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Almanac Edition · every April 25 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

APRIL 25 · 1,158 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1872–2025

On this date in 2007, Pittsburgh beat Houston 4–3 in 15 innings while being out-hit 16 to 10. It took 4 hours and 48 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,158 major-league games played on April 25, from 1872 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1977-04-25	Cincinnati at Atlanta	23–9	9.0
1962-04-25	St. Louis at Houston	5–5	17.0	313 min
1961-04-25	Minnesota at the Kansas City Athletics	2–20	8.5	by 18
1993-04-25	Florida at Colorado	11–1	9.0	71,192 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1968-04-25	The White Sox at Minnesota	2–3	8.5	hits 12-3
1906-04-25	St. Louis at Cincinnati	5–8	9.0	hits 13-5
1910-04-25	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Boston Red Sox	4–2	9.0	hits 4-12

The Mirror Game — a line score this date shares with another day

1899-04-25	BLN at Brooklyn	0–6	8.5	000000000 / 00051000x
1899-04-25	Pittsburgh at LS3	1–2	8.5	000100000 / 000100001
1903-04-25	Cleveland at Detroit	0–2	8.5	000000000 / 00010001x

By the decades

1870s 4 · 1880s 19 · 1890s 43 · 1900s 54 · 1910s 66 · 1920s 62 · 1930s 63 · 1940s 65 · 1950s 61 · 1960s 73 · 1970s 104 · 1980s 102 · 1990s 112 · 2000s 140 · 2010s 129 · 2020s 61

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