Games on August 29, 1924

9 games

The games of August 29, 1924

On August 29, 1924, 9 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Chicago Cubs 12-5, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the St. Louis Browns over the Detroit Tigers (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the St. Louis Browns 7-6 over the Detroit Tigers. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-1, the New York Giants fell to the Brooklyn Robins, 3-1, the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees 5-1, and the Boston Braves topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 28, 1924 and the next, Aug 30, 1924. For the wider picture, see the 1924 season.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.