Biggest Blowout Games – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

September 23, 1939: Dodgers flog Phillies, 22-4

June 8, 1940: Reds’ Harry Craft hits for cycle as ‘our lads annihilate Dodgers’

September 27, 1940: Frustrated Red Sox, out of pennant race, crush Senators 24-4

June 10, 1944: At age 15, Reds’ Joe Nuxhall becomes youngest player to appear in MLB game

July 3, 1945: Cruel Cubs brutalize Braves, 24-2

August 12, 1948: Cleveland wins a blowout game in a pennant race, 26-3 over Browns

April 30, 1950: Red Sox post biggest shutout win in team history, beat A’s 19-0

June 8, 1950: Red Sox beat up on Browns with 29-4 shellacking

June 18, 1953: Red Sox’s 17-run inning tames Tigers

Whitey Ford (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 12, 1953: Whitey Ford stars on the mound and at the plate as Yankees rout Senators, 22-1

April 23, 1955: White Sox set scoring record, crush relocated Athletics 29-6

June 17, 1956: White Sox score 20 runs to give a glimmer of hope during a season of great expectations

June 1, 1957: Redlegs outscore the scoreboard in 22-2 rout of Cubs

April 25, 1961: A tale of three pitchers in Athletics’ lopsided 20-2 win over Twins

August 3, 1961: Pirates’ 24-hit attack produces NL record-tying shutout

May 26, 1964: Mets score 19 runs in win over Cubs

June 7, 1967: Redbirds ‘Busch’-whacked by Astros, 17-1

Don Drysdale (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 28, 1969: Dodgers teach Padres pitcher that spring training does matter

July 27, 1969: Orioles blast White Sox, setting team hits, total bases, and runs records

Steve Busby (TRADING CARD DB)

April 6, 1974: Royals crush Twins, 23-6

April 27, 1977: Hector Cruz leads Cardinals’ landslide over Cubs

July 4, 1977: Expos set fireworks on the Fourth of July at Wrigley Field

September 10, 1977: Expansion Blue Jays wallop Catfish, Yankees, 19-3

July 30, 1978: Expos visit the Launching Pad, score 19 runs in record-setting day