Longest professional baseball game

The longest professional baseball game in history
Line score exhibit at McCoy Stadium
The line score below has been truncated to remove several runless extra innings.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 21 22 32 33 R H E
Rochester Red Wings 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 18 3
Pawtucket Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 21 1
DateApril 18–19, and June 23, 1981
VenueMcCoy Stadium
CityPawtucket, Rhode Island
Managers
UmpiresDennis Cregg,[1] Jack Leitz[2]
Attendance
  • ~1,740 (beginning of the game on April 18)
  • 20 (end of the 32nd inning on April 19)
  • 5,746 (33rd inning on June 23)
Time of game8 hours and 25 minutes

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 over three days in 1981. The game lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time. The first 32 innings were played overnight from April 18–19, 1981, at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the tie-breaking 33rd inning was played June 23, 1981. Pawtucket won the game, 3–2.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference patenaude20100326 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Murphy, Brian (June 23, 2023). "The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win". MLB.com. Retrieved September 20, 2024.