Games on July 4, 1939

The games of July 4, 1939

23 games were played on July 4, 1939, according to Retrosheet. The New York Yankees routed the Washington Senators 11-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 18-12, the Boston Red Sox over the Philadelphia Athletics. The day's shutouts were the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians (4-0), the Memphis Red Sox over the Cleveland Bears (1-0), and the New York Black Yankees over the Newark Eagles (7-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Washington Senators 3-2 over the New York Yankees, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6, the New York Giants fell to the Boston Bees, 3-1, the Boston Bees topped the New York Giants 10-2, the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Chicago American Giants 7-5, the Kansas City Monarchs fell to the Chicago American Giants, 9-5, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Chicago Cubs 6-4, the Memphis Red Sox topped the Cleveland Bears 12-4, the New York Black Yankees fell to the Newark Eagles, 3-1, and the Philadelphia Stars topped the Baltimore Elite Giants 6-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Boston Bees, and the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants. 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, 1939 and the next, Jul 5, 1939. For the wider picture, see the 1939 season.