Games on June 4, 1947

The games of June 4, 1947

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on June 4, 1947. The New York Yankees routed the Detroit Tigers 17-8, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Chicago Cubs over the New York Giants (6-0) and the Baltimore Elite Giants over the New York Cubans (1-0). The closest finishes were the Memphis Red Sox 5-4 over the Indianapolis Clowns. Elsewhere, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-4, the Boston Braves topped the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 10-3, the Washington Senators fell to the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-2, the Homestead Grays fell to the Newark Eagles, 4-2, the Kansas City Monarchs fell to the Cleveland Buckeyes, 5-3, the Memphis Red Sox beat the Indianapolis Clowns 3-3, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Cincinnati Reds 9-2, and the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 5-2. The Indianapolis Clowns and the Memphis Red Sox played to a 3-3 tie. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers and the Indianapolis Clowns and the Memphis Red Sox. 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, Jun 3, 1947 and the next, Jun 5, 1947. For the wider picture, see the 1947 season.