Games on July 5, 1942

The games of July 5, 1942

On July 5, 1942, 23 games went into the books. The most lopsided result was the Chicago White Sox's 14-2 win over the St. Louis Browns. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 11-6. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes over the Chicago American Giants (7-0), the Philadelphia Stars over the Newark Eagles (10-0), and the Boston Red Sox over the Washington Senators (5-0). One-run games: the Birmingham Black Barons 2-1 over the Kansas City Monarchs, the Boston Braves 6-5 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 over the Boston Braves, and the Philadelphia Athletics 5-4 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Birmingham Black Barons fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 11-5, the New York Black Yankees fell to the Baltimore Elite Giants, 9-3, the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Chicago American Giants 5-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the St. Louis Browns, 13-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Cleveland Indians 10-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-1, the Newark Eagles beat the Philadelphia Stars 6-3, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2, the New York Giants fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the New York Giants 5-3. The Kansas City Monarchs and the Birmingham Black Barons, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, and the Chicago American Giants and the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 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, Jul 4, 1942 and the next, Jul 6, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.