Games on August 21, 1935

12 games

The games of August 21, 1935

On August 21, 1935, 12 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago Cubs, 19-5 winners over the Philadelphia Phillies. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 13-12. Shutouts: the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Pittsburgh Pirates (5-0), the Cleveland Indians over the Philadelphia Athletics (3-0), and the New York Giants over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox. The rest of the slate: the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Braves 13-3, the Washington Senators topped the Chicago White Sox 15-7, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1, the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 14-2, and the St. Louis Browns beat the New York Yankees 14-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, and the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 20, 1935 and the next, Aug 22, 1935. The 1935 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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