Born: May 22, 1943 (Terre Haute, Indiana), Teams: Cleveland Indians (1963-64), Chicago White Sox (1965-71), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972-74, 1976-78), New York Yankees (1979-82, 1986-89), California Angels (1982-85), Oakland Athletics (1985), MLB Career highlights: Four-time All-Star (1968, 1978-80). Longest AL/NL win streaks, Modern Era (since 1900) Giants (1916): 26 games Cleveland (2017): 22 games 45s/Astros (1963-68), Montreal Expos (1969-71), New York Mets (1972-75, 1981-85), Detroit Tigers (1976-79), Montreal Expos (1979), Texas Rangers (1980), MLB Career highlights: Six-time MLB All-Star (1967-71, 1976). Seen through the lens of Halladay's untimely death in a 2017 plane crash, the game takes on even more significance and stands as a high point in a Hall of Fame career. The second half of Albert Pujols' career looks a lot different than the first half, but he's still almost assuredly a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The game's not over until you get the 27th out -- or, sometimes, a lot more than that. Later that same inning, veteran Howie Kendrick lined an opposite-field two-run homer off the right field foul pole to make it 3-2 Nationals. The longest Major League Baseball game by time elapsed took place on May 8, 1984, at Chicagos Comiskey Park. Jerry Koosman carried a 3-1 lead into the ninth for the Mets, but he gave up a game-tying homer to Ken Reitz with two outs. The 2022 MLB playoffs have now seen two of the longest games in postseason history. 2, Derek JeterNo. Mack let starting pitcher Russ Christopher go the first 13 innings; he allowed one run. Died: July 17, 1961 (age 74, Atlanta, Georgia), Teams: Detroit Tigers (1905-26), Philadelphia Athletics (1927-28), MLB Career highlights: American League MVP (1911), Triple Crown (1909), MLB All-Century Team. At eight hours and six minutes, it is the longest game played since 1901, according to Stathead. Hornsby didn't drink or smoke or engage in social activities with his teammates and more often than not derided those who didn't live like him. The only player on either team who did not play in the game was future MLB manager. have won the World Series once, in 2020. [3] After Pawtucket's Russ Laribee's sacrifice fly drove in Chico Walker in the bottom of the ninth inning and tied the game at one run each,[4] the teams continued playing. Jeter wasted no time, lining the first pitch he saw the other way to right field for a walk-off single, and the Bronx faithful erupted. The Cubs fell behind in the series, 3-1. The A's struck first with a run-scoring infield hit by Harry Lord in the top of the third inning. This fear was best (and most comically) evidenced by John Kruk's reaction when Johnson threw a fastball over his head during the 1993 All-Star Game. If you play fast, you will be able to hit the ball faster, make faster outs, and play more effectively. Maddux achieved the feat first from 1992 to 1995. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Omar Vizquel is definitely in the conversation for the greatest fielding shortstop of all time. 2"the crowd was on its feet. June 3, 1989: Houston Astros 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4The Astros won their 24-inning game against the Mets, and they won this game, too, beating the Dodgers in a seven-hour, 14-minute contest at the Astrodome. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won 1179 games since 2010, which is the most in the MLB. It took eight hours and six minutes -- and it had to be completed over two days. Harris' performance was of course nothing to sneeze at, as he was strong until the 24th and struck out 14 himself. Brooks Robinson is in the discussion for greatest third baseman of all time. The dude could really hit. There was an American League rule that no new inning could begin after that time.\n\nMilwaukee looked like it would win in regulation after taking a two-run lead in the top of the ninth inning. In 2004 ALCS Game 5, the Red Wings defeated the Yankees in 14 innings. Every Marlins player wore Fernandez's name and No. Oscar Gonzales walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth prevented the Guardians from setting a record for the longest game in a conference final. Rabbit Maranville played all 23 seasons of his MLB career in the National League a record that stood until Pete Rose broke it in 1986. