Games on September 26, 1943

The games of September 26, 1943

On September 26, 1943, 17 games went into the books. In the championship series, the Homestead Grays beat the Birmingham Black Barons 9-0. The widest margin belonged to the Chicago White Sox, 15-3 winners over the Washington Senators. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati Reds over the Boston Braves (2-0), the Cincinnati Reds over the Boston Braves (1-0), and the St. Louis Browns over the Philadelphia Athletics (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Cleveland Indians, the New York Yankees 6-5 over the Cleveland Indians, and the New York Giants 4-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 6-2, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1, the Chicago Cubs topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the St. Louis Browns, 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the New York Giants 5-0, the Philadelphia Blue Jays fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Philadelphia Blue Jays, 3-2, and the Washington Senators topped the Chicago White Sox 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Braves and the Cincinnati Reds. Where Retrosheet has a full box score, the game links to it. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 25, 1943 and the next, Sep 27, 1943. For the wider picture, see the 1943 season.