Games on July 21, 1939

The games of July 21, 1939

The schedule for July 21, 1939 lists 11 games. The Philadelphia Phillies routed the St. Louis Cardinals 16-2, the widest margin of the day. A shutout went on the board for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the New York Giants, and the Boston Red Sox 6-5 over the St. Louis Browns. Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1, the Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Bees 3-1, the Kansas City Monarchs fell to the Chicago American Giants, 4-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the New York Yankees 4-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Washington Senators 5-2, and the Philadelphia Athletics topped the Detroit Tigers 6-2. The Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 20, 1939 and the next, Jul 22, 1939. For the wider picture, see the 1939 season.