The longest World Series game, the shortest World Series game, the most innings ever played in a single World Series game, and other similar World Series game length records are one of the most asked for items on the Internet.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present an official World Series game length record book. The longest World Series games, in terms of innings played, appear below in the comprehensive research set that includes a list of every single World Series game that went into extra innings. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"This was a gut-wrenching game for both sides. This is one of those games that whoever came out on top is going to have a lot of momentum going into game four. This was an extremely long game, 18 innings. A lot of pitchers were used. Every position player was used. Injuries on both sides. Their guys are banged up, our guys are banged up. It's one of those things when you're able to come out on top from a game like this, you have to feel it gives you a little momentum going to the next one." - Muncy, Max. Post Game Press Conference. Fox Television. 27 October 2018.
World Series Game Length RecordsEvery Exta Inning World Series Game in History |
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Record | Series | Gm | LG | Winner | R | LG | Loser | R | Inn | Date |
Longest WS Game By Innings (10+ Innings) [Bold = MLB Record] |
2018 | 3 | NL | Los Angeles | 3 | AL | Boston | 2 | 18 | 10-26-2018 |
1916 | 2 | AL | Boston | 2 | NL | Brooklyn | 1 | 14 | 10-09-1916 | |
2005 | 3 | AL | Chicago | 7 | NL | Houston | 5 | 14 | 10-25-2005 | |
2015 | 1 | AL | Kansas City | 5 | NL | New York | 4 | 14 | 10-27-2015 | |
1907 | 1 | NL | Chicago | 3 | AL | Detroit | 3 | 12 | 10-08-1907 | |
1914 | 3 | NL | Boston | 5 | AL | Philadelphia | 4 | 12 | 10-12-1914 | |
1924 | 1 | NL | New York | 4 | AL | Washington | 3 | 12 | 10-04-1924 | |
1924 | 7 | AL | Washington | 4 | NL | New York | 3 | 12 | 10-10-1924 | |
1934 | 2 | AL | Detroit | 3 | NL | St. Louis | 2 | 12 | 10-04-1934 | |
1945 | 6 | NL | Chicago | 8 | AL | Detroit | 7 | 12 | 10-08-1945 | |
1973 | 2 | NL | New York | 10 | AL | Oakland | 7 | 12 | 10-14-1973 | |
1975 | 6 | AL | Boston | 7 | NL | Cincinnati | 6 | 12 | 10-21-1975 | |
1977 | 1 | AL | New York | 4 | NL | Los Angeles | 3 | 12 | 10-11-1977 | |
1991 | 3 | NL | Atlanta | 5 | AL | Minnesota | 4 | 12 | 10-22-1991 | |
2000 | 1 | AL | New York | 4 | NL | New York | 3 | 12 | 10-21-2000 | |
2001 | 5 | AL | New York | 3 | NL | Arizona | 2 | 12 | 11-01-2001 | |
2003 | 4 | NL | Florida | 4 | AL | New York | 3 | 12 | 10-22-2003 | |
2015 | 5 | AL | Kansas City | 7 | NL | New York | 2 | 12 | 11-01-2015 | |
1911 | 3 | AL | Philadelphia | 3 | NL | New York | 2 | 11 | 10-17-1911 | |
1912 | 2 | AL | Boston | 6 | NL | New York | 6 | 11 | 10-09-1912 | |
1933 | 4 | NL | New York | 2 | AL | Washington | 1 | 11 | 10-06-1933 | |
1935 | 3 | AL | Detroit | 6 | NL | Chicago | 5 | 11 | 10-04-1935 | |
1944 | 2 | NL | St. Louis | 3 | AL | St. Louis | 2 | 11 | 10-05-1944 | |
1952 | 5 | NL | Brooklyn | 6 | AL | New York | 5 | 11 | 10-05-1952 | |
1973 | 3 | AL | Oakland | 3 | NL | New York | 2 | 11 | 10-16-1973 | |
1991 | 6 | AL | Minnesota | 4 | NL | Atlanta | 3 | 11 | 10-26-1991 | |
1992 | 6 | AL | Toronto | 4 | NL | Atlanta | 3 | 11 | 10-24-1992 | |
1995 | 3 | AL | Cleveland | 7 | NL | Atlanta | 6 | 11 | 10-24-1995 | |
1997 | 7 | NL | Florida | 3 | AL | Cleveland | 2 | 11 | 10-26-1997 | |
2011 | 6 | NL | St. Louis | 10 | AL | Texas | 9 | 11 | 10-27-2011 | |
