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Almanac Edition · every August 14 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

AUGUST 14 · 1,388 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1872–2025

On this date in 1929, The Philadelphia Athletics beat Cleveland 5–3 in 17 innings while being out-hit 20 to 13.

The Committee has looked at all 1,388 major-league games played on August 14, from 1872 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1883-08-14	The Cubs at BFN	17–19
1962-08-14	Philadelphia at the Mets	3–1	15.0	275 min
1890-08-14	PHP at BSP	19–2		by 17
1934-08-14	Detroit at the Yankees	7–3	9.0	79,000 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1957-08-14	The Yankees at the Boston Red Sox	4–6	8.5	hits 15-6
1914-08-14	Cincinnati at Pittsburgh	7–8	8.5	hits 15-7
1917-08-14	The White Sox at Cleveland	3–2	9.0	hits 4-12

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

1894-08-14	CL4 at WSN	1–0		0000000001 / 0000000000
1899-08-14	The Cubs at Philadelphia	3–6	8.5	002001000 / 00040002x
1901-08-14	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Boston Red Sox	2–4	8.5	000000020 / 00202000x

By the decades

1870s 10 · 1880s 49 · 1890s 48 · 1900s 61 · 1910s 93 · 1920s 69 · 1930s 83 · 1940s 85 · 1950s 73 · 1960s 103 · 1970s 111 · 1980s 129 · 1990s 122 · 2000s 139 · 2010s 138 · 2020s 75

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