MLB GAME LENGTH RECORDS Major League Baseball Game Specific Length Records The longest baseball game, the shortest baseball game, the most innings ever played in a single game, and other similar game length records are one of the most asked for items on the Internet. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present an official baseball game length record book. The longest games in terms of innings played and time played are presented as well as many variations.

"Players who stand flat-footed and swing with their arms are golfers not hitters." - Rogers Hornsby in Baseball Digest (December 1960, Cleon Walfoort, Will Aaron Ever Hit .400?, Page 22)

Major League Baseball Game Length Records Time Based Records Record Lg Teams Time Date Longest Doubleheader

18 Innings AL New York 12 at Boston 4 8h 40m 08-18-2006 New York 14 at Boston 11 08-18-2006 NL Brooklyn 2 at New York 8 6h 46m 08-07-1952 Brooklyn 7 at New York 5 08-07-1952 Longest Doubleheader

With Extra Innings

(by Game Length Time) AL Kansas City 6 at Detroit 7

(Game Length 3:25) 9h 05m 06-17-1967 9 Innings Kansas City 6 at Detroit 5

(Game Length 5:40) 06-17-1967 19 Innings NL San Francisco 5 at New York 3

(Game Length 2:29) 9h 52m 05-31-1964 9 Innings San Francisco 8 at New York 6

(Game Length 7:23) 05-31-1964 23 Innings Longest Doubleheader

With Extra Innings

(by Total Elapsed Time)

(Includes Length of Delay) AL Kansas City 6 at Detroit 7

(Game Length 3:25, 0:15 Rain Delay in 7th) 9h 56m 06-17-1967 9 Innings Kansas City 6 at Detroit 5

(Intermission 0:36, Game Length 5:40) 06-17-1967 19 Innings NL San Diego 5 at Philadelphia 2

(Rain Delay Start 1:10, Game Length 2:34,

Rain Delay in 4th 1:56, Rain Delay in 6th 2:48) 12h 05m 07-02-1993 9 Innings San Diego 5 at Philadelphia 6

(Intermission 0:25, Game Length 3:12) 07-02-1993 10 Innings Longest Game

Extra Innings AL Chicago 7 vs. Milwaukee 6 8h 06m 05-08-1984 25 Innings NL San Francisco 8 vs. New York 6 7h 23m 05-31-1964 23 Innings Longest Game

9 Innings AL New York 14 at Boston 11 4h 45m 08-18-2006 NL Arizona 10 at Colorado 9 4h 30m 06-24-2016 Philadelphia 17 at Pittsburg 5 4h 30m 07-06-2018 Longest Game

9 Innings At Night AL New York 14 at Boston 11 4h 45m 08-18-2006 NL Arizona 10 at Colorado 9 4h 30m 06-24-2016 Philadelphia 17 at Pittsburg 5 4h 30m 07-06-2018 Shortest Doubleheader

18 Innings AL New York at St. Louis (Gm 1, 1:12) 2h 07m 09-26-1926 New York at St. Louis (Gm 2, 0:55) 09-26-1926 NL Chicago at Brooklyn (Gm 1, uk) 2h 20m 08-14-1919 Chicago at Brooklyn (Gm 2, uk) 08-14-1919 Shortest Game

9 Innings AL St. Louis 6 vs. New York 2 55m 09-26-1926 Game 2 NL New York 6 vs. Philadelphia 1 51m 09-28-1919 Game 1 Shortest Game

Nine Innings At Night AL Chicago 1 vs. Washington 0 1h 29m 05-21-1943 NL Boston 2 at Cincinnati 0 1h 15m 08-10-1944 Record Lg Teams Innings Date Major League Baseball Game Length Records Inning Based Records Record Lg Teams Innings Date Longest Game

