The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 23 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 23 · 1,349 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1873–2025

On this date in 1975, Texas beat the California Angels 1–0 in 13 innings while being out-hit 9 to 3.

The Committee has looked at all 1,349 major-league games played on June 23, from 1873 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1894-06-23	Philadelphia at BLN	11–18
1954-06-23	The Boston Red Sox at Baltimore	7–8	16.7	298 min
1986-06-23	The Cubs at Philadelphia	1–19	8.5	by 18
1948-06-23	The Yankees at Cleveland	5–1	11.0	65,797 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1976-06-23	San Diego at San Francisco	6–7	8.5	hits 16-7
1915-06-23	The Yankees at the Philadelphia Athletics	3–2	10.0	hits 2-10
1946-06-23	The Yankees at Detroit	10–8	11.0	hits 9-17

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

1894-06-23	LS3 at Cincinnati	1–5		000000100 / 50000000x
1899-06-23	Brooklyn at the Cubs	2–3	8.5	010001000 / 00000201x
1900-06-23	Cincinnati at the Cubs	4–3	9.0	000000400 / 003000000

By the decades

1870s 7 · 1880s 54 · 1890s 59 · 1900s 56 · 1910s 78 · 1920s 85 · 1930s 88 · 1940s 78 · 1950s 77 · 1960s 100 · 1970s 124 · 1980s 97 · 1990s 129 · 2000s 128 · 2010s 129 · 2020s 60

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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)