Games on September 4, 1944

The games of September 4, 1944

Retrosheet's records show 24 games on September 4, 1944. The most lopsided result was the New York Yankees' 14-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. The highest-scoring game ended 14-8, the Philadelphia Blue Jays over the New York Giants. Shutouts: the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds (3-0), the Kansas City Monarchs over the Memphis Red Sox (2-0), and the Newark Eagles over the Baltimore Elite Giants (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Birmingham Black Barons 4-3 over the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns, the New York Cubans 4-3 over the Homestead Grays, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs. The rest of the slate: the Boston Braves fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-1, the Boston Braves fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-4, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 12-2, the Chicago White Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 6-3, the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns beat the Birmingham Black Barons 7-3, the Homestead Grays fell to the New York Cubans, 5-3, the Baltimore Elite Giants topped the Newark Eagles 8-3, the New York Yankees topped the Philadelphia Athletics 10-0, the New York Black Yankees fell to the Philadelphia Stars, 5-1, and the New York Black Yankees fell to the Philadelphia Stars, 9-0. The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, and the Birmingham Black Barons and the Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 3, 1944 and the next, Sep 5, 1944. For the wider picture, see the 1944 season.