Game Length Records by Baseball Almanac

Game 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)

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
	AL	New York 14 at Boston 11	8h 40m	08-18-2006
	NL	Brooklyn 2 at New York 8	6h 46m	08-07-1952
	NL	Brooklyn 7 at New York 5	6h 46m	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
		Kansas City 6 at Detroit 7 (Game Length 3:25)		9 Innings
		Kansas City 6 at Detroit 5 (Game Length 5:40)		06-17-1967
		Kansas City 6 at Detroit 5 (Game Length 5:40)		19 Innings
	NL	San Francisco 5 at New York 3 (Game Length 2:29)	9h 52m	05-31-1964
		San Francisco 5 at New York 3 (Game Length 2:29)		9 Innings
		San Francisco 8 at New York 6 (Game Length 7:23)		05-31-1964
		San Francisco 8 at New York 6 (Game Length 7:23)		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
	AL	Chicago 7 vs. Milwaukee 6	8h 06m	25 Innings
	NL	San Francisco 8 vs. New York 6	7h 23m	05-31-1964
	NL	San Francisco 8 vs. New York 6	7h 23m	23 Innings
Longest Game 9 Innings	AL	New York 14 at Boston 11	4h 45m	08-18-2006
Longest Game 9 Innings	NL	Los Angeles 11 at San Francisco 10	4h 27m	10-05-2001
Longest Game 9 Innings At Night	AL	Baltimore 13 vs. New York 9	4h 22m	09-05-1997
Longest Game 9 Innings At Night	NL	Los Angeles 11 at San Francisco 10	4h 27m	10-05-2001
Shortest Doubleheader 18 Innings	AL	New York at St. Louis (Gm 1, 1:12)	2h 07m	09-26-1926
	AL	New York at St. Louis (Gm 2, 0:55)	2h 07m	09-26-1926
	NL	Chicago at Brooklyn (Gm 1, uk)	2h 20m	08-14-1919
	NL	Chicago at Brooklyn (Gm 2, uk)	2h 20m	08-14-1919
Shortest Game 9 Innings	AL	St. Louis 6 vs. New York 2	55m	09-26-1926
	AL	St. Louis 6 vs. New York 2	55m	Game 2
	NL	New York 6 vs. Philadelphia 1	51m	09-28-1919
	NL	New York 6 vs. Philadelphia 1	51m	Game 1
Shortest Game Nine Innings At Night	AL	Chicago 1 vs. Washington 0	1h 29m	05-21-1943
Shortest Game Nine Innings At Night	NL	Boston 2 at Cincinnati 0	1h 15m	08-10-1944
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	06-04-1961
	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	06-03-1892
	AL	Philadelphia 4 at Boston 2	20	07-04-1905
	NL	Chicago 2 at Philadelphia 1	20	08-24-1905
	NL	Philadelphia 8 vs. Boston 9	20	04-13-1919
	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 1	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
Longest Game Innings At Night	AL	Chicago 7 vs. Milwaukee 6	25	05-08-1984
Longest Game Innings At Night	NL	St. Louis 4 at New York 3	25	09-11-1974
Longest Game Innings On Opening Day	AL	Washington 1 vs. Philadelphia 0	15	04-13-1926
	AL	Detroit 4 at Cleveland 2	15	04-19-1960
	NL	Philadelphia 5 at Brooklyn 5	14	04-17-1923
		New York 1 at Brooklyn 1		04-16-1933
		Pittsburgh 4 at Milwaukee 3		04-15-1958
		Pittsburgh 6 at St. Louis 2		04-08-1969
		Cincinnati 2 vs. Los Angeles 1		04-07-1975
		New York 1 vs. Philadelphia 0		03-31-1998
Longest Shutout By Innings	AL	Oakland 1 vs. California 0	20	07-09-1971
Longest Shutout By Innings	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
Longest Tie By Innings	NL	Boston 1 vs. Brooklyn 1	26	05-01-1920
Record	Lg	Teams	Innings	Date
Game Length Records

During the 1908 season (click here for their schedule), the Detroit Tigers played in the most consecutive extra-inning games, September 9th through the 13th, five games featuring fifty-four innings.

Did you know that the 1943 Boston Red Sox played in a Major League record thirty-one extra inning games during the same season?

On May 31,1964, (Game 1 | Game 2) San Francisco played in New York during a double header and the two teams set the Major League record for most innings played in one day with thirty-two.

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