The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every August 7 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

AUGUST 7 · 1,376 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1980, The California Angels beat Minnesota 4–2 in 14 innings while being out-hit 16 to 10. It took 4 hours and 14 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,376 major-league games played on August 7, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1890-08-07	Pittsburgh at Cincinnati	17–23
2009-08-07	The Boston Red Sox at the Yankees	0–2	14.8	333 min
1923-08-07	Cleveland at the Washington Senators	22–2	9.0	by 20
1994-08-07	The Dodgers at Colorado	6–2	9.0	70,372 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1940-08-07	St. Louis at Pittsburgh	9–10	8.5	hits 18-9
1938-08-07	Cincinnati at Brooklyn	10–11	8.8	hits 17-9
1936-08-07	The Boston Red Sox at the Washington Senators	2–3	9.8	hits 12-6

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

1898-08-07	BLN at Cincinnati	1–4	8.5	100000000 / 20000020x
1899-08-07	St. Louis at Pittsburgh	1–3	8.5	000100000 / 00002100x
1900-08-07	The Boston Braves at Cincinnati	0–3	8.5	000000000 / 00000102x

By the decades

1870s 16 · 1880s 55 · 1890s 61 · 1900s 62 · 1910s 90 · 1920s 75 · 1930s 73 · 1940s 59 · 1950s 74 · 1960s 102 · 1970s 119 · 1980s 101 · 1990s 134 · 2000s 138 · 2010s 141 · 2020s 76

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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)