The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every July 8 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JULY 8 · 1,236 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 2013, The Mets beat San Francisco 4–3 in 16 innings while being out-hit 14 to 9. It took 5 hours and 26 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,236 major-league games played on July 8, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1902-07-08	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Boston Red Sox	22–9	9.0
2018-07-08	San Diego at Arizona	4–3	16.0	331 min
1896-07-08	WSN at Pittsburgh	0–19		by 19
1993-07-08	Florida at Colorado	2–3	8.5	56,807 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1956-07-08	St. Louis at Cincinnati	2–3	8.5	hits 12-4
1974-07-08	San Francisco at Montreal	5–4	10.0	hits 5-13
1982-07-08	Baltimore at Seattle	3–4	8.5	hits 13-5

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

1898-07-08	WSN at BLN	3–2	9.0	300000000 / 000002000
1898-07-08	Brooklyn at the New York Giants	2–6	8.5	200000000 / 24000000x
1899-07-08	The Cubs at Pittsburgh	0–6	8.5	000000000 / 00022020x

By the decades

1870s 15 · 1880s 46 · 1890s 61 · 1900s 73 · 1910s 71 · 1920s 80 · 1930s 67 · 1940s 45 · 1950s 54 · 1960s 82 · 1970s 129 · 1980s 107 · 1990s 83 · 2000s 134 · 2010s 128 · 2020s 61

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