Games on May 20, 1947

The games of May 20, 1947

10 games were played on May 20, 1947, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Browns routed the Philadelphia Athletics 11-1, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Baltimore Elite Giants over the Homestead Grays (7-0). The closest finishes were the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 over the Boston Braves. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3, the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-1, the Newark Eagles beat the New York Cubans 7-5, the New York Yankees fell to the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, the Philadelphia Stars beat the New York Black Yankees 10-2, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Senators 7-4. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, May 19, 1947 and the next, May 21, 1947. For the wider picture, see the 1947 season.