Games on May 16, 1942

The games of May 16, 1942

On May 16, 1942, 12 games went into the books. The Newark Eagles routed the Philadelphia Stars 8-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the New York Cubans beat the New York Black Yankees 8-7. The closest finishes were the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Philadelphia Athletics, the Cleveland Indians 5-4 over the Washington Senators, and the New York Yankees 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers. Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Boston Braves 7-4, the Washington Senators beat the Cleveland Indians 7-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the New York Yankees, 6-1, the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2, the Philadelphia Stars topped the Newark Eagles 4-1, and the Boston Red Sox topped the St. Louis Browns 4-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, and the Newark Eagles and the Philadelphia Stars. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, May 15, 1942 and the next, May 17, 1942. For the wider picture, see the 1942 season.