The Catbird Seat

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

AUGUST 13 · 1,352 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1872–2025

On this date in 1954, The White Sox beat Detroit 1–0 in 15 innings.

The Committee has looked at all 1,352 major-league games played on August 13, from 1872 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1894-08-13	The Cubs at Pittsburgh	17–14
2013-08-13	Pittsburgh at St. Louis	3–4	13.7	295 min
1939-08-13	The Yankees at the Philadelphia Athletics	21–0	8.0	by 21
1946-08-13	Detroit at Cleveland	1–0	9.0	65,765 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

2010-08-13	Oakland at Minnesota	3–4	8.5	hits 14-5
1965-08-13	The Washington Senators at Baltimore	4–2	9.0	hits 5-13
1980-08-13	The Mets at Pittsburgh	5–3	9.0	hits 4-12

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

1898-08-13	Cincinnati at Brooklyn	1–2	9.5	0000010000 / 0000000011
1898-08-13	LS3 at WSN	1–2	8.5	100000000 / 00200000x
1900-08-13	Brooklyn at Cincinnati	0–4	8.5	000000000 / 00004000x

By the decades

1870s 9 · 1880s 57 · 1890s 52 · 1900s 75 · 1910s 74 · 1920s 61 · 1930s 78 · 1940s 79 · 1950s 76 · 1960s 90 · 1970s 121 · 1980s 119 · 1990s 116 · 2000s 126 · 2010s 139 · 2020s 80

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