Games on June 14, 1942

The games of June 14, 1942

On June 14, 1942, 26 games went into the books. The Boston Braves routed the Chicago Cubs 10-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 11-4, the Chicago White Sox over the Washington Senators. The day's shutouts were the Kansas City Monarchs over the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes (2-0), the Homestead Grays over the Newark Eagles (9-0), and the Memphis Red Sox over the Jacksonville Red Caps (1-0). The closest finishes were the New York Cubans 4-3 over the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, the Boston Red Sox 2-1 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 2-1 over the Kansas City Monarchs. The rest of the slate: the Baltimore Elite Giants fell to the New York Cubans, 4-2, the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Chicago American Giants 6-4, the Birmingham Black Barons topped the Chicago American Giants 7-2, the Chicago Cubs topped the Boston Braves 8-6, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1, the Newark Eagles fell to the Homestead Grays, 10-4, the Jacksonville Red Caps fell to the Memphis Red Sox, 3-2, the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 6-1, and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 5-4. The New York Cubans and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, and the Birmingham Black Barons and the Chicago American Giants each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, Jun 13, 1942 and the next, Jun 15, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.