Games on July 4, 1943

The games of July 4, 1943

24 games were played on July 4, 1943, according to Retrosheet. The Boston Braves routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Memphis Red Sox 11-5. Shutouts went on the board for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Brooklyn Dodgers (2-0), the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers (1-0), and the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees (6-0). The closest finishes were the Cleveland Buckeyes 3-2 over the Cincinnati Clowns, the Homestead Grays 6-5 over the Newark Eagles, the New York Giants 6-5 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Philadelphia Blue Jays 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs. In the other games, the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Chicago American Giants 5-1, the Chicago American Giants beat the Birmingham Black Barons 7-3, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Boston Braves, 3-1, the Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Chicago White Sox, 5-1, the Cincinnati Clowns fell to the Cleveland Buckeyes, 5-1, the Newark Eagles fell to the Homestead Grays, 6-2, the Memphis Red Sox beat the Kansas City Monarchs 7-4, and the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 6-2. The Chicago American Giants and the Birmingham Black Barons, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves 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 3, 1943 and the next, Jul 5, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.