Games on August 15, 1944

11 games

The games of August 15, 1944

On August 15, 1944, 11 games went into the books. The Birmingham Black Barons routed the Kansas City Monarchs 13-0, the widest margin of the day. A shutout went on the board for the Cleveland Indians over the Washington Senators (1-0). The closest finishes were the St. Louis Browns 6-5 over the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers 3-2 over the Philadelphia Athletics. The rest of the slate: the Philadelphia Blue Jays fell to the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, the Cincinnati Reds topped the New York Giants 6-3, the Chicago American Giants beat the Cleveland Buckeyes 4-2, the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns beat the Memphis Red Sox 5-1, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Boston Braves 7-5, and the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-3. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 14, 1944 and the next, Aug 16, 1944. The 1944 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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