Games on August 21, 1938

The games of August 21, 1938

On August 21, 1938, 18 games went into the books. The Atlanta Black Crackers routed the Kansas City Monarchs 9-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Newark Eagles beat the Homestead Grays 9-8. Shutouts went on the board for the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Boston Bees (6-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Washington Senators 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, and the Atlanta Black Crackers 6-5 over the Kansas City Monarchs. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox topped the Washington Senators 7-2, the Boston Bees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-4, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Chicago Cubs, 6-4, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1, the St. Louis Browns beat the Detroit Tigers 9-4, the Indianapolis ABC's beat the Memphis Red Sox 5-3, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 8-3, the New York Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 8-4, the New York Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 8-1, and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Cincinnati Reds 7-6. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Bees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. 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 20, 1938 and the next, Aug 22, 1938. For the wider picture, see the 1938 season.