Games on September 4, 1939

The games of September 4, 1939

The schedule for September 4, 1939 lists 22 games. The day's League Championship Series game went to the Kansas City Monarchs, 7-0 over the St. Louis Stars. The most lopsided result was the New York Giants' 10-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Stars beat the Newark Eagles 15-5. Shutouts went on the board for the New York Yankees over the Philadelphia Athletics (2-0) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Washington Senators 7-6 over the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 over the Boston Bees, the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs, and the St. Louis Browns 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Homestead Grays beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 5-3, the Washington Senators topped the Boston Red Sox 6-4, the Boston Bees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-2, the Chicago American Giants fell to the Memphis Red Sox, 10-5, the Chicago American Giants beat the Memphis Red Sox 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3, the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2, the St. Louis Browns fell to the Detroit Tigers, 5-5, the New York Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6, and the New York Cubans topped the New York Black Yankees 3-2. The St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers played to a 5-5 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Bees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Memphis Red Sox and the Chicago American Giants. Where Retrosheet has a full box score, the game links to it. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 3, 1939 and the next, Sep 5, 1939. For the wider picture, see the 1939 season.