Games on June 4, 1939

The games of June 4, 1939

20 games were played on June 4, 1939, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the Newark Eagles' 20-3 win over the Homestead Grays. Shutouts: the Memphis Red Sox over the Atlanta Black Crackers (4-0). One-run games: the Chicago American Giants 3-2 over the Cleveland Bears, the Chicago American Giants 4-3 over the Cleveland Bears, the Kansas City Monarchs 4-3 over the St. Louis Stars, and the New York Black Yankees 5-4 over the Philadelphia Stars. Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 14-1, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Chicago White Sox, 14-9, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-6, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 10-2, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Boston Red Sox, 7-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the New York Yankees, 8-4, the Homestead Grays beat the Newark Eagles 14-6, the St. Louis Stars fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 4-2, and the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 4-1. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Cleveland Bears and the Chicago American Giants, and the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox 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, Jun 3, 1939 and the next, Jun 5, 1939. For the wider picture, see the 1939 season.