Games on June 29, 1947

The games of June 29, 1947

The schedule for June 29, 1947 lists 26 games. The widest margin belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals, 17-2 winners over the Cincinnati Reds. The day's shutouts were the Birmingham Black Barons over the Cleveland Buckeyes (14-0), the Memphis Red Sox over the Chicago American Giants (3-0), and the Philadelphia Stars over the Homestead Grays (3-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Braves 8-7 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Memphis Red Sox 4-3 over the Chicago American Giants, the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians, and the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 over the New York Giants. The rest of the slate: the Birmingham Black Barons topped the Cleveland Buckeyes 8-3, the New York Cubans beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 5-3, the Baltimore Elite Giants fell to the New York Cubans, 7-3, the Boston Braves topped the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Chicago Cubs 10-4, the Detroit Tigers topped the St. Louis Browns 7-5, the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns 6-1, the Homestead Grays fell to the Philadelphia Stars, 10-6, the Indianapolis Clowns fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 7-1, and the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Indianapolis Clowns 8-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Birmingham Black Barons, the New York Cubans and the Baltimore Elite Giants, and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jun 28, 1947 and the next, Jun 30, 1947. The 1947 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.