The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every July 13 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JULY 13 · 1,122 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1979, Milwaukee beat Cleveland 4–3 in 16 innings while being out-hit 17 to 11. It took 5 hours and 14 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,122 major-league games played on July 13, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1900-07-13	Philadelphia at Pittsburgh	23–8	8.0
1898-07-13	CL4 at Philadelphia	8–1	9.0	1155 min
1889-07-13	BL2 at SL4	5–25		by 20
1996-07-13	San Francisco at the Dodgers	7–0	9.0	54,226 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1979-07-13	San Francisco at the Mets	6–7	8.5	hits 17-10
1915-07-13	CHF at SLF	2–0	14.0	hits 3-9
1963-07-13	The Yankees at the Los Angeles Angels	1–3	8.5	hits 10-4

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

1900-07-13	St. Louis at Cincinnati	0–1	9.7	0000000000 / 0000000001
1902-07-13	The St. Louis Browns at the White Sox	0–5	8.5	000000000 / 10004000x
1902-07-13	The New York Giants at the Cubs	0–4	8.5	000000000 / 00000103x

By the decades

1870s 15 · 1880s 61 · 1890s 51 · 1900s 80 · 1910s 93 · 1920s 71 · 1930s 72 · 1940s 72 · 1950s 59 · 1960s 78 · 1970s 84 · 1980s 84 · 1990s 80 · 2000s 98 · 2010s 77 · 2020s 47

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