The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every September 6 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

SEPTEMBER 6 · 1,422 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 1969, Minnesota beat Oakland 8–6 in 18 innings while being out-hit 16 to 13. It took 5 hours and 17 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,422 major-league games played on September 6, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1930-09-06	The Cubs at Pittsburgh	19–14	9.0
1969-09-06	Minnesota at Oakland	8–6	18.0	317 min
1873-09-06	BR2 at BS1	1–23		by 22
1948-09-06	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees	6–2	9.0	72,859 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1912-09-06	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees	4–2	9.0	hits 5-14
1926-09-06	Cleveland at the St. Louis Browns	7–6	9.0	hits 8-17
2005-09-06	Arizona at Pittsburgh	4–2	12.0	hits 7-15

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

1901-09-06	The Cubs at Philadelphia	2–3	8.5	000000002 / 00002100x
1902-09-06	The Philadelphia Athletics at Cleveland	3–2	9.0	000003000 / 000011000
1903-09-06	Cleveland at the White Sox	0–1	9.8	0000000000 / 0000000001

By the decades

1870s 18 · 1880s 48 · 1890s 50 · 1900s 86 · 1910s 81 · 1920s 77 · 1930s 87 · 1940s 90 · 1950s 76 · 1960s 101 · 1970s 120 · 1980s 123 · 1990s 118 · 2000s 132 · 2010s 130 · 2020s 85

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