Post by Tân CoulJust wondering, what is the longest an MLB game has lasted, in terms
of innings?
From baseball-almanac.com:
http://baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_gmlg.shtml
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Longest games in terms of **innings**:
MLB and NL records: Brooklyn 1-Boston 1; 26 innings; 5-1-1920
AL record: Chicago 7-Milwaukee 6; 25 innings; 5-8-1984
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05080CHA1984.htm
The game was suspended at the end of the 17th inning with the score
tied at 3, and was finished the next day (5-9-84).
The two teams combined for 175 at-bats! Tom Seaver was the winning
pitcher with one inning (25th) of relief.
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Longest games in terms of **time**:
AL and MLB record: Chicago 7-Milwaukee 6; 8 hours 6 minutes; 25
innings; 5-8-1984
[same as above]
NL record: San Francisco 8-New York 6; 7 hours 23 minutes; 23 Innings;
5-31-1964
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Longest **9-inning** games in terms of **time**:
NL and MLB records: Los Angeles 11-San Francisco 10; 4 hours 27
minutes; 10-5-2001
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10050SFN2001.htm
Barry Bonds' 71st and 72nd home runs!
AL record: Baltimore 13-New York 9; 4 hours 22 minutes; 9-5-1997
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09050NYA1997.htm
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