Games on October 3, 1943

The games of October 3, 1943

The schedule for October 3, 1943 lists 12 games. The Birmingham Black Barons' 1-0 win over the Homestead Grays came in the championship series. The widest margin belonged to the Philadelphia Blue Jays, 11-3 winners over the Pittsburgh Pirates. A shutout went on the board for the Chicago Cubs over the Boston Braves (7-0). One-run games: the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 over the New York Giants. The rest of the slate: the Boston Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox, 3-1, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Boston Braves, 5-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1, the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 5-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Cleveland Indians, 8-4, the Philadelphia Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1, and the Washington Senators fell to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Braves and the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Blue Jays and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Where Retrosheet has a full box score, the game links to it. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Oct 2, 1943 and the next, Oct 5, 1943. The 1943 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.