The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 1 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 1 · 1,248 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1976, Texas beat the White Sox 6–5 in 16 innings while being out-hit 13 to 10. It took 4 hours and 48 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,248 major-league games played on June 1, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1894-06-01	CL4 at the Boston Braves	22–8
1997-06-01	The Yankees at the Boston Red Sox	11–6	15.0	328 min
1895-06-01	St. Louis at the New York Giants	23–2		by 21
2002-06-01	The Boston Red Sox at the Yankees	2–10	8.5	55,699 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1927-06-01	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	7–4	9.0	hits 6-14
1945-06-01	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	5–6	8.5	hits 15-7
1923-06-01	Pittsburgh at St. Louis	3–4	10.8	hits 14-7

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

1894-06-01	The Cubs at Brooklyn	0–5		000000000 / 00012002x
1898-06-01	CL4 at the New York Giants	0–2	8.5	000000000 / 20000000x
1898-06-01	LS3 at Philadelphia	1–4	8.5	001000000 / 00310000x

By the decades

1870s 13 · 1880s 45 · 1890s 58 · 1900s 55 · 1910s 79 · 1920s 65 · 1930s 57 · 1940s 64 · 1950s 63 · 1960s 83 · 1970s 97 · 1980s 110 · 1990s 127 · 2000s 128 · 2010s 137 · 2020s 67

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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)