Games on August 31, 1941

The games of August 31, 1941

15 games were played on August 31, 1941, according to Retrosheet. The most lopsided result was the Brooklyn Dodgers' 13-6 win over the New York Giants. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Browns beat the Chicago White Sox 12-8. Shutouts: the Philadelphia Stars over the New York Black Yankees (6-0). One-run games: the Philadelphia Athletics 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs, and the St. Louis Browns 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3, the Chicago American Giants fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 8-3, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, the Detroit Tigers topped the Cleveland Indians 7-5, the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 7-4, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Newark Eagles 7-2, the Boston Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Boston Braves 8-5, and the New York Yankees topped the Washington Senators 5-2. The Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, and the Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies 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, Aug 30, 1941 and the next, Sep 1, 1941. For the wider picture, see the 1941 season.