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present an official baseball game length record book. 2023 ChampsOrChumps.us, All Rights Reserved Terms Privacy Policy. Boston answered in the bottom of the sixth, when Freddy Parent tripled to the wall in right field and Chick Stahl, in his last year as the Americans' player-manager, drove him in with a single. The longest game in MLB postseason history was back in the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox. 1. } Then, Gordon did something he hadn't done all season: He hit a home run. In a decade that was largely defined by offense and a leaguewide home run explosion, this one was an old-fashioned pitcher's duel between a pair of aces: the Philadelphia Phillies' Roy Halladay and the St. Louis Cardinals' Chris Carpenter. Ty Cobb is one of the legendary figures in sports history. The lone run was a homer by Rick Dempsey leading off the 22nd against Expos ace Dennis Martinez, who'd been called on in relief, his first appearance out of the bullpen since 1986 and his last until 1993. Harold Baines walk-off home run off Chuck Porter in the ninth gave the Whitecaps a victory. Franco was outstanding in the 1980s, but what he did after that is truly amazing. The White Sox were unable to answer in the bottom of the inning, and the game ended after eight hours and six minutes. Obviously, this involves a high degree of subjectivity. Neither team scored again until the 25th, when St. Louis' Bake McBride -- aptly nicknamed \"Shake 'n Bake\" -- made something happen with his wheels. Rose was also a winner. 1. He wondered if it wasn't getting dark. The Yankees won the 1962 World Series in seven games, defeating the Detroit Tigers. At 1 a.m., the game was suspended after a three-way tie. In the bottom of the seventh, a series of misplays by Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus allowed the Jays to tie the game, and Toronto slugger Jose Bautista broke the tie with a big home run and even bigger bat flip. The game lasted seven hours and 20 minutes and ended with Max Muncy hitting a walk-off home run in the 18th inning to give L.A. the win. He averaged 32 home runs and 99 RBI for 23 seasons. The big lefty mowed through the Royals lineup, at one point retiring 14 in a row. It was the first game of a doubleheader, with the Braves eventually winning 8-6. The game remained deadlocked at 1-1 until the top of the 25th, when the Brewers scored three runs to take a 4-1 lead. On the final day of the 2011 season, the Tampa Bay Rays needed a win over the New York Yankees and a Boston Red Sox loss to clinch a wild-card berth. { Hough is probably still best known as being one of three pitchers who gave up three home runs to New York Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson on three consecutive pitches in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. The 3 hrs and 50 mins contest was called due to darkness, both pitchers (Leon Cadore & Joe Oeschger) went the distance. That said, in compiling these rankings, we considered several key factors: We left out a lot of excellent games and big moments. One of the most notorious beefs in sports history was between Winfield and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who made Winfield the highest-paid player in MLB history with a 10-year, $23 million contract in 1981. He was in the majors by the time he was 19 years old with the New York Giants. Mueller was one of the many ballplayers just returning from military service in World War II when this game was played. Rickey Henderson was as dynamic and complete a baseball player who has ever lived. And that's what it boiled down to with Franco. In a long history of MLB villains, Anson might be the very worst. Extra-inning games are nothing unusual in Major League Baseball, of course. In the bottom of the 25th -- after a scoreless top half by Tom Seaver, on in relief -- the White Sox ended the game with a bang. On May 8, 1984, the Chicago White Sox and Milwuakee Brewers played the longest game in the history of major league baseball. There has never been a game that lasted more than nine hours in the history of the World Series between the Oakland As and the Los Angeles Dodgers. A sellout crowd of 5,746 and 140 reporters from around the world were present, partly because the major leagues were on strike at the time; the players voted against an offer to resume the game at Fenway Park to avoid crossing the picket line. Claude Osteen pitched 9 1/3 scoreless innings in relief for St. Louis; Jerry Cram pitched eight scoreless innings in relief for New York. The drama-packed inning finally ended after 53 minutes. Their record in that