Games on May 4, 1952

The games of May 4, 1952

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on May 4, 1952. The widest margin belonged to the New York Yankees, 8-0 winners over the Chicago White Sox. Runs came easiest when the Washington Senators beat the St. Louis Browns 15-7. A shutout went on the board for the Brooklyn Dodgers over the Pittsburgh Pirates (6-0). One-run games: the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 over the Detroit Tigers, and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 over the Boston Braves. In the other games, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 9-6, the New York Giants topped the Chicago Cubs 6-3, the New York Yankees topped the Chicago White Sox 3-1, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 10-6, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Boston Braves, 5-1, and the Washington Senators topped the St. Louis Browns 2-1. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, and the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics each met twice, as doubleheaders. 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, May 3, 1952 and the next, May 5, 1952. For the wider picture, see the 1952 season.