It went 7 hours 23 minutes and was part of a doubleheader. The second-longest game was played on May 31, 1964, featuring the Giants and the Mets at Shea Stadium. The game took a whopping 25 innings to complete.
The game took so long that the umpires suspended the game when it was tied at 3-3 in the top of the 18th it was completed the next day. There are only two games that surpass it for length. A game on May 8, 1984, featuring the Milwaukee Brewers at the Chicago White Sox clocked in at a staggering 8 hours 6 minutes.
Game 3 of the 2018 World Series ranks as the third-longest game in MLB history by time. But the real question you might be wondering is, was it the longest game ever? I mean, with it being that long, it has to be, right?Īs noted, it is the longest game in postseason history, but not the longest game ever to be played in Major League Baseball.
