Games on April 20, 1952

The games of April 20, 1952

On April 20, 1952, 12 games went into the books. The widest margin belonged to the Cincinnati Reds, 12-2 winners over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The highest-scoring game ended 10-5, the Chicago White Sox over the St. Louis Browns. Shutouts went on the board for the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers (6-0) and the St. Louis Browns over the Chicago White Sox (8-0). One-run games: the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Indians 3-2 over the Detroit Tigers, the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the Boston Braves, and the Boston Braves 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 6-3, the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 7-2, the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 9-6, and the Cincinnati Reds topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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, Apr 19, 1952 and the next, Apr 21, 1952. For the wider picture, see the 1952 season.