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. That said, in compiling these rankings, we considered several key factors: We left out a lot of excellent games and big moments. It continued throughout the night and into Easter morning. Killebrew was an understated, quiet star who played in the World Series just once, in 1965, when the Twins lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers. 7 (Tie). As a team, Belmont had the best year in the country in terms of doubles, home runs, runs, and slugging percentage. Los Angeles Dodgers Perry, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991, was notorious for doctoring pitches with anything he could, from Vaseline to hair grease to his own spit to powder from the rosin bag. One long-suffering fanbase was going to celebrate, and another was going to keep suffering. Philadelphia's only run came in the bottom of the fourth, when Buddy Rosar knocked an RBI single to left field. Teams: Los Angeles Dodgers (1970-80), Texas Rangers (1980-90), Chicago White Sox (1991-92), Florida Marlins (1993-94), MLB Career highlights: MLB All-Star (1986). 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. The Yanks jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first -- Mantle opened the scoring with an RBI single, Yogi Berra hit a sac fly, Moose Skowron had an RBI hit and Clete Boyer hit a three-run homer. With sunrise barely three hours away, the Cards held on for the 4-3 win. The game featured 202 batters and latest 7 hrs/4 minutes at Shea. With two outs, Giants center fielder Gregor Blanco misplayed a bloop single off the bat of Alex Gordon and allowed the ball to roll to the wall. Heading into the seventh inning, the Houston Astros led 2-0. 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). On September 25, Scully's final home game ended, fittingly, on a walk-off 10th-inning home run by Charlie Culberson that clinched the NL West for Los Angeles. It took eight hours and six minutes -- and it had to be completed over two days.\n\nThe game began on May 8. The game lasted five hours and 41 minutes, and was won on a walk-off home run by Scott Podsednik. Baseball Longest Careers in MLB History By Tony Adame, updated on April 25, 2022 Eric Risberg / AP Photo Longevity doesn't always determine greatness in sports, but it does show how tough a player was. Copyright 1999- Legends of billy goats and memories of Steve Bartman hung in the cold Windy City air. When the game resumed, the Brewers took the lead again in the 21st inning on a three-run homer by Ben Oglivie. He played basketball and baseball at the University of New Hampshire before making it to the majors in 1969 with the Boston Red Sox, then breaking through in 1972 as the American League Rookie of the Year. 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). Washington would pad its lead and win the game by a healthy 6-2 margin to claim the first title in franchise history. Sept. 11, 1974: St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3Length: 25 inningsThe 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. He had over 100 RBIs in seven consecutive seasons from 1970 to 1976. The six-hour, six-minute contest at the Astrodome began with Hall of Famer Tom Seaver on the mound for the Mets and Don Wilson for the Astros. He served a one-year suspension in 2014 for using PEDs, a full seven years after he hit his 500th home run. There is no statistic or metric that measures the greatness of a single contest. Again, the luck and randomness native to baseball are the real drivers. On September 1, 1906, the United States was established. Ruth and Barry Bonds are the only two players in the top 10 for home runs, slugging percentage and ISO power. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time. 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. Died: Oct. 31, 2018 (age 80, Stanford, California), Teams: San Francisco Giants (1959-73, 1977-80), San Diego Padres (1974-76), Oakland Athletics (1976), MLB Career highlights: National League MVP (1969), National League Rookie of the Year (1959), six-time MLB All-Star (1963, 1966, 1968-71). May 8, 1984: Chicago White Sox 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6 \nLength: 25 innings** \nThis is the longest game in MLB history in terms of time. Steve Carlton was a true throwback. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Americans by a score of 4-1 in 24 hours. Born: Jan. 16, 1980 (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (2001-11, 2022-present), Los Angeles Angels (2012-21), MLB Career highlights: Two-time World Series champion (2006, 2011), three-time National League MVP (2005, 2008, 2009), NL Rookie of the Year (2001), NLCS MVP (2004), two-time Gold Glove Award winner (2006, 2010), six-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008-10), Roberto Clemente Award (2008). in the same hospital as Musial in Donora, Pennsylvania meaning arguably the two greatest left-handed hitters in MLB history were born on the same day in the same hospital. Yes, the Mets and Giants had already played nine innings (the Giants won, 5-3), when they took the field for 23 more. 