Longest scoreless MLB game in history... (2024)

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Longest scoreless MLB game in history...? ›

The Mets, it seems, have a penchant for playing in historically long games. Six years before they played 25 innings in Flushing, they played 24 against the Astros in Houston. Incredibly, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the 24th, the longest any Major League game has ever stayed scoreless.

The largest margin of victory in a "shutout" game is held by the Providence Grays, who defeated the Philadelphia Quakers 28–0 on August 21, 1883. The largest shutout margin of victory in recent times was 22–0 when the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees on August 31, 2004.

In the longest postseason game, in terms of time, in MLB history (seven hours, 20 minutes), the Dodgers beat the Red Sox on a Muncy walk-off home run in the 18th inning to cut their Series deficit to 2-1.

Three years later, the Giants and the Phillies set an MLB record that remains to be bested, as the two squads only needed 51 minutes to decide the contest that was played at Polo Grounds on September 28, 1919. It's very, very hard to imagine we'll ever see another Major League Baseball game finish in less than an hour.

The Mets, it seems, have a penchant for playing in historically long games. Six years before they played 25 innings in Flushing, they played 24 against the Astros in Houston. Incredibly, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the 24th, the longest any Major League game has ever stayed scoreless.

Since the streak was active at the end of the 1988 season, it could have spanned two separate seasons. However, Hershiser yielded a run in his first inning of work in the 1989 season against the Cincinnati Reds, thus ending the streak at 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched.

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In 1897, the Chicago Colts of the National League defeated the Louisville Colonels, 36–7. The modern record (i.e., post-1900) for margin of victory was set in 2007, when the Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 30–3.

DENVER (KDVR) – There isn't a mercy rule in baseball, but some fans think there should be after the Colorado Rockies lost 16-1 in the team's season opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The longest game in Major League history went on for a whopping 26 innings. The Brooklyn Robins vs. the Boston Braves game on May 1, 1920, took almost four hours. Today, we know the Robins by a different name – the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What was the 51 minute baseball game? ›

September 28, 1919: Giants and Phillies record 51 outs in 51 minutes, the fastest game in major-league history. At the end of the 1919 season, two teams from these cities that love to hate one another came together for a game that has no equal.

The 1943 Boston Red Sox played an MLB record 31 extra inning games, winning 15 and losing 14, with 2 games tied. They played 73 extra innings that season, equivalent to playing an additional eight nine-inning games. The fewest extra inning games played in a season (dating back to at least 1908) is one, by the 2020 St.

"On April 2, 1908, the Mills Commission determined that Abner Doubleday originated the game of baseball. In its final report, the seven-man commission states that, "The first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, NY, in 1839."

The Major Leagues' all-time record win streak just celebrated its 100th birthday a few months ago. In 1916, the New York Giants, managed by the legendary John McGraw, racked up 26 wins without a loss, going from 60-62 and 14 games out of first place to 23 games over .

Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.

Jamie Moyer is the oldest in a shutout. He was 47 years and 170 days old versus the Braves on May 7, 2010.

The 22-0 score marked the largest shutout score since 1900, eclipsing 2 games of 21-0 which occurred in the American League. On September 15, 1901, Detroit, the home team, defeated Cleveland 21-0 in the second game of a doubleheader. The game was limited to 7½ innings since Cleveland had to catch a train.

One for the books

Beyond the one hour and 16 minutes of total delay due to rain, the game itself lasted four hours and 50 minutes, making it the longest nine-inning game in MLB history -- not just postseason history, but MLB history, period.

In the 2003–04 season, Boucher broke the modern-day NHL record for the longest shutout streak by a goaltender, going unscored upon for 332 minutes, or five-and-a-half games. On February 1, 2006, he was traded to the Calgary Flames (along with Mike Leclerc) in exchange for Steven Reinprecht and Philippe Sauvé.

The highest scoring Major League Baseball game in history, the 1922 Cubs-Phillies matchup, stands as a testament to the unpredictability and excitement that defines the sport. With the combined total of 49 runs, this epic showdown continues to capture the imagination of baseball enthusiasts worldwide.