The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 24 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 24 · 1,396 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1962, The Yankees beat Detroit 9–7 in 22 innings. It took 7 hours and 0 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,396 major-league games played on June 24, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1950-06-24	Pittsburgh at Brooklyn	12–21	8.5
1962-06-24	The Yankees at Detroit	9–7	22.0	420 min
1886-06-24	BL2 at BR3	1–25		by 24
1994-06-24	San Francisco at Colorado	10–3	9.0	73,957 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1901-06-24	The White Sox at the Philadelphia Athletics	7–5	14.0	hits 10-19
2023-06-24	Houston at the Dodgers	7–8	8.5	hits 13-5
2003-06-24	Cincinnati at St. Louis	7–4	14.0	hits 12-19

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

1898-06-24	Philadelphia at LS3	3–1	9.0	010000200 / 010000000
1898-06-24	BLN at St. Louis	4–2	9.0	010000030 / 000200000
1899-06-24	Brooklyn at the Cubs	2–3	8.7	000000002 / 100001001

By the decades

1870s 15 · 1880s 60 · 1890s 58 · 1900s 66 · 1910s 89 · 1920s 70 · 1930s 75 · 1940s 75 · 1950s 88 · 1960s 102 · 1970s 130 · 1980s 110 · 1990s 119 · 2000s 143 · 2010s 129 · 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)