The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 17 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 17 · 1,372 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 2006, Oakland beat the Dodgers 5–4 in 16 innings while being out-hit 15 to 10. It took 5 hours and 2 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,372 major-league games played on June 17, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1891-06-17	BL3 at WS9	19–20
1967-06-17	The Kansas City Athletics at Detroit	6–5	19.0	340 min
1890-06-17	BRP at BSP	4–22		by 18
1962-06-17	The Yankees at Cleveland	3–6	8.5	70,918 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1910-06-17	The Yankees at Cleveland	6–7	8.5	hits 17-9
1924-06-17	The Cubs at Philadelphia	6–5	9.0	hits 4-12
1992-06-17	Baltimore at Cleveland	2–3	8.5	hits 13-5

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

1902-06-17	The Washington Senators at Detroit	0–4	8.5	000000000 / 10000003x
1903-06-17	Cleveland at the Boston Red Sox	3–1	9.0	100101000 / 000001000
1903-06-17	The White Sox at the Yankees	0–1	8.7	000000000 / 000000001

By the decades

1870s 21 · 1880s 60 · 1890s 52 · 1900s 66 · 1910s 79 · 1920s 69 · 1930s 70 · 1940s 79 · 1950s 85 · 1960s 98 · 1970s 119 · 1980s 110 · 1990s 124 · 2000s 136 · 2010s 140 · 2020s 64

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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)