timespan was 1179-825. As he rounded the bases, tears welled in Gordon's eyes. What to do for an encore? The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 14-6 in a seven-hour, 14-minute game. The wind blew into the infield, making hits difficult;[3] Pawtucket's Dave Koza later said that otherwise his team would have won in nine innings, with "four or five shots that would have been out of the park". Aaron broke one of the most hallowed records in sports when he became the MLB career leader for home runs in 1974, and his 755 career home runs stood as the record until Barry Bonds broke it in 2007. The game lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes across 15 innings, Gossage also made nine All-Star teams. Thome, who was influenced by getting turned down for an autograph from Dave Kingman as a youth, went out of his way to be kind to fans and had a flair for the dramatic. That's just how such things go in a sport like baseball, which is heavily influenced by luck be it good or bad. Aponte's wife did not believe his explanation for coming home at 3 a.m. Born: July 1, 1883 (Stefuro, Austria-Hungary), Died:April 17, 1946 (age 62, Pottsville, Pennsylvania), Teams:New York Highlanders (1909-12), Boston Braves (1913), Baltimore Terrapins (1914-15), Chicago White Sox (1918), New York Yankees (1919-21), Boston Red Sox (1922-25), Philadelphia Athletics (1925-30), Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers (1931-32), Cincinnati Reds (1933), MLB Career highlights: Two-time World Series champion (1929, 1930). Bumgarner sealed the win in the bottom of the inning and secured his third postseason shutout in two years. Gossage had straight flames coming out of his powerful right arm, topping out at 103 miles per hour on a pitch during that 1978 season. Only one walk stood between him and perfection. He's still the last pitcher to win 25 or more games in the National League and the last pitcher in all of MLB to throw 300 innings in a single season. The next day's New York Times story joked that umpire Barry McCormick "remembered that he had an appointment pretty soon with a succulent beefsteak. Tom Glavine could have very well been a Hall of Famer in another sport. Jim O'Rourke, known as "Orator Jim," was a renaissance man who recorded the first hit in National League history and found time to graduate from Yale Law School. 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. He hit his 500th home run in 1929 15 years into his 22-year career. "Players who stand flat-footed and swing with their arms are golfers not hitters." Keith Hernandez appeared in only 14 games for the Cards as a rookie in 1974, and this was one. As a team, Belmont had the best year in the country in terms of doubles, home runs, runs, and slugging percentage. His accomplishments include helping his team to win seven American League pennants alongside four World Series championships! The game lasted 7 hours and 6 minutes, and the Rays eventually won 8-7. Bob Gibson, possibly the most intimidating pitcher who ever lived, said McCovey, the 1959 National League Rookie of the Year and 1969 National League MVP, was one of only two hitters he ever faced who he feared, along with Reggie Jackson. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. [3] Cregg had brought his nephew David to the game; David's father became concerned for his family and called the police, who told him that the game had not ended. Phil grew up in Bridgeport, Ohio, playing childhood sports alongside another Hall of Famer in a different sport Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek. He was 18 years old when he played his first game in the majors, which also came three weeks after his mother murdered his father. 1999, 2001, 2002), nine-time MLB strikeouts leader (1992-95, 1999-2002, 2004). 4 (Tie). 2". One of the greatest left-handed power hitters of all time, Willie McCovey led the National League in home runs three times and is one of the greatest players to never win a World Series. For all of his accomplishments, Rodriguez won just one World Series, in 2009 with the New York Yankees. Tommy John pitched for an amazing 26 seasons and made All-Star teams in three different decades. Neither team scored again until the 25th, when St. Louis' Bake McBride -- aptly nicknamed "Shake 'n Bake" -- made something happen with his wheels. The game featured 202 batters and latest 7 hrs/4 minutes at Shea. 2, Derek JeterNo. They've made the Postseason 10 times in the 13 seasons. Carlton, who was also the first