Games on September 4, 1949

The games of September 4, 1949

17 games were played on September 4, 1949, according to Retrosheet. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 11-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7. The day's shutouts were the Cleveland Indians over the St. Louis Browns (5-0). Decided by a single run were the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Monarchs 6-5 over the New York Cubans, the Philadelphia Phillies 9-8 over the Boston Braves, and the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 over the Boston Braves. In the other games, the Philadelphia Stars beat the Baltimore Elite Giants 11-5, the Philadelphia Stars fell to the Baltimore Elite Giants, 12-4, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2, the Indianapolis Clowns topped the Chicago American Giants 9-6, the New York Cubans topped the Kansas City Monarchs 6-2, the Memphis Red Sox fell to the Birmingham Black Barons, 7-2, the Memphis Red Sox fell to the Birmingham Black Barons, 7-1, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants 6-2, the Cincinnati Reds fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-4, and the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees 3-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Philadelphia Stars and the Baltimore Elite Giants, the New York Cubans and the Kansas City Monarchs, and the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Sep 3, 1949 and the next, Sep 5, 1949. For the wider picture, see the 1949 season.