Games on August 14, 1949

The games of August 14, 1949

Retrosheet's records show 14 games on August 14, 1949. The Boston Red Sox routed the Washington Senators 13-4, the widest margin of the day. The day's shutouts were the Cincinnati Reds over the Chicago Cubs (8-0), the Cleveland Indians over the Chicago White Sox (5-0), and the New York Giants over the Philadelphia Phillies (1-0). The closest finishes were the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers 4-3 over the St. Louis Browns, and the Philadelphia Athletics 4-3 over the New York Yankees. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 9-3, the Boston Braves fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-2, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the St. Louis Browns 6-2, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-1, the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 13, 1949 and the next, Aug 15, 1949. For the wider picture, see the 1949 season.