Games on June 21, 1942

The games of June 21, 1942

22 games were played on June 21, 1942, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 11-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 9-3, the Birmingham Black Barons over the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes. Shutouts went on the board for the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox (7-0), the New York Yankees over the Cleveland Indians (4-0), and the New York Black Yankees over the Newark Eagles (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Chicago White Sox 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the New York Yankees, the Washington Senators 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Kansas City Monarchs 6-5 over the Memphis Red Sox. In the other games, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves 7-3, the Birmingham Black Barons fell to the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes, 8-1, the Washington Senators fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1, the Newark Eagles fell to the New York Black Yankees, 2-1, the New York Giants topped the Chicago Cubs 5-0, the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants 7-2, the New York Cubans beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 3-2, the Homestead Grays topped the Philadelphia Stars 3-2, and the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Birmingham Black Barons and the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes, and the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox. 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, Jun 20, 1942 and the next, Jun 22, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.