Games on August 15, 1943

The games of August 15, 1943

On August 15, 1943, 23 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-1 winners over the Boston Braves. Runs came easiest when the Newark Eagles beat the Philadelphia Stars 13-10. Shutouts went on the board for the Washington Senators over the Cleveland Indians (4-0), the Chicago Cubs over the Philadelphia Blue Jays (3-0), and the Boston Red Sox over the St. Louis Browns (4-0). Decided by a single run were the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Philadelphia Athletics, and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Philadelphia Athletics. In the other games, the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Memphis Red Sox 3-3, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 11-3, the Boston Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1, the New York Yankees topped the Chicago White Sox 7-2, the Washington Senators fell to the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, the New York Cubans beat the Homestead Grays 12-9, the Homestead Grays topped the New York Cubans 7-1, the Cleveland Buckeyes fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 6-1, the Newark Eagles fell to the Philadelphia Stars, 10-9, and the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 5-4. The Memphis Red Sox and the Birmingham Black Barons played to a 3-3 tie. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, and the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox 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, Aug 14, 1943 and the next, Aug 16, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.