Games on July 4, 1916

The games of July 4, 1916

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on July 4, 1916. The Boston Red Sox routed the Philadelphia Athletics 11-2, the widest margin of the day. Shutouts: the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-0), the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs (1-0), and the New York Yankees over the Washington Senators (1-0). Decided by a single run were the St. Louis Browns 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago White Sox 7-6 over the St. Louis Browns, the Brooklyn Robins 7-6 over the New York Giants, and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds. Elsewhere, the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2, the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3, the New York Giants fell to the Brooklyn Robins, 6-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-2, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3, and the Washington Senators topped the New York Yankees 6-4. The St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, and the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 3, 1916 and the next, Jul 5, 1916. For the wider picture, see the 1916 season.