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Almanac Edition · every July 27 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

JULY 27 · 1,395 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1956, The Yankees beat the Kansas City Athletics 10–9 in 14 innings while being out-hit 26 to 16. It took 4 hours and 47 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,395 major-league games played on July 27, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1872-07-27	NY2 at MID	26–9	9.0
1969-07-27	The Boston Red Sox at the Seattle Pilots	5–3	20.0	352 min
1893-07-27	Philadelphia at Brooklyn	2–20		by 18
1986-07-27	The Boston Red Sox at the California Angels	0–3	8.5	61,559 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1932-07-27	The Yankees at Cleveland	10–12	8.5	hits 21-9
1956-07-27	The Yankees at the Kansas City Athletics	10–9	14.0	hits 16-26
1989-07-27	The White Sox at the California Angels	5–8	8.5	hits 13-5

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

1898-07-27	WSN at Philadelphia	1–4	8.5	000000001 / 00012100x
1900-07-27	Pittsburgh at the Boston Braves	2–3	8.5	000100001 / 001000101
1901-07-27	BLA at Detroit	0–1	8.7	000000000 / 000000001

By the decades

1870s 13 · 1880s 44 · 1890s 51 · 1900s 72 · 1910s 87 · 1920s 71 · 1930s 79 · 1940s 88 · 1950s 84 · 1960s 94 · 1970s 126 · 1980s 110 · 1990s 129 · 2000s 138 · 2010s 136 · 2020s 73

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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)