Games on September 22, 1940

The games of September 22, 1940

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on September 22, 1940. The most lopsided result was the Chicago White Sox's 10-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. The highest-scoring game ended 10-5, the Cleveland Indians over the Detroit Tigers. Decided by a single run were the Boston Bees 4-3 over the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs, the Washington Senators 5-4 over the Philadelphia Athletics, and the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the slate: the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-2, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2, the New York Giants topped the Boston Bees 7-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-1, the Boston Red Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 6-3, the Washington Senators topped the Philadelphia Athletics 5-2, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Cincinnati Reds 8-1. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Boston Bees, and the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs each met twice, as doubleheaders. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 21, 1940 and the next, Sep 23, 1940. For the wider picture, see the 1940 season.