Games on August 15, 1954

The games of August 15, 1954

11 games were played on August 15, 1954, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-4 winners over the New York Giants. The highest-scoring game ended 14-12, the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Redlegs. One-run games: the Detroit Tigers 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers 8-7 over the Chicago White Sox, the Milwaukee Braves 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Elsewhere, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-2, the Cleveland Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 14-9, the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Philadelphia Phillies 9-6, and the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the Washington Senators, 4-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies. Only final scores are available for this date. The pager links to the previous game day, Aug 14, 1954 and the next, Aug 16, 1954. For the wider picture, see the 1954 season.