By Innings (20+ Innings) [Bold=Record Holders] NL Brooklyn 1 at Boston 1 26 05-01-1920 NL St. Louis 4 at New York 3 25 09-11-1974 AL Chicago 7 vs. Milwaukee 6 25 05-08-1984 AL Philadelphia 4 at Boston 1 24 09-01-1906 AL Detroit 1 at Philadelphia 1 24 07-21-1945 NL Houston 1 vs. New York 0 24 04-15-1968 NL Boston 2 vs. Brooklyn 2 23 06-27-1939 NL San Francisco 8 at New York 6 23 05-31-1964 NL Brooklyn 6 vs. Pittsburgh 5 22 08-22-1917 NL Chicago 4 at Boston 3 22 05-17-1927 AL New York 9 at Detroit 7 22 06-24-1962 AL Washington 6 vs Chicago 5 22 06-12-1967 AL Milwaukee 4 at Minnesota 3 22 05-12-1972 NL Houston 5 vs Los Angeles 4 22 06-03-1989 NL Los Angeles 1 at Montreal 0 22 08-23-1989 AL Minnesota 5 vs. Cleveland 4 22 08-31-1993 NL Colorado 2 at San Diego 1 22 04-17-2008 NL New York 3 at Pittsburgh 1 21 07-17-1914 NL Chicago 2 vs. Philadelphia 1 21 07-17-1918 NL Pittsburgh 2 at Boston 0 21 08-01-1918 NL San Francisco 1 at Cincinnati 0 21 09-01-1967 AL Oakland 5 at Washington 3 21 06-04-1971 NL San Diego 1 vs Houston 2 21 09-24-1971 AL Chicago 6 vs. Cleveland 3 21 05-26-1973 NL San Diego 11 at Montreal 8 21 05-21-1977 NL Los Angeles 2 at Chicago 1 21 08-17-1982 NL Cincinnati 7 vs. Chicago 7 20 06-30-1892 AL Philadelphia 4 at Boston 2 20 07-04-1905 NL Chicago 2 at Philadelphia 1 20 08-24-1905 NL Philadelphia 9 vs. Boston 9 20 04-30-1919 NL Chicago 7 vs St. Louis 8 20 08-28-1930 NL Brooklyn 6 at Boston 2 20 07-05-1940 AL Washington 9 at Minnesota 7 20 08-09-1967 AL New York 4 vs. Boston 3 20 08-29-1967 AL Boston 5 at Seattle 3 20 07-27-1969 AL Oakland 1 vs California 0 20 07-09-1971 AL Washington 8 at Cleveland 6 20 09-14-1971 NL Philadelphia 5 vs. Atlanta 4 20 05-04-1973 NL Pittsburgh 5 vs. Chicago 4 20 07-06-1980 NL Houston 3 at San Diego 1 20 08-15-1980 AL Seattle 8 at Boston 7 20 09-03-1981 AL California 4 vs. Seattle 3 20 04-13-1982 NL Philadelphia 7 vs. Los Angeles 6 20 07-07-1993 NL St. Louis 7 at Florida 6 20 04-27-2003 NL New York 2 at St. Louis 1 20 04-17-2010 NL New York 1 vs Florida 2 20 06-08-2013 Longest Game

Innings At Night AL Chicago 7 vs. Milwaukee 6 25 05-08-1984 NL St. Louis 4 at New York 3 25 09-11-1974 Longest Game

Innings On Opening Day [Bold = Record Holders] (Every Opening Day game

over 14 innings is listed) AL Toronto 7 vs. Cleveland 4 16 04-05-2012 Washington 1 vs. Philadelphia 0 15 04-13-1926 Detroit 4 at Cleveland 2 15 04-19-1960 Cleveland 2 vs St. Louis 1 14 04-16-1935 Chicago 9 vs. Detroit 7 14 04-10-1959 Chicago 3 vs California 2 14 04-12-1966 NL Philadelphia 5 at Brooklyn 5 14 04-17-1923 New York 1 at Brooklyn 1 14 04-16-1933 Pittsburgh 4 at Milwaukee 3 14 04-15-1958 Pittsburgh 6 at St. Louis 2 14 04-08-1969 Cincinnati 2 vs. Los Angeles 1 14 04-07-1975 Colorado 11 vs. New York 9 14 04-26-1995 New York 1 vs. Philadelphia 0 14 03-31-1998 Longest Shutout

By Innings AL Oakland 1 vs. California 0 20 07-09-1971 NL Houston 1 vs. New York 0 24 04-15-1968 Longest Tie

By Innings AL Detroit 1 at Philadelphia 1 24 07-21-1945 NL Boston 1 vs. Brooklyn 1 26 05-01-1920 Record Lg Teams Innings Date Major League Baseball Game Length Records | Research by Baseball Almanac, Inc.