Johnny Antonelli - BRO | | 42 | | | | 2 | Bobby Shantz | PHI | 38 | | 3 | Mike Garcia | CIN | 31 | | 3 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | CHN | 31 | | 3 | 2 more tied with | | 31 | |