Games on August 25, 1942

The games of August 25, 1942

Retrosheet's records show 10 games on August 25, 1942. The St. Louis Browns routed the Washington Senators 8-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Memphis Red Sox beat the Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 9-3. A shutout went on the board for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Braves (6-0). The closest finishes were the Boston Red Sox 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the St. Louis Browns 3-2 over the Washington Senators. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians fell to the Boston Red Sox, 5-1, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4, the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 3-1, and the Chicago White Sox fell to the New York Yankees, 5-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators. 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 24, 1942 and the next, Aug 26, 1942. The 1942 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.