Games on September 11, 1940

The games of September 11, 1940

Retrosheet's records show 12 games on September 11, 1940. The Cincinnati Reds routed the Boston Bees 8-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-7, the Detroit Tigers over the Boston Red Sox. Shutouts: the St. Louis Browns over the Philadelphia Athletics (3-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 over the New York Giants. In the other games, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Chicago Cubs, 8-5, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Boston Bees 3-1, the Washington Senators fell to the Chicago White Sox, 7-4, the Cleveland Indians fell to the New York Yankees, 3-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the New York Yankees 5-3, the New York Giants fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Bees, and the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. 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, Sep 10, 1940 and the next, Sep 12, 1940. The 1940 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.