Games on July 3, 1955

The games of July 3, 1955

On July 3, 1955, 10 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Chicago Cubs 8-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 14-9. A shutout went on the board for the Washington Senators over the New York Yankees (5-0). The closest finishes were the Kansas City Athletics 9-8 over the Detroit Tigers and the New York Giants 4-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies. In the other games, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Boston Red Sox, 7-2, the Brooklyn Dodgers fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-5, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Chicago Cubs, 10-5, and the Milwaukee Braves topped the Cincinnati Redlegs 7-3. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs 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, Jul 2, 1955 and the next, Jul 4, 1955. For the wider picture, see the 1955 season.