Games on July 20, 1952

The games of July 20, 1952

11 games were played on July 20, 1952, according to Retrosheet. Runs came easiest when the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 9-7. One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 8-7 over the Cleveland Indians, the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago White Sox 5-4 over the New York Yankees. The rest of the slate: the Detroit Tigers fell to the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-7, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 3-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-5, the Boston Braves fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-4, the Washington Senators topped the St. Louis Browns 7-6, and the St. Louis Browns fell to the Washington Senators, 6-3. The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics played to a 3-3 tie. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics, and the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. The pager links to the previous game day, Jul 19, 1952 and the next, Jul 22, 1952. For the wider picture, see the 1952 season.