Games on June 18, 1939

The games of June 18, 1939

21 games were played on June 18, 1939, according to Retrosheet. The Homestead Grays routed the Philadelphia Stars 12-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Bees 12-6. The day's shutouts were the Newark Eagles over the Baltimore Elite Giants (2-0), the Chicago American Giants over the St. Louis Stars (5-0), and the Chicago Cubs over the Brooklyn Dodgers (1-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 5-4 over the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago White Sox 6-5 over the Philadelphia Athletics, and the Toledo Crawfords 2-1 over the New York Cubans. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Black Crackers beat the Memphis Red Sox 6-1, the Baltimore Elite Giants fell to the Newark Eagles, 8-1, the Boston Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians 5-3, the St. Louis Stars fell to the Chicago American Giants, 3-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-1, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Boston Bees, 5-0, the Cleveland Bears fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 11-0, the Cleveland Bears beat the Kansas City Monarchs 11-1, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 8-5, and the Homestead Grays beat the Philadelphia Stars 7-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, and the St. Louis Stars and the Chicago American Giants. 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 17, 1939 and the next, Jun 19, 1939. The 1939 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.