Games on May 31, 1943

The games of May 31, 1943

On May 31, 1943, 23 games went into the books. The Homestead Grays routed the Baltimore Elite Giants 17-0, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Birmingham Black Barons over the Memphis Red Sox (7-0), the Birmingham Black Barons over the Memphis Red Sox (2-0), and the Detroit Tigers over the Philadelphia Athletics (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 2-1 over the St. Louis Browns, the Boston Red Sox 7-6 over the St. Louis Browns, the Philadelphia Athletics 4-3 over the Detroit Tigers, and the Brooklyn Dodgers 1-0 over the St. Louis Cardinals. In the other games, the Chicago American Giants fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 6-3, the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Chicago American Giants 5-1, the Philadelphia Blue Jays beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4, the Chicago Cubs topped the Philadelphia Blue Jays 8-2, the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Giants 6-4, the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 0-0, the New York Yankees fell to the Chicago White Sox, 10-5, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 10-4, the New York Cubans fell to the Philadelphia Stars, 10-5, and the New York Cubans topped the Philadelphia Stars 10-4. The New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds played to a 0-0 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the Memphis Red Sox and the Birmingham Black Barons, the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Red Sox, and the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago American Giants. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, May 30, 1943 and the next, Jun 1, 1943. The 1943 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.