Games on August 9, 1924

The games of August 9, 1924

The schedule for August 9, 1924 lists 11 games. The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Philadelphia Phillies 16-4, the widest margin of the day. A shutout went on the board for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Philadelphia Phillies (7-0). The closest finishes were the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox. In the other games, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Robins 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Boston Braves 11-6, the Boston Braves topped the Chicago Cubs 6-2, the Washington Senators fell to the Chicago White Sox, 8-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 8-5, the New York Yankees topped the Cleveland Indians 5-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the New York Giants, 4-2, and the St. Louis Browns topped the Philadelphia Athletics 4-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Braves, the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 8, 1924 and the next, Aug 10, 1924. For the wider picture, see the 1924 season.