Games on July 4, 1942

The games of July 4, 1942

On July 4, 1942, 24 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 14-0 winners over the Philadelphia Phillies. The highest-scoring game ended 11-5, the New York Giants over the Boston Braves. The day's shutouts were the Philadelphia Stars over the Homestead Grays (4-0) and the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates (2-0). One-run games: the Jacksonville Red Caps 2-1 over the Birmingham Black Barons, the St. Louis Browns 8-7 over the Chicago White Sox, the Memphis Red Sox 7-6 over the Kansas City Monarchs, and the New York Giants 3-2 over the Boston Braves. In the other games, the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Jacksonville Red Caps 7-3, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3, the New York Yankees fell to the Boston Red Sox, 6-4, the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Chicago American Giants 5-2, the St. Louis Browns topped the Chicago White Sox 8-5, the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 10-3, the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 3-3, the Memphis Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 9-3, the Baltimore Elite Giants topped the Newark Eagles 8-4, and the New York Cubans beat the New York Black Yankees 7-2. The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians played to a 3-3 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the Jacksonville Red Caps and the Birmingham Black Barons, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, and the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox. 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, Jul 3, 1942 and the next, Jul 5, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.