Games on August 3, 1941

The games of August 3, 1941

Retrosheet's records show 23 games on August 3, 1941. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 9-0 winners over the Washington Senators. Runs came easiest when the Homestead Grays beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 8-7. The day's shutouts were the Jacksonville Red Caps over the Chicago American Giants (3-0), the Boston Braves over the Cincinnati Reds (5-0), and the Boston Braves over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0). One-run games: the Memphis Red Sox 5-4 over the Birmingham Black Barons, the Birmingham Black Barons 1-0 over the Memphis Red Sox, the Philadelphia Athletics 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the New York Giants. Elsewhere, the Detroit Tigers topped the Boston Red Sox 6-3, the Jacksonville Red Caps fell to the Chicago American Giants, 8-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-2, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Homestead Grays 6-0, the Newark Eagles topped the New York Black Yankees 5-2, the Newark Eagles topped the New York Black Yankees 7-4, the New York Yankees fell to the St. Louis Browns, 6-2, the St. Louis Browns topped the New York Yankees 5-0, the Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-3, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the New York Giants 10-4. The Jacksonville Red Caps and the Chicago American Giants, the Boston Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Elite Giants and the Homestead Grays each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 2, 1941 and the next, Aug 4, 1941. For the wider picture, see the 1941 season.