What’s the Longest Inning in Baseball History?

The longest inning in baseball history took place on May 8, 1984, when the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers played a 23-inning game. The White Sox eventually won the game, 7-6.

Introduction

Inning is a baseball term referring to both the division of play and the score associated with that division. An inning is complete when each team has had a turn batting and the respective number of outs have been reached for each. The score for an inning is tallied by adding up the runs scored by each team during their respective times at bat. The longest inning in baseball history took place on May 8, 1920, between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves. The game went into the Superior Court-ordered 14th inning, which lasted for 45 minutes and saw 32 batters come to the plate. In total, six runs were scored and 16 batters were left on base.

The Longest Inning in Baseball History

On September 11, 2001, the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles were scheduled to play a game at Yankee Stadium. However, the game was postponed due to the terrorist attacks that took place that day. The game was then rescheduled to be played on October 30, 2001.

The Length of an Inning

An inning in baseball can last a long time, but the longest inning in baseball history is the eighth inning of the 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The inning lasted for an amazing 24 minutes and 10 seconds.

The game was played on July 14, 1981, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The National League was leading 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when rain delays began. The game was first delayed for 22 minutes, then for another 37 minutes. When play finally resumed, the American League scored two runs to tie the game 5-5.

The eighth inning had started at 9:08 pm and ended at 9:32 pm. When the game was finally called due to rain after 11 innings, it was 1:37 am—a total of 6 hours and 29 minutes after it had started!

The Longest Inning in Baseball History

On September 11, 1974, the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers played the longest inning in baseball history. The game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning when Brewers’ catcher Darrell Porter walked. As the next batter, Brewers’ first baseman Cecil Cooper, stepped to the plate, Porter took off for second base. White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to throw him out, but his throw went into center field, allowing Porter to advance to third base.

The next batter, Brewers’ second baseman Jim Gantner, singled to right field, scoring Porter and giving the Brewers a 2-1 lead. The White Sox then brought in relief pitcher Stan Bahnsen to try to stop the bleeding. But Bahnsen couldn’t get anyone out and ended up giving up four more runs before finally getting the third out of the inning. When it was all said and done, the Brewers had scored seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game 8-1.

The seven runs scored by the Brewers were the most ever scored in an inning that ended on a walk-off hit. It was also just one run shy of tying the all-time record for runs scored in any inning (eight).

The Impact of the Longest Inning in Baseball History

On May 8th, 1984, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets played an inning that would last over three hours and would ultimately change the game of baseball forever. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Cubs were down 5-4 with two outs and nobody on base. But then, something extraordinary happened.

The Effect on the Game

The game wasvoid of any real offensive firepower with a combined total of only five hits recorded between the two teams. It was a pitchers’ duel for sure, with both starters going the distance. The game was scoreless going into the bottom of the ninth inning, when the home team finally broke through with a run. The visitors responded with a run of their own in the top of the tenth, and that’s when things started to unravel.

Both teams’ bullpens were exhausted, and neither manager was willing to give up an out by making a pitching change. So the game continued, inning after inning, as both starters battled fatigue and both offenses continued to flounder. By the time it was over, seven hours and twenty-three minutes later, thirty-two innings had been played. It remains the longest game in major league history, both in terms of time and innings pitched.

The Effect on the Players

The players on the field during the game were not the only ones affected by the length of the inning. The relief pitchers who were warming up in the bullpen also felt the effects of waiting for so long to enter the game. Some of them even began to feel cramps from sitting in one position for such a long period of time.

In addition, the team’s managers and coaches were also affected by the length of the inning. They had to make sure that their players were staying focused and not getting too tired from all the waiting around. They also had to make sure that they had enough pitchers warmed up in case they were needed later in the game.

The umpires also felt the effects of the longest inning in baseball history. They had to make sure that they were making all of the correct calls and that they were not missing anything. They also had to be prepared for anything that might happen since there was a chance that the game could have gone on for even longer.

Conclusion

In 2014, the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves set the record for the longest inning in baseball history. The game lasted 18 innings and took over seven hours to complete. In the end, the Giants won by a score of 8-6.