Volume 15 , Issue 20

1909 - New Record Set For Long Inning Baseball Game

On Thursday, 1 June 1909, Bismarck Daily Tribune, of North Dakota, reported on their front page about world's professional record broken longest innings.

Bloomington, Illinois, May 31, 1909 - Bloomington and Decatur of the three league broke the worlds professional record for long base ball games in a contest which went 26 innings on this day in history, (31 May 1909), 2 to 1.

The game started at 2 o'clock, a double header being scheduled, and the first then innings were played in a steady drizzle. The grounds were muddy and slippery, but he fielding on both sides was sensational and the pitching of both Burns and Clark was phenominal.

Decatur won in the twenty-sixth inning when Fisher was hit by a pitched ball and Purtell made a three bagger. Bloomington protested the game, claiming Fisher but second base. The game was called for fifteen minutes on account of rain in the fifth inning. The actual playing time was 4 hours and 20 minutes. Bloomington, 1-13-1. Decatur, 2-11-2.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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