Games on July 16, 1945

The games of July 16, 1945

On July 16, 1945, 12 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Memphis Red Sox, 14-3 winners over the Chicago American Giants. A shutout went on the board for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Boston Braves (2-0). One-run games: the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the New York Giants. The rest of the slate: the Cleveland Buckeyes beat the Birmingham Black Barons 6-2, the New York Cubans topped the Newark Eagles 5-3, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 9-4, the Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-2, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 7-1, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-4, the St. Louis Browns beat the Washington Senators 7-3, and the St. Louis Browns topped the Washington Senators 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Jul 15, 1945 and the next, Jul 17, 1945. For the wider picture, see the 1945 season.