The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every May 8 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

MAY 8 · 1,229 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1984, The White Sox beat Milwaukee 7–6 in 24 innings. It took 8 hours and 6 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,229 major-league games played on May 8, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

2004-05-08	Detroit at Texas	15–16	9.7
1984-05-08	Milwaukee at the White Sox	6–7	24.7	486 min
1884-05-08	WSU at SLU	2–22		by 20
1993-05-08	Atlanta at Colorado	8–7	9.0	64,614 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1955-05-08	The Kansas City Athletics at Cleveland	1–2	10.5	hits 13-5
1977-05-08	Seattle at Baltimore	4–6	8.5	hits 12-4
1917-05-08	The White Sox at the St. Louis Browns	4–3	9.0	hits 6-13

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

1899-05-08	Brooklyn at the Boston Braves	0–5	8.5	000000000 / 10400000x
1900-05-08	The Cubs at Pittsburgh	2–1	10.0	1000000001 / 0000001000
1901-05-08	The Washington Senators at BLA	1–5	8.5	000000010 / 50000000x

By the decades

1870s 21 · 1880s 42 · 1890s 55 · 1900s 57 · 1910s 67 · 1920s 63 · 1930s 64 · 1940s 61 · 1950s 67 · 1960s 70 · 1970s 91 · 1980s 103 · 1990s 129 · 2000s 134 · 2010s 137 · 2020s 68

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THE CATBIRD SEAT is set by the Committee on Playing Rules of Tearing Up the Pea Patch, a Macguffin Co. game, Commissioner F. McCoy presiding. Almanac editions are compiled from the record by the Committee’s engine and read by no one before you; a surprising fact in them is a lead, not a verdict. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org. Wire service (RSS)