On this date in 1906, The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1 in 24 innings. It took 4 hours and 40 minutes.
The Committee has looked at all 1,425 major-league games played on September 1, from 1873 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.
| 1883-09-01 | CL2 at the Cubs | 7–21 | ||
| 1967-09-01 | San Francisco at Cincinnati | 1–0 | 21.0 | 340 min |
| 2020-09-01 | San Francisco at Colorado | 23–5 | 9.0 | by 18 |
| 1930-09-01 | The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees | 0–2 | 8.5 | 72,000 paid |
| 1967-09-01 | Cleveland at the California Angels | 3–4 | 8.7 | hits 14-7 |
| 2018-09-01 | Detroit at the Yankees | 1–2 | 8.5 | hits 9-2 |
| 1902-09-01 | Cincinnati at the Boston Braves | 6–7 | 8.8 | hits 13-7 |
| 1898-09-01 | WSN at Cincinnati | 4–5 | 8.5 | 100010200 / 00001121x |
| 1900-09-01 | Cincinnati at the Cubs | 1–2 | 8.7 | 000000100 / 000100001 |
| 1900-09-01 | St. Louis at Pittsburgh | 1–2 | 9.8 | 0100000000 / 1000000001 |
1870s 7 · 1880s 46 · 1890s 76 · 1900s 77 · 1910s 86 · 1920s 79 · 1930s 68 · 1940s 97 · 1950s 78 · 1960s 99 · 1970s 118 · 1980s 119 · 1990s 125 · 2000s 136 · 2010s 135 · 2020s 79
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