four-time Cy Young Award winner, refused to speak to the media starting in 1974 through the end of his career in 1988. If a team accumulates more than ten runs in the final seven overs of a game, the game is declared over. He was drafted in the fourth round of the NHL draft but instead chose to go with baseball. The RedSox and Dodgers were tied at one going into extras, and the game lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes. section: | slug: mlbs-perfect-game-drought-reaches-10-years-a-deeper-look-as-baseball-perfection-remains-elusive | sport: baseball | route: article_single.us | Yes, it's been 10 years since we had a perfect game, but in 2010 alone we had three. Young, who didn't even wear a glove until his sixth season, moved onto a friend's farm after his wife's death in 1933 and lived there until his death in 1955 at 88 years old. And, oh, yeah, Toronto won the game, 6-3, and the series. Until then, though, Hernndez's appointment with history remains the last one that any moundsman has managed to keep. How Long Was The Longest Half Inning In Mlb History? It was the 18th in Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Dodgers and Red Sox. A walk-off home run by Max Muncy in the bottom half of theinning gave the game its final score. In addition to being the longest game by time, this 3-2 Dodgers victory lasted seven hours and 20 minutes. On this Tuesday at Braves Field, the Bees took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Hank Majeski and a sacrifice fly by Eddie Miller. Henderson still owns MLB career records for stolen bases (1,406), runs (2,295) and leadoff home runs (81). He hit at least 40 home runs in a season eight times and had his greatest season in 1969, when he racked up 49 home runs and 140 RBI on the way to winning American League MVP honors. WebAdmittedly, the longest MLB losing streak is a little sad to think about, but lets learn more about the 10 longest losing streaks MLB has ever seen. Sept. 11, 1974: St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3 \nLength: 25 innings** \nThe 13,460 fans who arrived at Shea Stadium on this Wednesday night in September had no idea what they were in for: A seven-hour, four-minute contest that wouldn't end until 3:13 in the morning, becoming the longest continuous Major League game (by innings) where a winner was decided.\n\nJerry Koosman carried a 3-1 lead into the ninth for the Mets, but he gave up a game-tying homer to Ken Reitz with two outs. The teams played seven more scoreless innings until the 22nd, when Troy Tulowitzki drove the go-ahead double to deep left-center, and the Rockies held on. We spent 32 minutes doing it. Died: Jan. 22, 2021 (age 86, Atlanta, Georgia), Teams: Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1954-74), Milwaukee Brewers (1975-76), MLB Career highlights: World Series champion (1957), National League MVP (1957), 25-time MLB All-Star (1955-75), three-time Gold Glove Award winner (1958-60), MLB All-Century Team. Five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson, at 6-foot-10, was likely the most intimidating pitcher of all time. With 14,754 fans in attendance at Comiskey Park, the two teams played 17 innings before the game was suspended at 1 a.m. with the score tied, 3-3. Over nine stellar frames, he struck out eight. It was the second game of a doubleheader. Born: March 25, 1966 (Concord, Massachusetts), Teams: Atlanta Braves (1987-2002, 2008), New York Mets (2003-07), MLB Career highlights: World Series champion (1995), two-time Cy Young Award (1991-98), World Series MVP (1995), 10-time All-Star (1991-93, 1996-98, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006), five-time NL wins leader (1991-93, 1998, 2000), four-time Silver Slugger Award (1991, 1995, 1996, 1998). Teams: Oakland Athletics (1979-84, 1989-93, 1994-95, 1998), New York Yankees (1985-89), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), San Diego Padres (1996-97, 2001), Anaheim Angels (1997), New York Mets (1999-2000), Seattle Mariners (2000), Boston Red Sox (2002), Los Angeles Dodgers (2003), MLB Career highlights: Two-time World Series champion (1989, 1993), American League MVP (1990), 10-time All-Star (1980, 1982-88, 1990, 1991), ALCS MVP (1989), Gold Glove Award (1981), three-time Silver Slugger Award (1981, 1985, 1990). Wallace died on Nov. 3, 1960, one day before his 87th birthday. The longest MLB game ever played was between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves on May 1, 1920, lasting a staggering 26 innings. Their