Games on August 26, 1941

The games of August 26, 1941

The schedule for August 26, 1941 lists 12 games. The Philadelphia Athletics routed the Detroit Tigers 9-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-3. The day's shutouts were the Washington Senators over the St. Louis Browns (3-0). One-run games: the Boston Braves 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Philadelphia Athletics 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers, the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 over the New York Giants, and the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Boston Braves 6-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Boston Red Sox, 9-4, and the New York Giants topped the Cincinnati Reds 7-4. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, and the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. 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 25, 1941 and the next, Aug 27, 1941. For the wider picture, see the 1941 season.