The Catbird Seat

Almanac Edition · every September 9 at once · from the makers of Tearing Up the Pea Patch

SEPTEMBER 9 · 1,371 GAMES ON THE RECORD · 1871–2025

On this date in 2020, Atlanta beat Miami 29–9. It took 4 hours and 14 minutes.

The Committee has looked at all 1,371 major-league games played on September 9, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.

Also on this date

2020-09-09	Miami at Atlanta	9–29	8.5
1989-09-09	Toronto at Cleveland	7–5	16.0	323 min
1882-09-09	TRN at the Cubs	1–24		by 23
1928-09-09	The Philadelphia Athletics at the Yankees	3–7	8.5	85,265 paid

Unfair afternoons — won while out-hit

1955-09-09	Brooklyn at the Cubs	16–9	9.0	hits 8-17
2023-09-09	Baltimore at the Boston Red Sox	13–12	9.0	hits 14-23
1973-09-09	The Mets at Montreal	3–0	9.0	hits 5-13

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

1894-09-09	WSN at Cincinnati	1–4		001000000 / 03001000x
1898-09-09	The New York Giants at the Boston Braves	0–3	8.5	000000000 / 30000000x
1899-09-09	The Boston Braves at Brooklyn	0–4	8.5	000000000 / 00004000x

By the decades

1870s 16 · 1880s 53 · 1890s 66 · 1900s 70 · 1910s 71 · 1920s 74 · 1930s 79 · 1940s 58 · 1950s 88 · 1960s 94 · 1970s 124 · 1980s 121 · 1990s 105 · 2000s 148 · 2010s 130 · 2020s 74

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THE CATBIRD SEAT is set by the Committee on Playing Rules of Tearing Up the Pea Patch, a Macguffin Co. game, Commissioner F. McCoy presiding. Almanac editions are compiled from the record by the Committee’s engine and read by no one before you; a surprising fact in them is a lead, not a verdict. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org. Wire service (RSS)