record in that timespan was 1179 Phil Niekro's 318 wins are the most for any primary knuckleball pitcher in MLB history, and the 539 combined wins between him and younger brother Joe Niekro are the most of any siblings in MLB history. Joe Torre, a Cardinals outfielder then, said afterwards: "That was the fastest 25-inning game I ever played.". The 2022 MLB playoffs have now seen two of the longest games in postseason history. Coombs was especially brilliant, yielding just the one run and striking out 18. For the Tigers, Les Mueller handled the first 19 2/3 innings, allowing only one unearned run. But it skidded off the Astroturf and through shortstop Al Weis' legs, allowing the game's lone, walk-off run to score. Ripken made his major league debut two months after the game was completed, and was the American League's Rookie of the Year in 1982. What makes this anniversary even more notable is that Hernndez's 2012 perfecto is the last perfect game to be thrown in Major League Baseball. The San Francisco Giants had already won titles in 2010 and 2012 when they faced the Kansas City Royals in the 2014 Fall Classic. Pete Rose may never make the Hall of Fame after being banned from the game for betting on his own team, but you can't be taken away his records. Tim Raines had elite speed. 3. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. T7. Born: Dec. 26, 1947 (Bellows Falls, Vermont), Teams: Boston Red Sox (1969-80), Chicago White Sox (1981-93), MLB Career highlights: AL Rookie of the Year (1972), Gold Glove Award (1972), 11-time MLB All-Star (1972-74, 1976-78, 1980-82, 1985, 1991), three-time Silver Slugger Award (1981, 1986, 1988),National Baseball Hall of Fame (2000). 2. That's as close as K.C. At eight hours and six minutes, it is the longest game played since 1901, according to Stathead. Due to the weather, many MLB games have been shortened (usually by rain), but they are still considered official games. As the teams marched on, they eventually set the record to that point for the longest night game in history, a note posted to the Astrodome scoreboard -- along with some lighthearted messages to the fans who stuck it out. The longest run in the fifth was an 18-run fifth that the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers combined to run for 68 minutes on May 8, 2004. The Bruins won 34-10 in a game that lasted a total of four hours and 15 minutes. At 5-foot-11 and 193 pounds, he was exceptionally well-built for his era, and it makes you wonder how he might have fared in today's MLB. [3] When Boggs' father complimented him for getting four hits in the game, the player admitted that he actually had 12 at bats. All Rights Reserved. As the players went home to rest before returning at 11 a.m. for an afternoon game that Sunday,[1] they saw people going to Easter sunrise service. Bert Blyleven was born in the Netherlands, but his family moved to Canada, then to California when he was just a small child. But it does have a heaping of tragedy. In baseball, the players with staying power are names we mostly know by heart. In the first four frames of a win against UT Martin in 2008, Belmont scored 19 runs. In a must-see NL Wild Card Game matchup between San Francisco Giants postseason hero Madison Bumgarner and New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard, the score was 0-0 heading into the ninth inning. O'Rourke practiced law while he was a professional baseball player, which flew in the face of stereotypes about ballplayers at a time when it was known as a rough-and-tumble sport mainly suited for immigrants. These players had the longest careers in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He led baseball with 250.2 innings pitched, posted a 2.44 ERA with nine complete games, four shutouts and a perfect game and won the NL Cy Young Award. But this one was all about the dingersand, in hindsight, the sign-stealing scheme that may have helped Houston hit some of theirs and win the series in seven games. The first five runs in the game were scored by home runs. This was the longest game in Major League Baseball history, with a total of 10 complete games. The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. The Bruins scored seven runs in each of their first two at-bats, and they scored 14 runs in each of their next three at-bats to lead 23-4 after three. Cleveland plated a run on a two-out RBI double by Brandon Guyer to make it 6-4 before Rajai Davis pulled a game-tying two-run homer to left on a 98 mph fastball. Roger