Games on June 5, 1947

The games of June 5, 1947

On June 5, 1947, 14 games went into the books. The Philadelphia Stars routed the Newark Eagles 8-0, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 13-10, the New York Cubans over the Homestead Grays. The day's shutouts were the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Pittsburgh Pirates (3-0), the Washington Senators over the Cleveland Indians (3-0), and the New York Yankees over the Detroit Tigers (7-0). The rest of the slate: the Chicago American Giants topped the Birmingham Black Barons 9-6, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Braves 5-3, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2, the Cleveland Buckeyes topped the Kansas City Monarchs 8-4, the Kansas City Monarchs topped the Cleveland Buckeyes 7-2, the New York Giants fell to the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 5-0, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3. The Cleveland Buckeyes and the Kansas City Monarchs, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, and the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies 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, Jun 4, 1947 and the next, Jun 6, 1947. The 1947 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.