Games on August 25, 1940

The games of August 25, 1940

The schedule for August 25, 1940 lists 21 games. The widest margin belonged to the Boston Red Sox, 17-3 winners over the St. Louis Browns. Runs came easiest when the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 12-8. The day's shutouts were the Newark Eagles over the Homestead Grays (4-0) and the Chicago White Sox over the New York Yankees (1-0). One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Newark Eagles 3-2 over the Homestead Grays. In the other games, the New York Cubans fell to the Baltimore Elite Giants, 10-2, the St. Louis Browns beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2, the Memphis Red Sox beat the Chicago American Giants 5-2, the Memphis Red Sox beat the Chicago American Giants 10-6, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Boston Bees, 4-1, and the Boston Bees fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-5. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 24, 1940 and the next, Aug 26, 1940. The 1940 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.