Games on July 24, 1955

The games of July 24, 1955

On July 24, 1955, 16 games went into the books. The Milwaukee Braves routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-2, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 12-5, the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs. Shutouts: the Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox (4-0), the Washington Senators over the Detroit Tigers (3-0), and the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Athletics (2-0). One-run games: the Boston Red Sox 2-1 over the Chicago White Sox, the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 over the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 over the Chicago Cubs. In the other games, the Milwaukee Braves fell to the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-7, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-1, the Baltimore Orioles fell to the Cleveland Indians, 5-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Washington Senators 7-3, the Kansas City Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 7-3, the Cincinnati Redlegs beat the New York Giants 6-4, the Cincinnati Redlegs fell to the New York Giants, 4-1, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0. The Milwaukee Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, and the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians 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 23, 1955 and the next, Jul 26, 1955. The 1955 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.