The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 6 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 6 · 1,314 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1872–2025

On this date in 1991, Kansas City beat Texas 4–3 in 17 innings. It took 6 hours and 28 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,314 major-league games played on June 6, from 1872 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1888-06-06	LS2 at CL3	19–23
1991-06-06	Texas at Kansas City	3–4	17.5	388 min
1892-06-06	The Cubs at BLN	1–23		by 22
1971-06-06	Kansas City at the Yankees	2–5	8.5	59,348 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1947-06-06	St. Louis at the New York Giants	4–7	10.7	hits 14-6
1993-06-06	Minnesota at Cleveland	5–4	9.0	hits 8-16
1926-06-06	The Boston Red Sox at the White Sox	4–3	9.0	hits 6-13

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

1898-06-06	CL4 at the Boston Braves	2–0	9.0	020000000 / 000000000
1901-06-06	Brooklyn at Pittsburgh	4–1	9.0	210010000 / 000100000
1903-06-06	Detroit at the Philadelphia Athletics	2–3	8.5	000001100 / 01000101x

By the decades

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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)