Supposedly the
deadball era was over and the quicker, louder modern baseball had taken hold of a nation. On May 1, 1920 though, the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers showed that a little of the
deadball era still hung around the ballparks when they played a 26 inning game which resulted in a 1-1 tie. This game stands as not only the longest in Major League history but likely forever will be the longest game to NOT be played to a decision. It wasn't so much the incredible length of the game that made it most feel like a throwback to the old
deadball era but the fact that both starting pitchers, Leon
Cadore of the Dodgers and Joe
Oesehger of the Braves, went to entire distance. The following day Brooklyn 13 innings against the
Phillies and lost a 2-1 decision to the Braves the next day in 19 innings.
Brooklyn's three game total of 58 innings (about 6.5 games), is a record that has not and most likely will not ever be broken.
Longest Game Played to a DecisionAL - 25 innings - St.Louis 4, New York
Mets 3. September 11, 1974. Also the longest night game in history.
NL - 24 innings -
Philadelphia 4, Boston 1. September 1, 1906. Both Jack
Coombs of the A's and Joe
Harris of the Red
Sox went the entire game.
Most Innings without Scoring, One Day27 - St.Louis Cardinals, July 2, 1933. They lost the first game of the day to Carl
Hubbell and the New York Giants 1-0 in 18 innings, then were shut out again by Roy
Parmalee in the night cap.
Longest Game in Organized Baseball History33 innings - Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2. International League. April 18, 1981. The game was suspended at 4:07 am after 32 innings and the score 2-2, then resumed on June 23 with
Pawtucket scoring the winning run almost as quickly as the game begun.
*The longest game to be played without
interruption came on June 14, 1966 between Miami and St.
Petersburg of the Class A Florida State League. Miami, managed by Billy
DeMars, winning 4-3 in 29 innings over Sparky Anderson's St.
Petes team.
Last Team to Play Two Opponents in One Day.In 2000,
rainouts forced the Cleveland Indians in a situation where they had to play the division winning Chicago
White Sox on the afternoon of September 25 at Jacobs Field, then shower, change uniforms and take the field that evening to lose a costly 4-3 decision to the Minnesota Twins.
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