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. Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay was brilliant in 2010. Staub became a fan favorite on almost every team he played for but never was able to win a World Series championship in 23 seasons. Jessy is an avid baseball fan and writer for the popular website, Baseball Writes. On September 17, the Twins hosted the Guardians for a seven-hour and 56-minute marathon that lasted 25 outs. In Martinez's case, he lost his perfect game in the 10th, and Haddix lost his in the 13th. Dennis Martinez was the first Nicaraguan to play in the majors and set the record for most career wins by a pitcher from Latin America, finishing his career with 244 wins. He came closest with the New York Mets, losing in the 1973 World Series and leaving the team in 1985 the year before they won the World Series in 1986. Teams: Minnesota Twins (1970-76, 1985-88), Texas Rangers (1976-77), Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-80), Cleveland Indians (1981-85), California Angels (1989-90, 1992), Career highlights: Two-time World Series champion (1979, 1987), two-time All-Star (1973, 1985). update=copyright.getFullYear(); 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 longest games in terms of innings played and time played are presented as well as many variations. Fisk's path was different. } They also drove in 20 runs and scored 43 runs as a team. Monday marks the 10th anniversary of one the game's most memorable recent feats. As we await the belated start of the 2020 MLB season and the return of actual baseball, it's as good a time as any to gaze back. In an interesting twist of fate, Henderson was a big-time college football recruit out of high school in Oakland, but chose baseball after his mother, Bobbie, told him that baseball players had longer careers. But it's his heroics in the pivotal Game 6 that will always be rememberedfondly by Cards fans and bitterly in Arlington. In the first four frames of a win against UT Martin in 2008, Belmont scored 19 runs. He holds the MLB records for shortstops for best fielding percentage (.985), games played (2,968) and double plays turned (1,797). Hall of Famer Rod Carew accounted for two of the Twins' first three runs with a pair of run-scoring hits, while the Brewers' Tommie Reynolds hit a game-tying two-run single in the seventh. The longest game in Major League Baseball history lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. In their first home playoff game since 2001, the Mariners battled the Astros for 18 innings, tying the MLB record for the longest playoff game in history. Norm Miller scored the winning run at 1:37 a.m."Everybody's got to be known for something, right," he told me in 2015.The Astros used only five pitchers. The Cardinals and Mets in 1974 also hit 25 innings. He has been writing about the sport for over five years and is passionate about sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for the game. In his book "Me and the Spitter," the Hall of Famer would write that this was the game where "they saw Gaylord Perry throw a spitter under pressure for the first, but hardly the last, time in his career.". He'd pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 5 but was theoretically available on two days' rest. It wasn't just your ordinary 23-inning game, though. Ott also made 11 consecutive All-Star teams and was the first National League player to reach 500 home runs. The entire episode took just three hours and 50 minutes. Harold Baines' career in the American League was defined as being a superstar player for a terrible team in the 1980s, the Chicago White Sox. He would finish the game with four hits and two RBI, and the Marlins won, 7-3. In the end, both teams played to a zero-zero-game in a game that lasted five hours and 47 minutes. In 2014, he went 6-for-27 playing Independent League baseball for the Fort Worth Cats. Born: May 14, 1972 (Ciego de Avila, Cuba), Teams: Cincinnati Reds (1964-76, 1984-86), Montreal Expos (1977-79), Boston Red Sox (1980-82), Philadelphia Phillies (1983), MLB Career highlights: Two-time World Series champion (1975, 1976), seven-time MLB All-Star (1967-70, 1974-76). The Robins had since become the Dodgers, while the Braves were now in the middle of a five-year spell nicknamed the Bees. 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