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Almanac Edition · every September 8 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

SEPTEMBER 8 · 1,298 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1873–2025

On this date in 2010, The Anaheim Angels beat Cleveland 4–3 in 15 innings while being out-hit 14 to 6. It took 4 hours and 57 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,298 major-league games played on September 8, from 1873 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

1940-09-08	Pittsburgh at St. Louis	16–14	9.0
1992-09-08	San Diego at San Francisco	5–6	15.5	304 min
2019-09-08	Seattle at Houston	1–21	8.5	by 20
1946-09-08	The White Sox at Detroit	6–0	9.0	56,038 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1935-09-08	Philadelphia at St. Louis	4–2	9.0	hits 4-13
1962-09-08	The Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore	2–1	9.0	hits 3-11
2010-09-08	Cleveland at the Anaheim Angels	3–4	15.8	hits 14-6

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

1894-09-08	Brooklyn at St. Louis	6–1		010122000 / 001000000
1899-09-08	The Boston Braves at Brooklyn	0–5	8.5	000000000 / 21100001x
1900-09-08	Cincinnati at the Boston Braves	2–1	11.0	00000100001 / 00010000000

By the decades

1870s 13 · 1880s 51 · 1890s 54 · 1900s 77 · 1910s 67 · 1920s 73 · 1930s 74 · 1940s 60 · 1950s 50 · 1960s 86 · 1970s 122 · 1980s 106 · 1990s 119 · 2000s 132 · 2010s 133 · 2020s 81

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