Games on August 23, 1951

5 games

The games of August 23, 1951

On August 23, 1951, 5 games went into the books. The Washington Senators routed the Detroit Tigers 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 9-3. The closest finishes were the Cleveland Indians 2-1 over the New York Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2 and the Chicago White Sox fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-3. 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, Aug 22, 1951 and the next, Aug 24, 1951. For the wider picture, see the 1951 season.

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