The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every June 26 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JUNE 26 · 1,341 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1890, PHP beat BFP 30–12.

The Committee has looked at all 1,341 major-league games played on June 26, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1890-06-26	PHP at BFP	30–12
1996-06-26	Cleveland at the Boston Red Sox	4–6	14.7	314 min
1890-06-26	PHP at BFP	30–12		by 18
1994-06-26	San Francisco at Colorado	8–1	9.0	73,171 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1874-06-26	CH2 at BS1	7–8	9.0	hits 17-9
1917-06-26	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees	6–7	8.8	hits 16-9
1976-06-26	Cincinnati at Houston	0–3	8.5	hits 10-3

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

1901-06-26	St. Louis at the Boston Braves	3–2	9.0	020000100 / 000100001
1902-06-26	The Boston Red Sox at the Washington Senators	4–2	9.0	011101000 / 020000000
1902-06-26	The New York Giants at Philadelphia	1–4	8.5	000000001 / 11000200x

By the decades

1870s 15 · 1880s 51 · 1890s 53 · 1900s 62 · 1910s 93 · 1920s 80 · 1930s 66 · 1940s 61 · 1950s 75 · 1960s 102 · 1970s 126 · 1980s 100 · 1990s 133 · 2000s 125 · 2010s 138 · 2020s 61

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