2017 | 2 | AL | Houston | 7 | NL | Los Angeles | 6 | 11 | 10-25-2017 | |
2023 | 1 | AL | Texas | 6 | NL | Arizona | 5 | 11 | 10-27-2023 | |
1910 | 4 | NL | Chicago | 4 | AL | Philadelphia | 3 | 10 | 10-22-1910 | |
1911 | 5 | NL | New York | 4 | AL | Philadelphia | 3 | 10 | 10-25-1911 | |
1912 | 8 | AL | Boston | 3 | NL | New York | 2 | 10 | 10-16-1912 | |
1913 | 2 | NL | New York | 3 | AL | Philadelphia | 0 | 10 | 10-08-1913 | |
1919 | 6 | AL | Chicago | 5 | NL | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 10-07-1919 | |
1922 | 2 | NL | New York | 3 | AL | New York | 3 | 10 | 10-05-1922 | |
1926 | 5 | AL | New York | 3 | NL | St. Louis | 2 | 10 | 10-07-1926 | |
1933 | 5 | NL | New York | 4 | AL | Washington | 3 | 10 | 10-07-1933 | |
1936 | 5 | NL | New York | 5 | AL | New York | 4 | 10 | 10-05-1936 | |
1939 | 4 | AL | Los Angeles | 7 | NL | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 10-08-1939 | |
1946 | 1 | AL | Boston | 3 | NL | St. Louis | 2 | 10 | 10-06-1946 | |
1950 | 2 | AL | New York | 2 | NL | Philadelphia | 1 | 10 | 10-05-1950 | |
1954 | 1 | NL | New York | 5 | AL | Cleveland | 2 | 10 | 09-29-1954 | |
1956 | 6 | NL | Brooklyn | 1 | AL | New York | 0 | 10 | 10-09-1956 | |
1957 | 4 | NL | Milwaukee | 7 | AL | New York | 5 | 10 | 10-06-1957 | |
1958 | 1 | NL | Milwaukee | 4 | AL | New York | 3 | 10 | 10-01-1958 | |
1958 | 6 | AL | New York | 4 | NL | Milwaukee | 3 | 10 | 10-08-1958 | |
1964 | 5 | NL | St. Louis | 5 | AL | New York | 2 | 10 | 10-12-1964 | |
1969 | 4 | NL | New York | 2 | AL | Baltimore | 1 | 10 | 10-15-1969 | |
1971 | 6 | AL | Baltimore | 3 | NL | Pittsburgh | 2 | 10 | 10-16-1971 | |
1975 | 3 | NL | Cincinnati | 6 | AL | Boston | 5 | 10 | 10-14-1975 | |
1978 | 4 | AL | New York | 4 | NL | Los Angeles | 3 | 10 | 10-14-1978 | |
1980 | 3 | AL | Kansas City | 4 | NL | Philadelphia | 3 | 10 | 10-17-1980 | |
1986 | 6 | NL | New York | 6 | AL | Boston | 5 | 10 | 10-25-1986 | |
1990 | 2 | NL | Cincinnati | 5 | AL | Oakland | 4 | 10 | 10-17-1990 | |
1991 | 7 | AL | Minnesota | 1 | NL | Atlanta | 0 | 10 | 10-27-1991 | |
1996 | 4 | AL | New York | 8 | NL | Atlanta | 6 | 10 | 10-23-1996 | |
1999 | 3 | AL | New York | 6 | NL | Atlanta | 5 | 10 | 10-26-1999 | |
2001 | 4 | AL | New York | 4 | NL | Arizona | 3 | 10 | 10-31-2001 | |
2012 | 4 | NL | San Francisco | 4 | AL | Detroit | 3 | 10 | 10-28-2012 | |
2016 | 7 | NL | Chicago | 8 | AL | Cleveland | 7 | 10 | 11-02-2016 | |
2017 | 5 | AL | Houston | 13 | NL | Los Angeles | 12 | 10 | 10-29-2017 | |
2022 | 1 | NL | Philadelphia | 6 | AL | Houston | 5 | 10 | 10-28-2022 | |
Record | Series | Gm | LG | Winner | R | LG | Loser | R | Inn | Date |
World Series Extra Inning Games | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The World Series started in 1903, it is one-hundred twenty years old this year (2023), there have been one-hundred nineteen Fall Classics played, and there have been sixty-five games go beyond nine-innings through today (March 28, 2024).
Did you know that the longest World Series extra inning shutout game is 10 innings in length, first occurring during Game 2 of the 1913 World Series, duplicated during Game 6 of the 1956 World Series, and lastly in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series?
On October 26, 2018, the Major League record for longest World Series game in history was shattered when the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox in the eighteenth frame of a game that took seven hours & twenty minutes to play!