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Game length in Major League Baseball (MLB) has increased over time, with the 1988 New York Yankees being the first team to average over three hours per game. [2] From 2004 through 2014, MLB games increased from an average of 2.85 hours to 3.13 hours. [3]
The Baltimore Orioles' Austin Hays was the first batter to receive a strike call due to a time infraction, while Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox was the first to be called for a strikeout. [18] The first 400 Major League Baseball games during the 2023 season were, on average, about 30 minutes shorter than the first 400 of the previous season.
The average time of a nine-inning game is 2 hours, 36 minutes through the first full month of the major league season, down 1 minute from 2023 in the second year of the pitch clock. Over ...
By 1997, the average American League game lasted 2:57 (National League games were about 10 minutes shorter—pitchers at the plate making for quicker outs than designated hitters). [126] In 2004, Major League Baseball declared that its goal was an average game of 2:45. [125] By 2014, though, the average MLB game took over three hours to ...
According to their findings, the average three hour baseball game contains well over … Continue reading → Study finds that baseball games average less than 18 minutes of action
The highest recorded single-season batting average in Minor League Baseball is .462, accomplished by Gary Redus in 1978, when he played for the Billings Mustangs, [42] [43] an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds in the Rookie Advanced-level Pioneer League. Redus was 117-for-253 in 68 games, [44] as the Pioneer League only plays from June to early ...
Start of Major League Baseball games depends on days of the week, game number in series, holidays, and other factors. As of 2021, most games start at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. in the local time zone, so there are more night games than day games even though baseball is traditionally played during the day.
The all-time attendance record of 115,300 was set at a preseason game between the defending champions Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 29, 2008, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [1] [2] According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, this is the only baseball game where the 100,000 figure has been definitively exceeded. [3] [a]