Games on June 26, 1949

The games of June 26, 1949

20 games were played on June 26, 1949, according to Retrosheet. The Brooklyn Dodgers routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-3, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Memphis Red Sox over the Indianapolis Clowns (4-0), the Chicago White Sox over the Philadelphia Athletics (3-0), and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Boston Braves (2-0). Decided by a single run were the Baltimore Elite Giants 7-6 over the Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes, the Chicago American Giants 8-7 over the Houston Eagles, and the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes 8-1, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 5-3, the Chicago American Giants beat the Houston Eagles 7-3, the Chicago Cubs fell to the New York Giants, 6-2, the Cincinnati Reds topped the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2, the Kansas City Monarchs fell to the Birmingham Black Barons, 5-3, the Birmingham Black Barons fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 7-2, the Indianapolis Clowns topped the Memphis Red Sox 8-3, the New York Cubans beat the Philadelphia Stars 4-2, and the New York Yankees topped the Detroit Tigers 6-2. The Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Houston Eagles and the Chicago American Giants, and the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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 25, 1949 and the next, Jun 27, 1949. The 1949 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.