Games on July 18, 1948

The games of July 18, 1948

27 games were played on July 18, 1948, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 13-4 winners over the St. Louis Cardinals. The highest-scoring game ended 12-11, the Chicago White Sox over the Philadelphia Athletics. The day's shutouts were the Chicago American Giants over the Indianapolis Clowns (1-0), the Cincinnati Reds over the New York Giants (3-0), and the Newark Eagles over the Philadelphia Stars (1-0). Decided by a single run were the Boston Red Sox 7-6 over the St. Louis Browns, the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Birmingham Black Barons 3-2 over the Cleveland Buckeyes, and the Memphis Red Sox 7-6 over the Kansas City Monarchs. The rest of the slate: the Baltimore Elite Giants topped the New York Black Yankees 7-2, the New York Black Yankees fell to the Baltimore Elite Giants, 9-2, the St. Louis Browns fell to the Boston Red Sox, 12-5, the Indianapolis Clowns beat the Chicago American Giants 5-2, the Philadelphia Phillies topped the Chicago Cubs 6-4, the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-2, the Cleveland Buckeyes topped the Birmingham Black Barons 5-3, the Philadelphia Stars topped the Newark Eagles 6-3, the Homestead Grays topped the New York Cubans 8-4, and the New York Cubans fell to the Homestead Grays, 10-9. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Black Yankees and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Red Sox, and the Indianapolis Clowns and the Chicago American Giants. 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, Jul 17, 1948 and the next, Jul 19, 1948. The 1948 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.