Starting with the 1961 season the Minnesota Twins have been scheduled to play about 8,912 games give or take a couple and only 33 of those games went 15 or more innings, a pretty small (less than 4 tenths of 1 percent) percentage. So if you attended one of these games you were a lucky son of gun. The Twins record in these games is 17-16 and as it turns out 17 games were at home and 16 on the road. Seven took place at Met Stadium, 9 took place at the Metrodome and 1 has taken place at Target Field. If you enjoy baseball you can’t help but enjoy bonus baseball, here is a chance to relive those games. Those pesky Cleveland Indians participated in their share of these games.
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | IP | H | R | SO | HR | Pit | BF | # | Attendance | GmLen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993-08-31 | MIN | CLE | W 5-4 | 22.0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 288 | 85 | 7 | 17,968 | 377 |
| 2 | 1972-05-12 | MIN | MIL | L 3-4 | 22.0 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 8,628 | 347 | |
| 3 | 1967-08-09 | MIN | WSA | L 7-9 | 20.0 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 79 | 5 | 16,901 | 340 | |
| 4 | 1976-08-25 | MIN | NYY | L 4-5 | 18.2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 24,351 | 326 | |
| 5 | 2004-08-08 | MIN | OAK | L 5-6 | 18.0 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 251 | 71 | 7 | 25,976 | 297 |
| 6 | 1969-09-06 | MIN | OAK | W 8-6 | 18.0 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 17,599 | 317 | |
| 7 | 1969-07-19 | MIN | SEP | W 11-7 | 18.0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 12,069 | 341 | |
| 8 | 1967-07-26 (2) | MIN | NYY | W 3-2 | 18.0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 21,927 | 264 | |
| 9 | 1976-08-28 | MIN | CLE | L 3-4 | 16.2 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 6,071 | 295 | |
| 10 | 1969-04-09 | MIN | KCR | L 3-4 | 16.2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 13,731 | 272 | |
| 11 | 1995-05-07 | MIN | CLE | L 9-10 | 16.1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 322 | 82 | 9 | 39,431 | 396 |
| 12 | 2009-07-03 | MIN | DET | L 9-11 | 16.0 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 218 | 69 | 7 | 33,368 | 307 |
| 13 | 2005-08-16 | MIN | CHW | W 9-4 | 16.0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 204 | 63 | 6 | 34,533 | 309 |
| 14 | 1986-06-11 | MIN | TEX | L 2-6 | 16.0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 5 | 11,506 | 272 | |
| 15 | 1977-09-17 | MIN | TEX | L 4-5 | 16.0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 5 | 13,163 | 312 | |
| 16 | 1969-07-25 | MIN | CLE | W 4-2 | 16.0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 8,959 | 266 | |
| 17 | 1982-04-20 | MIN | OAK | L 3-4 | 15.2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 12,488 | 303 | |
| 18 | 1975-07-12 | MIN | NYY | L 7-8 | 15.2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 13,573 | 311 | |
| 19 | 2012-06-17 | MIN | MIL | W 5-4 | 15.0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 250 | 66 | 7 | 39,206 | 290 |
| 20 | 2004-06-10 | MIN | NYM | W 3-2 | 15.0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 231 | 59 | 6 | 16,706 | 246 |
| 21 | 2004-05-04 | MIN | SEA | L 3-4 | 15.0 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 245 | 65 | 8 | 32,727 | 288 |
| 22 | 2004-04-06 | MIN | CLE | W 7-6 | 15.0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 223 | 59 | 8 | 19,832 | 300 |
| 23 | 2002-06-10 | MIN | ATL | W 6-5 | 15.0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 209 | 58 | 5 | 24,534 | 263 |
| 24 | 1999-05-21 | MIN | OAK | W 2-1 | 15.0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 225 | 59 | 5 | 14,433 | 295 |
| 25 | 1992-07-04 | MIN | BAL | W 3-2 | 15.0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 250 | 64 | 6 | 48,028 | 280 |
| 26 | 1980-08-28 | MIN | TOR | W 7-5 | 15.0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 14,035 | 264 | |
| 27 | 1980-06-20 | MIN | CLE | L 3-4 | 15.0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 6 | 7,668 | 268 | |
| 28 | 1974-09-10 | MIN | CHW | W 8-7 | 15.0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 3,285 | 247 | |
| 29 | 1973-06-06 (1) | MIN | CLE | W 7-3 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 254 | ||
| 30 | 1972-06-06 | MIN | BAL | W 5-4 | 15.0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 6,203 | 265 | |
| 31 | 1972-05-13 | MIN | MIL | W 5-4 | 15.0 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 7,871 | 216 | |
| 32 | 1964-09-29 | MIN | KCA | L 6-7 | 15.0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 2,999 | 290 | |
| 33 | 1961-05-22 | MIN | CLE | L 5-7 | 15.0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 5,425 | 248 |
According to Wikipedia
The longest game by innings in Major League Baseball was a 1-1 tie in the National League between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 26 innings, at Braves Field in Boston on May 1, 1920. It had become too dark to see the ball (fields did not have lights yet and the sun was setting), and the game was considered a draw. Played rapidly by modern standards, those 26 innings were completed in 3 hours and 50 minutes.
The longest American League game, and tied for the longest major league game by innings which ended with one team winning, was a 7-6 victory by the Chicago White Sox over the Milwaukee Brewers in 25 innings, at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1984. The game began at 7:30 p.m. on the evening of May 8, 1984, and after scoring early runs both teams scored twice in the 8th inning; but the game was suspended after 17 innings with the score tied 3-3 due to a league curfew rule prohibiting an inning from beginning after 12:59 a.m. The game was continued the following evening, May 9, 1984, and both teams scored three times in the 21st inning to make the score 6-6; finally, in the bottom of the 25th, the White Sox’ Harold Baines hit a home run to end the contest. Tom Seaver was the winning pitcher in relief.[5] A regularly scheduled game followed, meaning both nights saw 17 innings played; Seaver also started, and won, the second game. The official time of the entire 25-inning game was 8 hours, 6 minutes, also a major league record
20 years ago, I didn’t feel this way….but I’m 100% sure now…..Baseball needs a TIEBREAKER. My friend and I looked at every aspect of “LONG-EXTRA-INNING-GAMES and we found that, it doesn’t do anyone, any good.
It kills Bullpens for the next game…..It kills Catchers….It kills Umpires….It kills TV-Programing…..It prevents 80% of the Fans attending the game, to not see a conclusion. But most of all, it delays Workers from cleaning up the ballpark. Many of these workers have other jobs they either came from or have to get to. They need rest & want to spend time with their families.
To resolve the game, Baseball doesn’t need a special event, like a HR Derby. Just play the game as usual. If the game is tied after 9 innings, the 10th inn becomes the Tiebreaking inn. Whatever runs the Visiting Team (VT) scores in their half, it’s up to the Home Team (HT) to match it, in order to win the game. If someone hits a HR for the HT which produces more runs than needed, of course you give them credit for it. If the VT doesn’t score, you then go by runners left-on-base. If the VT left 2 men on, it’s up to the HT to get 2 men on, to win the game. Or the HT can just score a run. If the VT left no one on, it is STILL up to the HT to get a man to reach 1B, in order to win the game. By the way, since the HT has the advantage of only matching in most cases, they’re not allow to BUNT in their half. Crazy you say? Crazy is having a positional-player like Darwin Barney coming in to pitch in a tie game, because there’s no one left in the pen.