Games on August 25, 1946

The games of August 25, 1946

On August 25, 1946, 23 games went into the books. The Indianapolis Clowns routed the Chicago American Giants 8-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 14-8, the St. Louis Cardinals over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Shutouts: the Cincinnati Reds over the Philadelphia Phillies (7-0) and the Birmingham Black Barons over the Cleveland Buckeyes (4-0). One-run games: the Baltimore Elite Giants 4-3 over the New York Black Yankees, the New York Black Yankees 3-2 over the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Boston Red Sox 2-1 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago American Giants 4-3 over the Indianapolis Clowns. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 13-6, the New York Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs, 3-2, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Cincinnati Reds 4-1, the Cleveland Buckeyes fell to the Birmingham Black Barons, 5-2, the Philadelphia Stars fell to the Homestead Grays, 7-1, the Memphis Red Sox topped the Kansas City Monarchs 5-3, the Memphis Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 3-1, the Newark Eagles beat the Homestead Grays 12-5, the New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers, 7-2, and the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Chicago White Sox, 4-2. The New York Black Yankees and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, and the Indianapolis Clowns and the Chicago American Giants each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, Aug 24, 1946 and the next, Aug 26, 1946. For the wider picture, see the 1946 season.