Games on July 21, 1943

The games of July 21, 1943

13 games were played on July 21, 1943, according to Retrosheet. The Kansas City Monarchs routed the Chicago American Giants 18-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 14-6, the St. Louis Cardinals over the New York Giants. The day's shutouts were the St. Louis Browns over the New York Yankees (1-0) and the Cleveland Indians over the Philadelphia Athletics (7-0). One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox, the Cincinnati Clowns 7-6 over the Memphis Red Sox, and the Washington Senators 6-5 over the Detroit Tigers. The rest of the slate: the Chicago White Sox topped the Boston Red Sox 8-6, the Boston Braves fell to the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 11-1, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-7, the Philadelphia Blue Jays fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-2, and the New York Giants fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1. The Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, and the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, Jul 20, 1943 and the next, Jul 22, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.