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Almanac Edition · every June 10 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 10 · 1,338 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1872–2025

On this date in 1998, Milwaukee beat Kansas City 9–6 in 15 innings while being out-hit 16 to 11. It took 4 hours and 36 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,338 major-league games played on June 10, from 1872 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1892-06-10	St. Louis at BLN	4–25
2013-06-10	The Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay	10–8	14.0	324 min
1892-06-10	St. Louis at BLN	4–25		by 21
1988-06-10	Detroit at Cleveland	2–1	9.0	71,188 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1908-06-10	Cincinnati at the Boston Braves	8–5	9.0	hits 7-15
1951-06-10	The Washington Senators at the St. Louis Browns	9–10	8.5	hits 18-10
1962-06-10	Cleveland at the Boston Red Sox	3–4	10.5	hits 16-8

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

1898-06-10	St. Louis at Philadelphia	3–1	9.0	000002010 / 000000100
1899-06-10	St. Louis at the Cubs	0–3	8.5	000000000 / 00000102x
1901-06-10	The New York Giants at Pittsburgh	1–3	8.5	000000001 / 00000012x

By the decades

1870s 13 · 1880s 52 · 1890s 58 · 1900s 53 · 1910s 74 · 1920s 73 · 1930s 60 · 1940s 66 · 1950s 80 · 1960s 104 · 1970s 112 · 1980s 126 · 1990s 119 · 2000s 148 · 2010s 139 · 2020s 61

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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)