Games on July 4, 1936

The games of July 4, 1936

On July 4, 1936, 22 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Philadelphia Stars, 16-4 winners over the New York Cubans. The highest-scoring game ended 13-10, the St. Louis Browns over the Detroit Tigers. The day's shutouts were the Boston Red Sox over the Philadelphia Athletics (1-0), the Philadelphia Phillies over the Brooklyn Dodgers (4-0), and the New York Yankees over the Washington Senators (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds 10-9 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Newark Eagles 4-3 over the Washington Elite Giants. The rest of the slate: the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox, 9-2, the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4, the Newark Eagles fell to the Washington Elite Giants, 11-2, the Boston Bees fell to the New York Giants, 7-6, the Boston Bees topped the New York Giants 11-3, the Philadelphia Stars fell to the New York Cubans, 4-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-5, the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-4, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords topped the Homestead Grays 7-4. The Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, and the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Jul 3, 1936 and the next, Jul 5, 1936. The 1936 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.