Clemens is the only member of the 300 win club not yet inducted into the Hall of Fame despite having been eligible for induction since 2013. The Rays began to bite into the Yanks' lead and eventually tied the game, sending it to extra innings. The team had 43 total bases and 20 runs scored as a result of the 44 total bases. Fifty players appeared in the game, and about 180 baseballs were used. One of the many great things about baseball is that time can never run out. The Mets were defeated in the ninth by the Cards at the Astrodome, 4-3. He won back-to-back World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976, then again with the Phillies in 1980. In the marathon seventh, a pinch-hit home run by Zach Lannan was the game-changer. That habit not only lost him managerial jobs several times but also forced him to play pro ball into his 40s to make up for all the money he lost. Still one of only 29 players in MLB history to play in four different decades, O'Rourke played his last MLB game in 1904, at 54 years old, 11 years after he'd last The Tigers' cleanup hitter went an incredible 7-for-10 at the plate, making him one of just six players in Major League history with a seven-hit game, regardless of game length. Take into consideration that Ott was only 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, and it makes his accomplishments even more remarkable. Died: Dec. 26, 2020 (age 81, Flowery Branch, Georgia), Teams: Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1964-83, 1987), New York Yankees (1984-85), Cleveland Indians (1986-87), Toronto Blue Jays (1987), MLB Career highlights: Five-time All-Star (1969, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983), five-time Gold Glove Award (1978-80, 1982, 1983), two-time NL wins leader (1974, 1979), MLB ERA leader (1967), NL strikeout leader (1977). Cal Ripken Jr., who was inducted in 2007, went 2-for-13 on the night playing third base for Rochester. [3], "Dedicated umpire stayed at the plate for 32 innings", "A Look Back at Professional Baseball's Longest Game", "Morgan, Boggs and others commemorate baseball's longest game", "By Sports of The Times; Pawtucket's 32-Inning Game", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Longest_professional_baseball_game&oldid=1125957046, April 1981 sports events in the United States, June 1981 sports events in the United States, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ~1,740 (beginning of the game on April 18). For sheer longevity, Jamie Moyer deserves our respect. The Robins (the predecessors to the Dodgers) and Braves were tied at 1, and that's how the game ended. This is the online home for all things baseball. Willie Mays is one of the few baseball players who can claim GOAT status truly one of the greatest to ever do it. Hank Aaron is still the MLB career leader in RBI (2,297) and extra-base hits (1,477) closing in on 50 years since his career ended. He retreated to third, and a strikeout and groundout ended the threat. The Baseball Hall of Fame possesses other artifacts of the game, including the official scorecard. Mays still holds the MLB record with 22 extra-inning home runs and is one of just a handful of players to hit over 600 home runs and record 3,000 hits. Rich "Goose" Gossage is one of the most well-known relief pitchers of all time, most notably from his time with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres, including when he won a World Series championship with the Yankees in 1978. He was a hoops star at the University of Minnesota and selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA draft and Utah Stars in the ABA draft. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Steve Carlton was a true throwback. Somehow, Chicago managed to tie the game again in the bottom half, on RBI knocks by Carlton Fisk and Tom Paciorek, and the two teams played on. 4 (Tie). "I figured I could get to third," McBride said after the game, per The Associated Press report. That's where the score stayed for 11 1/2 extra innings, until in the bottom of the 22nd, Pedro Munoz ended the game with a walk-off home run off Jason Grimsley. Some are featured in the honorable mentions section, but here's betting you can think of others. They were four wins away from their first title since 1908. Winfield chose baseball and was one of the greatest outfielders in MLB history, where he surpassed 3,000 hits and won six Gold Glove Awards. He chose baseball, and the rest is history. 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