Games on May 2, 1916

7 games

The games of May 2, 1916

On May 2, 1916, 7 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Cleveland Indians, 6-1 winners over the Detroit Tigers. Runs came easiest when the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 9-4. A shutout went on the board for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs (3-0). One-run games: the New York Giants 2-1 over the Brooklyn Robins and the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the St. Louis Browns. The rest of the slate: the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Boston Braves, 4-2 and the Washington Senators topped the Boston Red Sox 7-4. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 1, 1916 and the next, May 3, 1916. For the wider picture, see the 1916 season.

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