Games on August 5, 1916

The games of August 5, 1916

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on August 5, 1916. The Cleveland Indians routed the Philadelphia Athletics 12-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Brooklyn Robins over the Pittsburgh Pirates (4-0), the Boston Braves over the Cincinnati Reds (1-0), and the Chicago White Sox over the Washington Senators (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Braves 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs. In the other games, the Brooklyn Robins fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-1, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0, the St. Louis Browns fell to the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, and the St. Louis Browns topped the Boston Red Sox 6-3. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves, and the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Browns 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, Aug 4, 1916 and the next, Aug 6, 1916. For the wider picture, see the 1916 season.