Games on September 3, 1948

The games of September 3, 1948

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on September 3, 1948. The Chicago Cubs routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 7-5, the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Shutouts: the Boston Red Sox over the Philadelphia Athletics (2-0) and the Cleveland Indians over the St. Louis Browns (7-0). Decided by a single run were the Newark Eagles 2-1 over the New York Cubans and the St. Louis Browns 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the New York Giants, 6-3, the Boston Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1, the Chicago White Sox fell to the Detroit Tigers, 5-2, the New York Yankees topped the Washington Senators 6-2, and the Washington Senators fell to the New York Yankees, 5-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees, and the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Browns. 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, Sep 2, 1948 and the next, Sep 4, 1948. For the wider picture, see the 1948 season.