Games on August 1, 1944

11 games

The games of August 1, 1944

11 games were played on August 1, 1944, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 14-3, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 13-8, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Braves. Decided by a single run were the Philadelphia Athletics 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 3-2 over the Cleveland Buckeyes, the Memphis Red Sox 5-4 over the Kansas City Monarchs, and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 over the New York Giants. In the other games, the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Chicago American Giants 5-1, the Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4, the New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers, 8-4, the New York Black Yankees fell to the Homestead Grays, 6-1, and the St. Louis Browns beat the Washington Senators 11-6. 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, Jul 31, 1944 and the next, Aug 2, 1944. For the wider picture, see the 1944 season.

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