Games on May 19, 1963

The games of May 19, 1963

17 games were played on May 19, 1963, according to Retrosheet. The widest margin belonged to the Milwaukee Braves, 8-2 winners over the Chicago Cubs. Runs came easiest when the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-6. The day's shutouts were the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Houston Colt .45's (5-0), the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Mets (1-0), and the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants (3-0). The closest finishes were the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 over the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago White Sox 4-3 over the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Milwaukee Braves, and the Minnesota Twins 7-6 over the Cleveland Indians. Elsewhere, the Boston Red Sox topped the Kansas City Athletics 7-3, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Kansas City Athletics, 9-7, the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the New York Mets 4-2, the New York Yankees fell to the Los Angeles Angels, 6-2, the New York Yankees topped the Los Angeles Angels 10-4, the San Francisco Giants topped the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5, and the Washington Senators fell to the Detroit Tigers, 5-1. Doubleheaders on the date: the Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles, the Kansas City Athletics and the Boston Red Sox, and the Milwaukee Braves and the Chicago Cubs. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 18, 1963 and the next, May 20, 1963. The 1963 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.