Games on August 26, 1939

The games of August 26, 1939

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on August 26, 1939. The New York Giants routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Stars beat the New York Black Yankees 10-8. Shutouts: the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies (5-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Stars 4-3 over the New York Black Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Cincinnati Reds beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-2, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-1, the Boston Bees fell to the Chicago Cubs, 8-1, the Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Bees 8-1, the Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7-5, the Detroit Tigers topped the Washington Senators 6-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the New York Giants, 6-2, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-4, and the New York Yankees topped the St. Louis Browns 6-1. The Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Bees, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants 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, Aug 25, 1939 and the next, Aug 27, 1939. For the wider picture, see the 1939 season.