Games on August 16, 1942

The games of August 16, 1942

The schedule for August 16, 1942 lists 13 games. The widest margin belonged to the New York Yankees, 11-2 winners over the Philadelphia Athletics. Runs came easiest when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-5. The day's shutouts were the Boston Braves over the Brooklyn Dodgers (2-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the St. Louis Browns, the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, and the New York Giants 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 6-4, the Washington Senators fell to the Boston Red Sox, 10-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1, the Cleveland Indians fell to the St. Louis Browns, 6-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-3, and the Cincinnati Reds fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, and the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians. 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, Aug 15, 1942 and the next, Aug 17, 1942. For the wider picture, see the 1942 season.