Games on September 26, 1940

The games of September 26, 1940

10 games were played on September 26, 1940, according to Retrosheet. The highest-scoring game ended 7-6, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs. A shutout went on the board for the New York Yankees over the Philadelphia Athletics (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Washington Senators 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Bees 5-4 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies, and the New York Yankees 5-4 over the Philadelphia Athletics. Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Boston Bees, 5-2, the New York Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Boston Bees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Giants, and the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics. 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 25, 1940 and the next, Sep 27, 1940. For the wider picture, see the 1940 season.