The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every July 11 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JULY 11 · 1,089 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1873–2025

On this date in 1908, The White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5–4 in 16 innings while being out-hit 14 to 11.

The Committee has looked at all 1,089 major-league games played on July 11, from 1873 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1893-07-11	Brooklyn at LS3	18–13
1987-07-11	The White Sox at the Yankees	5–2	15.0	336 min
1897-07-11	BLN at St. Louis	22–4		by 18
1946-07-11	Cleveland at the Yankees	1–9	8.5	56,243 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1932-07-11	Cleveland at the Philadelphia Athletics	9–8	9.0	hits 11-19
1943-07-11	The Washington Senators at Cleveland	6–4	10.0	hits 8-16
1935-07-11	Detroit at the Washington Senators	7–6	10.0	hits 7-14

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

1898-07-11	Pittsburgh at Brooklyn	3–2	9.0	100000200 / 020000000
1900-07-11	Brooklyn at Pittsburgh	0–4	8.5	000000000 / 10002001x
1900-07-11	The Boston Braves at St. Louis	3–0	9.0	000000102 / 000000000

By the decades

1870s 13 · 1880s 48 · 1890s 63 · 1900s 66 · 1910s 86 · 1920s 78 · 1930s 73 · 1940s 65 · 1950s 55 · 1960s 57 · 1970s 108 · 1980s 78 · 1990s 102 · 2000s 73 · 2010s 73 · 2020s 51

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