Games on May 31, 1944

The games of May 31, 1944

Retrosheet's records show 8 games on May 31, 1944. Runs came easiest when the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5. The closest finishes were the Philadelphia Blue Jays 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Browns 4-3 over the Washington Senators. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4, the Boston Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1, the Cleveland Indians topped the Boston Red Sox 7-4, the Detroit Tigers topped the New York Yankees 6-2, and the New York Cubans beat the Philadelphia Stars 5-1. The home team won every regular-season game on the date. 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, May 30, 1944 and the next, Jun 1, 1944. The 1944 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.