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2. Cal Ripken...
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:41 AM
Sep 15

...played in 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game

Some records from the game:
Most innings: 33
Total time for one game: 8 hours, 25 minutes
Most at-bats for one team in one game: 114 (PAW)
Most total at-bats in one game: 219
Most at-bats by one player in one game: 14, Dave Koza, Lee Graham, Chico Walker (all PAW)
Most plate appearances by one player in one game: 15, Tom Eaton, Cal Ripken Jr., Dallas Williams (all ROC)
Most strikeouts (batting) by one player in a game: 7, Russ Laribee (PAW)
Longest plate appearance by a single umpire: Dennis Cregg (882 pitches over 8 hours and 25 minutes)

Dennis Cregg says that he thinks that his nephew, David Cregg, has never attended another baseball game.

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