Games on August 13, 1938

The games of August 13, 1938

13 games were played on August 13, 1938, according to Retrosheet. The Homestead Grays routed the Philadelphia Stars 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 13-4. Decided by a single run were the Boston Bees 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Chicago White Sox 2-1 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Homestead Grays 6-5 over the Philadelphia Stars. The rest of the slate: the Boston Bees fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-1, the Chicago American Giants beat the Atlanta Black Crackers 12-5, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11-4, the New York Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 11-1, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5, the St. Louis Browns topped the Detroit Tigers 6-3, and the Washington Senators topped the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Bees, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, and the Homestead Grays and the Philadelphia Stars each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 12, 1938 and the next, Aug 14, 1938. For the wider picture, see the 1938 season.