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Longest MLB game ever
The longest game in Major League history went on for a whopping 26 innings. The Brooklyn Robins vs. the Boston Braves game on May 1, 1920, took almost four hours.
Major League Baseball. The longest game by innings in Major League Baseball was a 1–1 tie in the National League between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Robins in 26 innings, at Braves Field in Boston on May 1, 1920.
On April 17, 2010, it took 20 innings and nearly seven hours in a game that was scoreless through 18. Both sides went a combined 1-for-25 with runners in scoring position. When the Mets finally crossed home plate in both the 19th and 20th innings, it was against Joe Mather, a position player pressed into pitching.
MLB first used the extra-innings tiebreaker rule during the 60-game pandemic season in 2020 to shorten games and reduce injury risk after the unusual spring training shutdown and midsummer build-up period for pitchers. The rule remained temporary in 2021 and 2022 and has now been made permanent.
Halladay goes 10 innings in win. “I really didn't want to come out; I felt like I had at least two more [innings],” said Halladay. But his catcher, Kevin Cash, put it even better.
Official Stance. There is currently no official mercy rule in place for Major League Baseball (MLB) games. While some voices in the baseball world have spoken in favor of adopting a mercy rule, it is not a part of the league's regular-season or postseason regulations.
No matter how many rules Major League Baseball adds to speed up play, it is safe to say that no two teams will ever be able to beat the record for the fastest nine-inning game in big-league history: 51 minutes.
The longest game by innings in Major League history could have gone even longer -- after 26 innings, the game was called due to darkness. The Robins (the predecessors to the Dodgers) and Braves were tied at 1, and that's how the game ended. The entire episode took just three hours and 50 minutes.
He scored the winning running in Houston's marathon 24-inning, 1-0 victory over the New York Mets on April 15, 1968. (Courtesy of Houston Astros Baseball Club).
The pitcher's name? Cy Young -- yeah, that guy. On this day 118 years ago, Young gave up his first base hit in over two weeks, snapping a streak of 24 consecutive hitless innings that, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, remains unchallenged as the Major League record.
The longest rain delay in MLB history appears to be 7 hours and 23 minutes. White Sox and Rangers in Chicago on Aug. 12, 1990. The game was ultimately postponed.
Baseball games used to end in ties more frequently because there was lack of light. The last time that a game ended in tie was 2016 between Pirates and Cubs due to weather conditions.
4-2-2 The game ends when the team behind in score has completed its turn at bat in the seventh inning, or any inning thereafter if extra innings are necessary. If the home team scores a go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning, or in any extra inning, the game is terminated at that point.
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Hits, walks, and hit by pitch have stayed quite steady. On average, strikeouts take 1.5 pitches more than other kinds of out, so this trade of strikeouts for outs on balls in play will also add time to the game. In fact, all of the factors point in the same direction of contributing to increasing game length.
While 9 innings is the standard length of a professional baseball game, there are certain circumstances where the game may end earlier or continue beyond 9 innings. If a team is leading by more than 10 runs after the 7th inning, the game can be called a "mercy rule" and declared over.
Major League Baseball rules aim for shorter games — and a bigger audience. Major League Baseball is back this week, and this year, the sport has a slate of new rules — all aimed at speeding up games. The hope is that if they're shorter, they'll attract more fans to the ballpark, TV and streaming.
Chicago Colts 36, Louisville Colonels 7; June 29, 1897 (National League) Of course, technically the MLB record belongs to the Chicago Colts (now the Chicago Cubs). Chicago scored in every inning of the game and got six hits and a home run out of shortstop Barry McCormick.
A mercy rule, slaughter rule, knockout rule, or skunk rule ends a two-competitor sports competition earlier than the scheduled endpoint if one competitor has a very large and presumably insurmountable scoring lead over the other. It is called the mercy rule because it spares further humiliation for the loser.
Baseball and softball teams in the United States always follow this rule, while basketball and soccer teams only use it on certain occasions. In softball and baseball, if a team is ahead by 10 runs within the fifth inning (seventh for baseball), the game is ended.
An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine. This has happened 114 times in Major League history and has been accomplished by 104 pitchers (79 right-handed and 25 left-handed).
Chan Ho Park and the Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves on the wrong end of MLB history on April 23, 1999, when St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Fernando Tatis slugged two grand slams in the same inning. Before that point and in the time since, Tatis stands alone in accomplishing such a feat.
Frequency. MLB has recognized 320 no-hitters thrown since 1876, 24 of which were perfect games. Two no-hitters have been thrown on the same day twice: Ted Breitenstein and Jim Hughes on April 22, 1898; and Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela on June 29, 1990.